New RBC Heritage champion Justin Thomas with his wife Jillian and daughter Molly (Image – PGA Tour)
Final-Round Notes – RBC Heritage Classic
Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 76. Wind S 10-15 mph.
Final Leaderboard
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
| P1 | Justin Thomas | 61 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 267 (-17) |
| P2 | Andrew Novak | 68 | 65 | 66 | 68 | 267 (-17) |
| T3 | Daniel Berger | 70 | 67 | 68 | 65 | 270 (-14) |
| T3 | Mackenzie Hughes | 68 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 270 (-14) |
| T3 | Brian Harman | 66 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 270 (-14) |
| T3 | Maverick McNealy | 70 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 270 (-14) |
Playoff Notes
- Justin Thomas defeated Andrew Novak with a birdie-3 on the first playoff hole (No. 18)
- 17th playoff in RBC Heritage history and first since 2023 (Matt Fitzpatrick def. Jordan Spieth)
- Fifth playoff on TOUR this season and second consecutive: Sony Open in Hawaii, Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, THE PLAYERS Championship, Masters Tournament
- Playoff Records:
- Justin Thomas: 5-2
- Andrew Novak: 0-1
Justin Thomas (Winner/-17)
16th career PGA TOUR title
- Earns 16th PGA TOUR victory in his 250th start at age of 31 years, 11 months, 22 days
- Wins in his 59th PGA TOUR start since his last victory at the 2022 PGA Championship (span of 1,064 days)
- Becomes 58th player in PGA TOUR history to reach 16 wins and first since Mark O’Meara (1998 Open Championship)
- Moves to T54 on the all-time PGA TOUR wins list and joins: Jack Burke, Jr., Ralph Guldahl, Mark O’Meara, Tom Weiskopf
With the win at the RBC Heritage
- Earns 700 points to move from No. 11 to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings
- Moves from No. 8 to No. 6 in the Official World Golf Ranking. It is the first time since June 2022 when he was No. 6 in the world ahead of teeing-up in the RBC Canadian Open. He had been World No. 1 in capturing the August 2020 FedEx St. Jude Championship.
- Win marks third top-10 in seven starts at the RBC Heritage (T8/2020, T5/2024, Won/2025)
- Tied RBC Heritage 18-hole scoring record with an opening round 10-under 61 (David Frost/R2/1994, Troy Merritt/R2/2015)
- Improves to 5-for-12 converting the 18-hole lead/co-lead to victory
- Becomes first 18-hole leader/co-leader to win on TOUR in 18 events this season
- Improves 7-for-14 converting 36-hole lead/co-lead to victory on TOUR
- Eight of his 16 victories have been in come-from-behind fashion, including last five
Tournament (strokes off lead following 54-holes)
2025 RBC Heritage (1)
2022 PGA Championship (7)
2021 THE PLAYERS Championship (3)
2020 World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational (4)
2020 Sentry (1)
2018 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (1)
2017 PGA Championship (2)
2016 CIMB Classic (4)
Miscellaneous Notes
- Playing in the final group for the third time this season, the most of any player, Andrew Novak finishes solo-second in first playoff appearance; earns second runner-up finish in his 99th start (2nd/2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship)
- World No. 1 and defending champion Scottie Scheffler finishes T8 following a final-round 70, his eighth top-25 finish in as many starts this season
- Seven-time DP World Tour winner Tommy Fleetwood (7th) earns his 39th top-10 finish in his 153rd start, the most top 10 finishes on TOUR without a win (in last 40 years on TOUR)
