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Here’s how the field qualified for the RBC Heritage as of 4/9/2021. Check here for updates. Former Winners of RBC Heritage Wesley Bryan Branden Grace Satoshi Kodaira Davis Love III Cheng Tsung Pan Webb Simpson Winner – U.S. Open/PGA Championship (starting with 2005 winners) Bryson DeChambeau Dustin Johnson Collin Morikawa Winner – The Masters Tournament (2017-2021) Sergio Garcia Winner – THE PLAYERS Championship (2016-2019, 2021) Si Woo Kim Winner – The Open Championship (2016-2019) Shane Lowry Winner – World Golf Championships Event-Match Play (2019, 2021) Billy Horschel Kevin Kisner Winners of the Arnold Palmer Inv. & the Memorial (Last 3 Years) Tyrrell Hatton Patrick Cantlay Member of Last Named U.S. Presidents Cup Team Matt Kuchar Member of Last Named International Presidents Cup Team Byeong Hun An Abraham Ancer Adam Hadwin Sungjae Im Cameron Smith Top 50 – World Golf Ranking thru WGC-Dell Tech Match Play Daniel Berger Matt Fitzpatrick Paul Casey Lee Westwood Harris English Tommy Fleetwood Kevin Na Christiaan Bezuidenhout Corey Conners Robert MacIntyre Will Zalatoris Carlos Ortiz Brian Harman Mackenzie Hughes Sponsors Exemptions – 2018-19 FEC / 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Category Michael Gligic Nick Watney Sponsors Exemptions – Members not otherwise exempt Bill Haas Ben Martin Sponsors Exemptions – Unrestricted John Augenstein Chesson Hadley William McGirt Bryson Nimmer PGA Section Champ/Player of the Year Thomas Gibson Career Money Exemption K.J. Choi Luke Donald Jim Furyk Hunter Mahan Steve Stricker Bo Van Pelt Top 125 who earned most FEC points: 2019-20 Greenbrier-2021 Valero Brendon Todd Sebastián Muñoz Adam Long Kevin Streelman Joel Dahmen Tom Hoge Charley Hoffman Russell Henley Maverick McNealy Richy Werenski Stewart Cink J.T. Poston Harry Higgs Michael Thompson Dylan Frittelli Nick Taylor Tyler Duncan Denny McCarthy Henrik Norlander Brian Gay Mark Hubbard Andrew Landry Sam Burns Cameron Davis Sepp Straka Emiliano Grillo Robert Streb Wyndham Clark Peter Malnati Doc Redman Alex Noren Charles Howell III Matthew NeSmith Hudson Swafford Harold Varner III Zach Johnson Kyoung-Hoon Lee Danny Lee Chris Kirk Lucas Glover Aaron Wise Brian Stuard Patrick Rodgers Jim Herman Chez Reavie Tyler McCumber Robby Shelton Ian Poulter Pat Perez Xinjun Zhang Russell Knox Andrew Putnam Troy Merritt Rory Sabbatini Sung Kang Brandon Hagy Vaughn Taylor Chase Seiffert Luke List Kyle Stanley Top 125 (Nonmember) William Gordon Current Tournament Winners Ryan Armour Austin Cook Jason Dufner Brice Garnett Michael Kim Patton Kizzire Graeme McDowell Scott Piercy Ted Potter, Jr. Brandt Snedeker Martin Trainer Kevin Tway Danny Willett FedExCup Points – 5 players not otherwise eligible Doug Ghim Anirban Lahiri Matt Wallace Camilo Villegas Rafael Campos Top 125 on Prior Year’s FedExCup Points List Scott Harrington Ryan Moore Adam Schenk Scott Brown Beau Hossler Scott Stallings Tom Lewis Bo Hoag

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MAMARONECK, N.Y. - Justin Thomas could have shot anything in the second round of the 82nd U.S. Open at Winged Foot on Friday. On a course where you must hit the fairway, he hit just three of them. The putts weren't dropping. He was 5 over for his first 10 holes. It was all slipping away. And then it wasn't. In a bounce-back that may have saved his chances for a second major title, Thomas birdied the long par-3 third hole and went 1 under the rest of the way for a 3-over 73 that left him 2 under, just two back. "Every single person in this tournament is going to go through a stretch where they get a bad run, especially here," he said. "... I wasn’t driving it well and then had a couple putts that easily could have gone in that kind of just stayed out. RELATED: Full leaderboard | Winged Foot fights back in Round 2 "But I just stayed positive" he added, "and kept fighting because I know that a 3 over is better than a 4 over, and today easily could have been a 6 or 7. I’m proud of myself for how I hung in." The second round brought significantly more wind, which sped the course up and made things considerably more difficult. Tiger Woods, one of Thomas' playing partners, struggled to a 77, and he wasn't even close to the worst of the casualties. Sung Kang shot 86, while Davis Thompson, the Georgia amateur who briefly held the first-round lead, shot 78 to miss the cut by one. It was that kind of day; the course bit back. Wayward with the driver, Thomas paid the usual price for inaccuracy at Winged Foot. He and his caddie Jimmy Johnson rolled with it, though, trusting that things would start to turn. "He knew and I knew that we were close to getting something and at least making some pars or throwing in a birdie or two," Thomas said. "He just kind of says to me, ‘Stay patient. Good things will happen. We’ve just got to keep playing our game.' And that’s what we did." Thomas found something with his tee shot at the third, his 12th hole of the day. He later called it the turning point. "I mean, that birdie on three was pretty sick," he said. "I mean, a 5-wood in there, 228 into the wind, and then just it was a really, really tough putt. I mean, I’m sure you could see with kind of the sun hitting the greens they weren’t exactly rolling true, but that’s how poa annua is and everybody has to deal with it in the afternoon. "That was a very quick double breaking putt," he added, "and that was nice. After playing No. 2 perfectly and just having it lip out, to birdie that hole almost feels like an eagle." Exhausted and out of daylight, he was due for some dinner and rest. He'll have some work on the driving range to do in order to straighten out the driver Saturday, but isn't overly worried. And at just two back, he likes his position. "It’s a better position than I’ve been in a U.S. Open before," he said. "This isn’t exactly a place where you go out and try to shoot 6 or 7 under to catch up."

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