Team Troon On Tour: Thomas with a T5 Finish at RBC Heritage

PGA TOUR – RBC Heritage

This time last year was an epic week for Matt Fitzpatrick, who captured his second PGA TOUR win at the RBC Heritage. Fitzpatrick and his all Troon bag was defending his title alongside fellow Team Troon members at the fifth Signature event of the year. Justin Thomas led Team Troon with scores in the 60’s for all four rounds at Harbor Town. He would have a bogey free final round 65 and finish T5. Fitzpatrick and van Rooyen both were under par for the event…making it a combined -28 for Team Troon this week. Solid playing Team Troon. Complete scores are below:

•  T5 Justin Thomas: 69-68-68-65 = 270 / -14
• T28 Matt Fitzpatrick: 70-66-70-70 = 276 / -8
• T33 Erik van Rooyen: 72-66-72-67 = 277 / -7
• T64 Gary Woodland: 73-75-66-71 = 285 / +1

COMING UP

PGA TOUR – Zurich Classic of New Orleans

Next up is the team format of the Zurich Classic that will be hosted at TPC Louisiana. Team Troon will be highlighted with four players in the field, two playing on the same team in Matt Fitzpatrick and his brother (now Team Troon member) Alex Fitzpatrick. Other Team Troon members in the field include Matt Kuchar (playing with Steve Stricker) and Gary Woodland (who is paired with Lee Hodges). Troon investor/supporter in Rory McIlroy is teaming up with Shane Lowry to create a team that is heavy favorites for success.  Fun fact: this event dates back to beginning in 1938. Go low this week Team Troon!

LPGA TOUR – JM Eagle LA Championship

The LPGA Tour moves from major week at the Chevron to Los Angeles this week for the JM Eagle LA Championship (with a “major-like” purse…more on that shortly). Team Troon’s Benedetta Moresco will make her first LPGA start of her professional career this week. The JM Eagle LA Championship will take place in Wilshire Country Club playing for an elevated purse of $3.75M. Here is a snip about the purse from LPGA.com: In 2023, when JM Eagle and Plastpro took over sponsorship of the LPGA’s annual Los Angeles Tour stop, they did so with the commitment to elevate the tournament, hoping to serve as a motivator for other events to follow suit. They immediately doubled the tournament’s purse to $3 million and continued their commitment to women’s golf by increasing the purse again this year to $3.75 million, additionally covering the cost of hotel accommodations for players in the field. The purse of the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro is the largest outside the majors and CME Group Tour Championship.

The World of Troon is pulling for you this week Benny! Get in a “birdie state of mind!”

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In advance of Erik van Rooyen’s RBC Heritage appearance, he stopped into Belfair on Tuesday to execute a Q&A for members and invited guests. While there, EVR shared the moment on his Instagram Story to his 41K followers. Props to the Belfair team for putting on a great event and thank you EVR for sharing your day with us!