Of those 30, the Augusta results were mixed.
What I found is that of the 53 players who have finished in the top-five at Harbour Town, 30 had competed in the previous week’s Masters. How RBC Heritage Top-5 Finishes Fared at Masters 2021 Player I went back over the past decade (2020 not included, since these events weren’t on back-to-back weeks) and examined how many of the top five on the RBC Heritage leaderboard had played the Masters one week earlier and where they’d finished.
Since it was such a slow week – sarcasm font, guys – I dug into some research to answer that question. That leads to the biggest annual question facing us at this one: Should we chase the players who are enjoying a Harbour Town chaser this week? We actually have a solid field, too, with five of the world’s top-10 players scheduled to compete and a bevy of Masters competitors making the short(ish) drive from Augusta (or even shorter flight). There could be no better complement to the recently-concluded Masters than this week’s tournament, which serves as the antithesis to the pressures of trying to win a green jacket, and its laid-back vibe provides the perfect dichotomy for this two-week Southeast swing. While I won’t be following the traveling circus to Hilton Head, part of me wishes I was. While my colleagues were busy working on Masters stories from the Augusta National press building, I was grinding over this very preview of the upcoming RBC Heritage.īy the time you’re reading this, I’ll be high-tailing it out of Augusta. Click arrow to expand 2022 RBC Heritage odds via PointsBetĪUGUSTA, Ga.