The Island Packet Online: The Heritage

		HILTON HEAD ISLAND - BLUFFTON S.C.

		April 17-20, 2008 - Harbour Town Golf Links
an Island Packet Online special publication

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Heritage helped create area's reputation as golf destination
The Verizon Heritage began in 1969 as a risky venture by Sea Pines president and developer Charles Fraser.

PGA Tour grew from informal circuit
The precise start of the PGA Tour defies documentation.

Take the Heritage quiz
Think you might be an authority on Hilton Head Island's annual PGA Tour stop? Take The Island Packet's Verizon Heritage quiz and find out.

Did you know these Heritage facts?

Heritage champions have combined to win 67 major championships, and only seven ex-champions have failed to win at least one major.

Sea Pines founder traced golf's American roots to Charleston
The Verizon Heritage may have started in 1969, but its history goes back more than 200 years.

Storied tales of The Heritage's past
For any golfer, the point of The Heritage is to be the one who leaves Harbour Town Golf Links wearing the tartan plaid jacket.

Harbour Town has left stamp on course design
Harbour Town Golf Links sits on the southern tip of Hilton Head Island with its 18th hole -- one of the most famous finishing holes in golf -- bordering Calibogue Sound.

Timeline of The Heritage
1959 -- Sea Pines founder Charles Fraser plans first golf course on Hilton Head Island.

Palmer's victory gave Heritage instant credibility
It was the longest drought of Arnold Palmer's illustrious career to that point -- 14 months without a tournament victory.

Origin of American golf a North vs. South battle
Who says the North and South have settled their differences?