Five of the best ten players at RBC Heritage

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After The Masters show, the PGA Tour is back in the limelight with RBC Heritage. At Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, from April 14 to 17, 132 competitors will compete for the title and an eight million dollar prize pool. Among these also five of the best ten players in the world: the Californian Collin Morikawa (second in the world order of merit), the Australian Cameron Smith (fifth in the world ranking and third at The Masters), the Americans Patrick Cantaly (sixth and best player on the circuit in 2021 when he also won the FedEx Cup), Justin Thomas (eighth and also back from a Top 10 in Augusta) and Dustin Johnson (ninth). As far as the Top 10 is concerned, the number 1 Scottie Scheffler (who has found consecration with the triumph at the Masters) will be missing, after four exploits in the last six games played.

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At Harbor Town Golf Links, Stewart Cink will defend the title, who in 2021 won this tournament for the third time (he managed to do it himself in 2000 and 2004), twenty-one years and two days after the first. Cink, 48, from Huntsville, was the only golfer to have made a "hole in one" at The Masters in 2022. Among the past winners in the competition, also all the last nine RBC Heritage champions. In addition to Cink, here are Webb Simpson (2020), Pan Cheng-tsung (2019), Satoshi Kodaira (2018), Wesley Bryan (2017), Branden Grace (2016), Jim Furyk (2015), Matt Kuchar (2014) and Graeme McDowell (2013). Among the favorites for the title, in addition to the top five in the world ranking, there is also the Irish Shane Lowry (third at The Masters and champion of The Open in 2019). Chance also for the Chilean Joaquin Niemann, the Canadian Corey Conners and the South Korean Sungjae Im.

He is among the most successful sportsmen ever, as well as one of the richest in the world. When it comes to firsts Tiger Woods is always present: 15 majors won, 110 professional tournaments, the most successful golfer in the history of this sport. Statistics that explain why he managed to stay at the top of the world ranking for 683 weeks (of which 281 consecutive) and above all because in 2014 he became the first sportsman in the world to have broken the billion dollar barrier. Astronomical figure that also justifies the fact that Tiger Woods can afford a yacht like the Privacy, a real fairytale boat. And obviously we are talking about something that has cost a lot.

If you imagine a luxury yacht and some comfort on board, then Privacy has it. 48 meters long, with a total area of ​​600 square meters, this yacht was purchased by the golfer in 2004. Equipped with five cabins capable of accommodating a total of ten people, she also boasts four quarters for nine crew members. Tiger Woods usually calls it "my dinghy" even if everything looks like a dinghy: with a cruising speed of 18 knots, he also has a gym on board where the golfer keeps training. Woods, in fact, prefers to stay on this yacht during the tournaments held in New York.

With cherry wood interiors, Privacy also features an elevator for three people, a huge Jacuzzi, large enough to accommodate eight people, and the inevitable cinema room and corner bar. The extra something for this mega yacht is provided by the area that Tiger Woods wanted to be dedicated to scuba diving: this also explains the presence of a decompression chamber (inflatable) and an area dedicated to filling oxygen cylinders. The luxuries are also completed by three jet skis and two scooters for short shore excursions. Obviously, all of this has a price: Privacy cost 17 million euros and its annual maintenance amounts to 1.7 million euros.

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