Big Time for Hilton Head Golf in Uncertain Times
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Nothing about this RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing golf tournament was normal.
So maybe it was fitting that the eventual champion was a steady presence who knows this golf course as well as anyone.
In the end, Webb Simpson punched through a tightly packed leaderboard fueled by unprecedented low scoring to win Sunday at Harbour Town Golf Links. He finished 22-under-par 262 to beat a group that included a charging Daniel Berger, Sergio Garcia and Brooks Koepka.
The winning total was a record, beating Brian Gay’s 20-under 264 finish in 2009.More than Simpson’s course knowledge was experience in contention and knowing how he would react as birdies flew, he said.
“That was what I was thankfully leaning on those last few holes,”…
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The Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is the state reptile of South Carolina and the most common sea turtle nester along our shores. They are easily recognizable by the large size of their head in relation to their body and their brownish or yellow skin. Adults have top shells that measure from 30-42 inches in length and usually weigh up to 400 pounds. Males are larger than females, and are not known to come ashore once they leave their beach of birth. Females usually begin to nest the first or second week in May; the nesting season usually ends by the end of August. Females usually emerge to nest at night and lay an average of 120 eggs per nest. They locate an appropriate nest site by judging the temperature and moisture…