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Matt Fitzpatrick won the 2026 RBC Heritage in a playoff over Scottie Scheffler after a nervy Sunday and a ridiculous 4-iron on the extra hole at Harbour Town.
As of Saturday, April 18, Matt Fitzpatrick leads the 2026 RBC Heritage by three shots over Scottie Scheffler after a jittery 68 and Scheffler's 64. Sunday at Harbour Town suddenly has real bite.
The RBC Heritage remains one of the best tests on the PGA Tour, but its expanded 82-man, no-cut Signature Event format still feels like a polished compromise the Tour has not fully justified.
The RBC Heritage lands after the Masters every year, but Harbour Town keeps proving something modern golf still needs to hear: not every elite test has to be huge, loud, and built for launch monitors.
The RBC Heritage field is loaded after the Masters, but Justin Rose has already withdrawn after his Augusta near-miss, and the whole week now feels shaped by Masters fallout.