Thomas ties RBC Heritage record on layout he loves

Justin Thomas missed a new Harbour Town Golf Links record by inches, but still bagged the early lead at the RBC Heritage on April 17 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

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The American rolled in 11 birdies and tied the single-round course record with a 10-under 61, narrowly missing a 5 1/2-foot putt right of the final hole for a record-setting 60 after dropping in a series of shots with the short stick from substantial distance.

"I just played really solid," Thomas said after settling for a par at the 18th.

"I feel like I didn't do anything crazy. I just drove the ball well, which is very, very important out here, and I felt like it was just one of those days I put the ball in a spot that I had a lot of good numbers.

"I had a lot of kind of full wedges to where - although you have to be a little conservative at times out here - I felt like they were kind of pins and angles and everything that I could be a little aggressive and just kind of got rolling with it."