Jordan Spieth tees off with a cannon
The event took place at Harbor Town Golf Links par71 on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.
During the annual opening tee-off, the cup holder dons a "plaid jacket" - the traditional champion shirt - and hits the ball with an old-fashioned hickory stick. He fired at the same time as the cannon firing team in military uniform of the American Civil War.
"The guys who operate the gun told me to just nod and signal and they'll blow it up when I hit. But I'm also just acting, hitting the ball is fine, don't have to be strong. If I get injured, it's ruined because I didn't before. warm up, put on the jacket again," Spieth said.
The former world number one told him not to hear the cannon, thanks to focus on the task and supported by specialized earplugs.
At RBC Heritage 2022, Spieth and Patrick Cantlay ranked T1 with a score of -13 after four qualifying rounds. Both pin the result on the side hole. In this part, Spieth beat Cantlay by par in the first inning, after coming from the bunker next to the green to raise the ball to hug the flag. At that time, Spieth received $ 1.44 million in an eight million dollar bonus fund.
The RBC Heritage Fund this year increased to 20 million USD when entering the special category on the PGA Tour. With a new financial and status milestone, the championship section stands at $3.6 million, while the starting list has 144 players, of which eight are in the top 10 of the world's professional men's golf group (OWGR). ). This week, Spieth is 15th OWGR but has accumulated 26 weeks at number one.
Spieth is 29 years old, a Texan. Over the past 11 years, he has won 13 cups on the PGA Tour, including RBC Heritage and three majors - Masters and US Open in 2015, The Open 2017.
At the Masters 2023, Spieth reached only -1 after round 3, but thanks to a mutation in his final round performance - 66 strokes, he finished T4 with a score of -7, on April 10. With this result, he received $ 744,000, next to T2 (-8) with $ 1.584 million while the championship and $ 3.24 million belonged to Jon Rahm at -12 points.
