At 9:10 a.m. Dallas time, Scottie Scheffler strode from the practice putting green, a crane-mounted camera hovering above and patrons massed around the first tee box, awaiting his arrival. The golf world wondered whether Dallas’ Scheffler will make history here this week.

While Rory McIlroy takes a week off to revel in his long-sought Masters victory, the rest of the golfing elite is preparing for the fifth signature event of the season, the RBC Heritage, beginning Thursday at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island,

Another week, another course record shared by Justin Thomas. Making the short trip from Augusta, Georgia, to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Thomas did not lose a beat while marching ahead of the rest of the field in the opening round of the 2025 RBC Heritage.