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2012 RBC Heritage Tournament At-a-Glance
2012 Champion: Carl Pettersson
2012 Purse: $5.7 million
2012 Winning Share: $1,026,000
FedExCup Points: 500
Yardage: 7,101

TOURNAMENT VIDEOS

Brandt Snedeker
Champion of The 2011 Heritage

Brandt Snedeker  - 2011 Verizon Winner
Brandt Snedeker rallied from six shots behind and beat Luke Donald in a playoff in The Heritage to deny the Englishman the No. 1 ranking Sunday.


Name Changes Over The Years
  • Heritage Classic: 1969 - 1970
  • Sea Pines Heritage Classic: 1971 - 1986
  • MCI Heritage Classic: 1987 - 1994
  • MCI Classic - The Heritage of Golf: 1995 - 2000
  • WORLDCOM Classic: 2001 - 2002
  • MCI Heritage: 2003 - 2005
  • Verizon Heritage: 2006 - 2010
  • The Heritage 2011
  • RBC Heritage presented by Boeing
Growth Of The Purse
  • 1969: $100,000
  • 2010: $5.7 million
Top Five Money Earners
  • Davis Love III: $2.5 million
  • Boo Weekley: $1.9 million
  • Stewart Cink: $1.6 million
  • Ernie Els: $1.4 million
  • Brian Gay: $1.2 million
Biggest 36-Hole Lead
  • Six Strokes: Darren Clarke (2005), Jack Nicklaus (1975) and Johnny Miller (1974)
Longest Tournament
  • 2001: 77 holes (two playoff holes on Sunday; play suspension; darkness; and play resumption on Monday morning for three more holes)
  • 2004: 77 holes (five playoff holes)
Highest Score By A Winner
  • 283: Arnold Palmer (1969)
Most Top-Ten Finishes at The Verizon Heritage Golf Classic
  • 11: Davis Love III
  • 10: Tom Kite
  • 9: Hale Irwin
  • 8: Craig Stadler
  • 7: Ernie Els, Gil Morgan and Tom Watson
  • 6: Bob Murphy, Hal Sutton and Lanny Wadkins
  • 5: Chip Beck, Ernie Els, Ray Floyd, David Frost, Mark McCumber, Larry Mize, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Payne Stewart, Tom Weiskopf and Fuzzy Zoeller
  • 4: Stewart Cink, David Edwards, Bernhard Langer, Billy Mayfair, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Ed Sneed and Doug Tewell
  • 3: Andy Bean, Homero Blancas, George Burns, Russ Cochran, Fred Couples, Rich Crawford, Ben Crenshaw, Bob Estes, Jim Furyk, Gibby Gilbert, Hubert Green, Jay Haas, Nolan Henke, Scott Hoch, John Huston, Don January, Tom Lehman, Graham Marsh, Mac McLendon, Andy North, Mark O'Meara, Jesper Parnevik, Steve Pate, Gary Player, Jesper Roberts, Loren Roberts, Gene Sauers, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman and Scott Verplank

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