RBC Heritage: Spieth wears down Cantlay in battle of FedExCup champs

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RBC Heritage champion Jordan Spieth made two eagles in the final round (Nos. 2 and 5), becoming the 16th different player (19th instance) on record (1983-present) to make multiple eagles in the final round and go on to win. Photo: si.com

Jordan Spieth (-13) won the RBC Heritage in a playoff over Patrick Cantlay, earning his 13th PGA TOUR title in his 226th start at the age of 28 years, 8 months, 21 days.

His PGA TOUR wins (13): 2013 John Deere Classic, 2015 Valspar Championship, 2015 Masters Tournament, 2015 U.S. Open, 2015 John Deere Classic, 2015 TOUR Championship, 2016 Sentry Tournament of Champions, 2016 Charles Schwab Challenge, 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 2017 Travelers Championship, 2017 Open Championship, 2021 Valero Texas Open, 2022 RBC Heritage.

Related: Harold Varner III makes charge with 63

Spieth becomes the 82nd player to reach 13 wins on the PGA TOUR and moves to T72 on the all-time wins list. Moves from No. 47 to No. 11 in the FedExCup standings, his highest position of the season.

 

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Moves from No. 20 to No. 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking (inside the top 10 for the first time since October 30, 2021).

Spieth made two eagles in the final round (Nos. 2 and 5), becoming the 16th different player (19th instance) on record (1983-present) to make multiple eagles in the final round and go on to win; second this season (Hideki Matsuyama, ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP).

Began the final round T9 at 8-under, three strokes back of 54-hole leader Harold Varner III. Eight of the last 10 RBC Heritage winners have now come from at least two strokes behind entering the final round.

Seventh winner this season to enter the final round trailing by at least three strokes and first since Sam Burns at the Valspar Championship.

 

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With rounds of 69-68-68-66, posts four scores in the 60s for the first time since the 2021 Open Championship (2nd).

Spieth moved to 5-3 in playoffs on the PGA TOUR (most recent: lost to Dustin Johnson, 2017 FedEx St. Jude Championship – first event of FedExCup Playoffs).

Cantlay moved to 3-3 in playoffs on the PGA TOUR (most recent: lost to Scottie Scheffler, 2022 WM Phoenix Open).

 

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Cantlay became the first player to lose in multiple playoffs in the same season since Joaquin Niemann in 2020-21.

Fifth playoff on the PGA TOUR this season (most recent: Sam Burns def. Davis Riley, Valspar Championship).

Cantlay (P2) earned his third top-three finish and fourth top-10 in five starts at the event (T3/2017, T7/2018, T3/2019, MC/2021, P2/2022).

 

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54-hole leader Harold Varner III (T3) now has three top-three results on the PGA TOUR, with two coming at the RBC Heritage (T3/2019 FedEx St. Jude Championship, T2/2021 RBC Heritage, T3/2022 RBC Heritage).

Shane Lowry (T3) has finished in the top 15 in each of his last five stroke-play events, including a runner-up at The Honda Classic and back-to-back T3s (Masters Tournament, RBC Heritage).

 

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Cam Davis (T3) tied his career-low score on the PGA TOUR with a 63 (second instance; first: 2020 Sanderson Farms Championship).

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