It took a playoff birdie, but Matt Fitzpatrick has now claimed his second win of the PGA Tour season.
Fitzpatrick fended off top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and grabbed a one-shot win at the RBC Heritage. He posted a 1-under 70 in his final round at Harbour Town in South Carolina and drilled a 13-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to grab his win over Scheffler. That gave him his second win in his last three starts on Tour and brought him to four wins in his Tour career.
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The win also earned Fitzpatrick a $3.6 million check, which was part of a $20 million purse this week at the signature event.
Fitzpatrick started the final round with a three-shot lead over Scheffler and the field, but Scheffler quickly rallied back and made two birdies in his final three holes to force the playoff. Fitzpatrick, who made 14 straight pars himself, bogeyed the 18th in regulation.
But Fitzpatrick landed his approach just past the pin on the first playoff hole and drained his putt with ease. That gave Scheffler his second straight runner-up finish, following his second-place run at the Masters last week.
Here’s a look at how much Fitzpatrick and the rest of the field earned this week.
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2026 RBC Heritage payouts
1. Matt Fitzpatrick — $3.6 million
2. Scottie Scheffler — $2.16 million
3. Si Woo Kim — $1.36 million
T4. Collin Morikawa, Harris English, Ludvig Åberg — $823,333
7. Bud Cauley — $665,000
T8. Rickie Fowler, Kurt Kitayama, Patrick Cantlay, Gary Woodland — $555,000
T12. Keegan Bradley, Matt McCarty, Xander Schauffele, Steven Fisk — $399,250
T16. Jordan Smith, Maverick McNealy, Wyndham Clark, Akshay Bhatia, Sam Burns, Ryan Fox, Patrick Rodgers, Pierceson Coody, Andrew Novak — $255,333
T25. Michael Kim, Chris Gotterup, Sahith Theegala, J.J. Spaun, Russell Henley, Cameron Young, Aldrich Potgieter, Brian Harman — $141,875
T33. Michael Thorbjornsen, Ryan Gerard, Ben Griffin, Adam Schenk, Jordan Spieth, Karl Villips, Jacob Bridgeman, Chandler Blanchet, Joe Highsmith — $94,333
T42. Jason Day, Sungjae Im, Daniel Berger, Andrew Putnam, Michael Brennan, Shane Lowry, Robert MacIntyre, Lucas Glover, Viktor Hovland, Sepp Straka — $57,200
T52. Garrick Higgo, Tommy Fleetwood, Sudarshan Yellamaraju — $45,000
T55. William Mouw, Nicolai Højgaard, Corey Conners, Matt Wallace, Sami Valimaki — $41,100
T60. Ricky Castillo, J.T. Poston, Ryo Hisatsune, Nick Taylor, Min Woo Lee — $38,000
T65. Denny McCarthy, Harry Hall, Alex Noren, Sam Stevens — $35,750
T69. Max Homa, Johnny Keefer — $34,625
T71. Taylor Pendrith, Tom Hoge, David Lipsky — $34,000
T74. Jhonattan Vegas, Austin Smotherman, Jake Knapp — $33,250
T77. Justin Thomas, Brian Campbell, Marco Penge — $32,500
80. Billy Horschel — $32,000
81. Nico Echavarria — $31,750
82. Tony Finau — $31,500
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