Some interesting Heritage Golf Tournament facts to stun your Indigo Run neighbors with.
Happy Heritage week Indigo Run! It appears that the weather is going to truly cooperate with this years tournament. Who is going to win it this year? Any thoughts? Well, here are some interesting facts about the Heritage golf tournament held each year in Sea Pines on Hilton Head Island, SC. A big thank you to the Heritage Classic Foundation for providing the following facts.
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 - 2008
Growth Of The Purse
• 1969: $100,000
• 2008: $5.5 million
Top-Five Money Earners
• Davis Love III: $2.5 million
• Stewart Cink: $1.6 million
• Ernie Els : $1.4 million
• Jim Furyk : $1.1 million
• Aaron Baddeley : $1.1 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 (championship decision based on five playoff holes)
Highest Score By A Winner
• 283: Arnold Palmer (1969)
Heritage's Top-Ten Finishes
• 11: Davis Love III
• 10: Tom Kite
• 9: Hale Irwin
• 8: Craig Stadler
• 7: Ernie Ells, 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, Yesper Parnevik, Steve Pate, Gary Player, Jesper Roberts, Loren Roberts, Gene Sauers, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, and Scott Verplank
Source: Heritage Classic Foundation
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 - 2008
Growth Of The Purse
• 1969: $100,000
• 2008: $5.5 million
Top-Five Money Earners
• Davis Love III: $2.5 million
• Stewart Cink: $1.6 million
• Ernie Els : $1.4 million
• Jim Furyk : $1.1 million
• Aaron Baddeley : $1.1 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 (championship decision based on five playoff holes)
Highest Score By A Winner
• 283: Arnold Palmer (1969)
Heritage's Top-Ten Finishes
• 11: Davis Love III
• 10: Tom Kite
• 9: Hale Irwin
• 8: Craig Stadler
• 7: Ernie Ells, 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, Yesper Parnevik, Steve Pate, Gary Player, Jesper Roberts, Loren Roberts, Gene Sauers, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, and Scott Verplank
Source: Heritage Classic Foundation
Wonderful information! I was wondering the other day, where has Gene Sauers gone?
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Thanks for reading Mark.
I looked into finding some more information on Gene and unfortunately could not uncover much recent news. I did however find a bio on him on Wikepedia, which you might find interesting. Check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Sauers
Good to have you reading the blog Mark.
Take care.
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