The Island Packet Online: The Heritage

		HILTON HEAD ISLAND - BLUFFTON S.C.

		April 17-20, 2008 - Harbour Town Golf Links
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PHOTO: Boo Weekly displays the trophy he earned for winning the Verizon Heritage for a second consecutive year. Weekley jumped into the top 10 in Ryder Cup points and would be a good addition to the U.S. team, columnist Bob Spear says.

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Imagining Boo at Valhalla
Verizon Heritage winner Weekley would be a good fit on US Ryder Cup team

Let's play "what if," a game that presents assumptions with the answers limited only by imagination.
Today's topic: What if Boo Weekley's second consecutive triumph in the Verizon Heritage propels him to a place on this year's United States Ryder Cup team?

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Be there, virtually speaking
Take a virtual tour of the Harbour Town Golf Links, site of The Heritage. Each stop on the tour gives a brief analysis of the hole, along with 360 degree Virtual Reality Panoramas of the tee and green. Pan, zoom and tilt your way through the course, without ever leaving your desk.
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What: 40th Annual Verizon Heritage Tournament
When: April 17-20, 2008
Where: Harbour Town Golf Links
Par: 36-35-71
Yardage: 3,495-3,478-6,973
Course designer: Pete Dye with Jack Nicklaus
Course features: Narrow, tight fairways; abundant water and sand hazards; small greens; winds through pines, palms and oak forests; fronts on Calibogue Sound with view of the marsh and Harbour Town Yacht Basin.
Defending champion: Boo Weekley
Past champion:Arnold Palmer, Bob Goalby, Hale Irwin, Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus, Hubert Green, Graham Marsh, Tom Watson, Doug Tewell, Bill Rogers, Fuzzy Zoeller, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Davis Love III, Greg Norman, Payne Stewart, David Edwards, Bob Tway, Loren Roberts, Nick Price, Glen Day, Stewart Cink, Jose Coceres, Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard, Aaron Baddeley.
Total prize money $5.5 million
Winner's share: $990,000
Playoff: If necessary, a sudden-death playoff will be conducted, starting at the 18th hole.
Field: 132 invited players. After 36 holes, field cut to low 70 and ties.
Tournament director: Steve Wilmot.
Harbour Town head professional: John Farrell.
Harbour Town superintendent: Gary Snyder.