HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Thinking he might have a chance for a playoff, Jordan Spieth rolled in a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole in regulation Sunday afternoon at Harbour Town Golf Links.
He made an even bigger shot when he returned to No. 18, the course’s signature hole with a lighthouse as its backdrop, to win the RBC Heritage in a playoff.
Spieth’s 56-footer from a greenside bunker stopped 7 inches away from the cup, and he beat Patrick Cantlay with a tap-in par for the 13th victory of his PGA Tour career, with the 28-year-old Texan winning on Easter Sunday for the second year in a row.
Sometimes, Spieth said, there’s a tournament where you feel you’ve played well, yet not good enough to win.
“I honestly felt like this was that week,” he said with a grin. “I needed a lot of things to go right.”