Relationships last for those on U.S. teams

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Field for the RBC Heritage (How they qualified) Past champions of the RBC Heritage Wesley Bryan Glen Day Jim Furyk Branden Grace Matt Kuchar Davis Love III Graeme McDowell Winner – U.S. Open or PGA Championship playing 15 events last yr. Vijay Singh Winner – U.S. Open/PGA Championship (starting with 2005 winners) Jason Dufner Dustin Johnson Martin Kaymer Winner – THE PLAYERS Championship (Last 5 Years) Si Woo Kim Winner – The Open Championship (last 5 years) Zach Johnson Winner – THE TOUR Championship (last 3 years) Xander Schauffele Winner – HSBC Champions – Last 3 years Russell Knox Winners of the Arnold Palmer Inv. & the Memorial (Last 3 Years) Marc Leishman David Lingmerth William McGirt Winner – Prior Year U.S. Amateur Championship Doc Redman Winner – FedEx Cup – Last Five Years Billy Horschel Member of Last Named U.S. Ryder Cup Team Ryan Moore Brandt Snedeker Member of Last Named U.S. Presidents Cup Team Kevin Chappell Charley Hoffman Kevin Kisner Member of Last Named International Presidents Cup Team Emiliano Grillo Adam Hadwin Anirban Lahiri Charl Schwartzel Top 50 – World Golf Ranking – Graduate Decline System Paul Casey Tyrrell Hatton Brian Harman Francesco Molinari Patrick Cantlay Ross Fisher Matthew Fitzpatrick Webb Simpson Cameron Smith Satoshi Kodaira Dylan Frittelli Sponsors Exemptions – Web.com Tour Finals Jonathan Byrd Corey Conners Sponsors Exemptions – Members not otherwise exempt Darren Clarke Carl Pettersson Sponsors Exemptions – Unrestricted David Hearn Philip Knowles Dru Love Sam Saunders PGA Section Champ/Player of the Year Steve Scott Career Money Exemption K.J. Choi Top 125 on Prior Year’s FedExCup Points List Bill Haas Mackenzie Hughes Hudson Swafford Charles Howell III Lucas Glover Kevin Na Bryson DeChambeau Luke List Ian Poulter Stewart Cink Scott Brown Martin Laird Sung Kang Ollie Schniederjans Sean O’Hair Robert Streb Bud Cauley Grayson Murray James Hahn Kevin Tway Danny Lee Kelly Kraft Rod Pampling Jason Kokrak Jonas Blixt Chad Campbell Chris Stroud Kevin Streelman Cody Gribble Cheng Tsung Pan Whee Kim Harold Varner III Chris Kirk Nick Taylor Camilo Villegas J.J. Spaun Scott Piercy Patton Kizzire Michael Kim Scott Stallings Byeong Hun An Martin Flores D.A. Points Luke Donald Richy Werenski Ryan Blaum Geoff Ogilvy Robert Garrigus Brian Gay Vaughn Taylor Steve Stricker Derek Fathauer Tyrone Van Aswegen Harris English Dominic Bozzelli Nick Watney John Huh Blayne Barber Ben Martin Rory Sabbatini J.J. Henry Top 125 (Medical) Ryan Palmer Michael Thompson Current Tournament Winners Ryan Armour Aaron Baddeley Greg Chalmers Austin Cook Matt Every Brice Garnett Fabián Gómez Billy Hurley III Peter Malnati Ted Potter, Jr. Brian Stuard FedExCup Points – 5 players not otherwise eligible Chesson Hadley Beau Hossler Andrew Landry Tom Hoge Brandon Harkins Major Medical Extension John Senden Jon Curran Bob Estes

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Collin Morikawa has been one of the TOUR’s top iron players since turning professional in 2019, finishing in the top three of Strokes Gained: Approach-the-Green in each of his first three full seasons. Throughout nearly all of his professional career – aside from playing in extremely firm conditions in Scotland – the two-time major winner has used TaylorMade’s P730 blade irons that were released in 2017. Morikawa typically uses the P730 blades in his short irons (7-PW) and combines them with cavity-back style P7MC irons at the top end of his set (5- and 6-iron). This week at the Hero World Challenge, however, Morikawa is debuting new “P7CM” blade irons in the place of his previous P730’s. Speaking with Morikawa on Tuesday, GolfWRX.com learned that he recently conducted in-depth testing at TaylorMade’s headquarters in Carlsbad, California, and he’s been using the new irons for just two weeks. “They’re brand new,” Morikawa told GolfWRX.com. “I’ve been using them for probably two weeks now. They’re not too far off from the P730’s that I’ve been using pretty much since I turned pro. I was fortunate enough to do some iron testing with TaylorMade – which I’ve never done – and go into the whole sole pattern, and bounce, and width of an iron. There’s nothing wrong with 730’s, I … love them, that’s why I played them for probably 4.5 years now. But there’s just certain shots here and there that come out of nowhere.” The new P7CM models creatively weave Morikawa’s initials into their nomenclature, similar to how Tiger Woods’ TaylorMade “P7TW” prototype irons are named, and Morikawa said he’s finding tighter dispersion patterns with the prototypes. To go along with his new P7CM blade irons (7-PW), Morikawa has also added new cavity-back TaylorMade P7MC’s to replace his previous 5- and 6-irons. He called the switch an “easy transition.” In nongolf equipment news, the newly married Morikawa told GolfWRX.com that he tried hitting range balls while wearing his new wedding ring for the first time, but he’ll likely take the ring off while playing golf … for now, at least. “I hit balls for the first time yesterday, and I didn’t love the feeling,” Morikawa said. “Right now, she’s going to have to live with it off (while playing golf), or else I’ll have to find a new job I can wear my ring. But I don’t really want to do that.” Should the newlyweds come to an understanding on the wedding ring, Morikawa will officially debut his new prototype irons this week.

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