It was a packed leaderboard on Easter Sunday with Jordan Spieth taking home the tartan jacket, winning the 2022 RBC Heritage in a playoff.
Spieth would sink a birdie on 18 to get to -13. From there, he would go to the clubhouse to wait out the five groups behind him, most of whom were a shot or two off the lead.
“I was inside, and I can’t stand watching golf when you’re trying to dodge made putts because these guys are so good. Every single putt looks like it’s going in. It was just way more nerve-racking than actually playing,” Spieth said.
When regulation play had finished, Speith was tied with Patrick Cantlay at 13 under par and was off to a playoff.
In the playoff, both players approach shots ended up in the bunker. Spieth went first, hitting a great shot and tapping in for par. Cantlay needed a birdie to win, or par to go to a second playoff hole, but his bunker shot rolled about 30 feet from the hole and he missed his par putt.
“I needed a lot of things to go right. I needed to birdie the 18th then needed some help, got some help, dodged a bunch of bullets coming in, and ended up in a one-on-one playoff where my lie in the bunker, although not great, was certainly better than Patrick’s,” Spieth said. “It’s a bit of a surprise. I definitely felt like I was putting myself in the position hole to hole this week to win a golf tournament, and I just was having a hard time early in the week adjusting to the speed differences from last week.”
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