Long before he slipped on the tartan jacket Sunday at Harbour Town as the most recent champion of the RBC Heritage, Matt Fitzpatrick would attend the longtime PGA Tour stop frequently as a kid during family vacations in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
And he would always wonder why Tiger Woods never was in the field.
“I always remember coming here and saying to my dad, ‘Is Tiger going to be in it here?’ And my dad is like, ‘No, Tiger is not playing this week,’” Fitzpatrick recalled. “I seem to remember that happening a lot. … I was always looking for Tiger.