Scottie Scheffler will have to wait until Monday to add another colorful jacket to his closet and become the first reigning Masters champion to win the RBC Heritage the following week since Bernhard Langer in 1985.
One week after Scheffler slipped into the famed Green Jacket awarded to the Masters champ for the second time in three years, only Mother Nature could delay the 27-year-old Texan from winning the Heritage’s trademark Tartan Jacket on Sunday in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Inclement weather suspended play for more than two hours, preventing the completion of play before darkness. Play will resume on Monday at 8 a.m. ET.
“I’ll treat tomorrow like I’m playing 18 holes and do all my normal prep work and come out here ready to go for the restart,” Scheffler said.
Scheffler was 4-under through 15 holes in the final round and 20-under overall when play was suspended due to darkness, and five shots ahead of Wyndham Clark (65) and Patrick Cantlay (who is just off the 18th green playing his third shot) in his bid to win for the second straight week and for the fourth time in his last five starts. JT Poston (thru 17) and Sahith Theegala (thru 15) are also tied for second.
Scheffler is seeking his 10th career Tour title since February 2022. He finished second in the only tournament he did not win during his recent run of success. As a result, Scheffler already has surpassed more than $15 million in earnings this season and would be in line to bank another $3.6 million if he hangs on for the win.
After winning the Masters, Scheffler flew home to Dallas to be with his pregnant wife Meredith and didn’t show up to Hilton Head until Tuesday. He played only a nine-hole practice round on Wednesday and spotted much of the field a head start on Thursday, shanking a bunker shot at his third hole in the first round, making double bogey and needing two late birdies to post 69. He trailed by six and complained of fatigue. But after recharging his batteries, he didn’t make a single bogey or worse. He shot 65 on Friday and was lurking three back before reminding everyone who is boss with a bogey-free 63 to claim a two-stroke lead.
Scheffler laid down the hammer early, chipping in at the par-5 second hole from 53 feet for eagle. It marked his 11th hole-out of the season. He tacked on a birdie at the par-5 fifth and strung together six consecutive pars before the horn blew.
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