RBC Heritage: Top 10 power rankings at Harbour Town

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC - APRIL 17: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland (R) stands wtih his caddie during the second round of the Verizon Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on April 17, 2009 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC - APRIL 17: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland (R) stands wtih his caddie during the second round of the Verizon Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on April 17, 2009 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC – APRIL 16: Bryson DeChambeau stands on the first tee during the third round of the 2016 RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on April 16, 2016 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC – APRIL 16: Bryson DeChambeau stands on the first tee during the third round of the 2016 RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on April 16, 2016 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

In four starts at the RBC Heritage, Bryson DeChambeau has left Hilton Head Island either penniless or with a six-figure check.

He nearly won his first PGA Tour event here as a rookie in 2016. DeChambeau fired 70-69-72-68 to finish four off the pace.

The SMU grad missed the cut in 2017 before bouncing back a year later. DeChambeau finished T-3 (68-64-75-66) and finished just one shot out of a playoff. He would’ve been the favorite against Si-Woo Kim and eventual champ, Satoshi Kodaira.

DeChambeau claims Harbour Town is a comfortable stop on the schedule.

“I love this place,”  DeChambeau was quoted by ASAP Sports in 2018. “And I’ll come back here for a long, long time. It’s pretty special to me and it always will be.”

Yet, in 2019, he was rueing a missed cut by two shots after carding rounds of 70 and 73.

With all that said, it looks like DeChambeau’s due for another top-five in 2020, right?

That’s right where he wound up last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge. A missed birdie putt on the 72nd hole kept him out of a playoff and forced him to settle for a T-3 finish.

DeChambeau’s prowess off the tee was on full display as he led the field in driving distance (340.4 yards) while hitting a modest 58.93% of his fairways.

I believe he will have to be a bit more restrained off the tee this week, but that shouldn’t kill his momentum. He seeks his fifth straight top-five and sixth of the 2019-2020 season.

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