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2026 RBC Heritage Recap

Read the final round recap below, then scroll down for the official highlights video.

CaddyBytes 🏆 2026 RBC Heritage Final Round Recap: Sunday at Harbour Town Golf Links delivered exactly the kind of finish this tournament had been building toward all week. The opening rounds established just how demanding the course could be when the wind shifted and the iron play had to stay precise, Saturday crowded the leaderboard and turned the event into a real fight, and the final round finished it off with late pressure, nervy recovery shots, and a playoff to decide the winner. In the end, Matt Fitzpatrick claimed the 2026 RBC Heritage for a second time, finishing it with a delicate birdie in extra holes after one of the tightest closing battles of the PGA Tour season so far.

The final round had the exact Harbour Town feel golf fans expect. There were very few easy moments, even for the leaders. Players had to flight approaches under control, manage awkward lies, and trust touch shots around the greens when the pressure rose. Harris English was part of the early story with a low, controlled iron shot that showed how much creativity the course demanded, while others were constantly forced to judge spin, rollout, and wind off the sound. Nothing about the final round looked simple, and that is what made the closing stretch feel so tense.

Scottie Scheffler kept himself right in the middle of the fight and produced several of the biggest moments of the day. He stayed aggressive when chances appeared, hammered home a key birdie putt at the 16th, and kept applying pressure with the kind of clean ball-striking that made him such a threat all weekend. Even when Harbour Town asked for something special, Scheffler kept answering. One long-iron shot into the wind stood out as one of the shots of the tournament, the kind of strike that reminded everyone why he remained such a dangerous presence all the way to the end.

Fitzpatrick, though, never let the tournament drift away. His week had already featured brilliant control and one of the standout rounds of the event, and Sunday became more about patience than momentum. There were moments when the pressure clearly shifted around the leaderboard, and there were stretches where pars mattered almost as much as birdies. But Fitzpatrick kept hanging in, managed the course the way a past Harbour Town winner should, and gave himself just enough chances to stay level with the best players chasing him down.

That was really the story of the week as a whole. The RBC Heritage never turned into a runaway after the Masters. Instead, it became a tournament defined by precision, recovery play, and shifting momentum. Fitzpatrick’s surge earlier in the week helped put him in position, Scheffler’s weekend charge gave the event star power and late energy, and Harbour Town itself kept making the contenders prove every shot. By Sunday afternoon, the tournament had gone from a strong field event into a proper signature-event finish, with multiple players still feeling like they had a real chance deep into the closing holes.

The ending matched the week. A playoff was needed, and Fitzpatrick closed it out with a soft, nervy birdie that fit the course perfectly — not overpowering, just controlled and timely. It was a champion’s finish on a course that never rewards impatience for long. So the final image from Hilton Head was fitting: Fitzpatrick once again holding the RBC Heritage trophy after surviving one of the most competitive weeks of the early season, while Harbour Town once again proved that strategy, discipline, and shotmaking still decide everything there.

Video courtesy of Golf Channel / PGA TOUR / YouTube.