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Ludvig Aberg of Sweden leads the RBC Heritage with an 8-under-par 63 in the first round. The event, held at Harbour Town Golf Links, features a $20 million purse and no cut.
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Ludvig Aberg of Sweden posted an 8-under-par 63 to take the first-round lead at the RBC Heritage on Thursday in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
At the post-Masters signature event at Harbour Town Golf Links, which features a $20 million purse and no 36-hole cut, Aberg is hunting for his first win since February 2025.
"To me, this week is more about sort of mentally being ready, mentally being charged coming off a couple of tough weeks," Aberg said. "But hopefully I'll be ready to go this weekend, as well."
Aberg made five of his eight birdies on the back nine and stayed bogey-free. He holed a 16-foot birdie putt at the par-3 17th to reach 8 under.
Ludvig Aberg of Sweden posted an 8-under-par 63 to take the first-round lead at the RBC Heritage on Thursday in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
"I felt like the highlight for me was definitely my irons and my approach play," Aberg said. "I felt like that was really positive. Felt like I was hitting the flights I was trying to do. I was on the correct side of the flags, those kind of things that I really like to see. Then a few putts went in on the back nine that I didn't really do on the front."
Aberg is up a shot on Harris English and Norway's Viktor Hovland, while a six- way tie at 6-under 65 includes Rickie Fowler, Gary Woodland, Andrew Novak, Michael Brennan, England's Matt Fitzpatrick and New Zealand's Ryan Fox.
English and Hovland also turned in bogey-free cards, with Hovland crediting his up-and-downs more so than any particular birdie.
"I hit some really nice chip shots today, especially on 10. It was a nice up- and-down there," Hovland said. "Making a par on 12, I hit it left, which is pretty dead; making an up-and-down there was pretty nice."
Brennan led the field with 16 of 18 greens in regulation and Novak holed more than 81 feet of putts. Novak lost to Justin Thomas in a playoff at this event last year.
Fowler, a longtime fan favorite, has won just once on tour this decade and not since July 2023. He's in position for a run after limiting himself to one bogey against seven birdies, including five in his first seven holes.
Ludvig Aberg is leading the RBC Heritage with an 8-under-par 63.
The RBC Heritage has a prize purse of $20 million.
The RBC Heritage is being held at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Ludvig Aberg's last win was in February 2025.

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"I think it was probably more so between the ears," Fowler said. "Really didn't have great stuff the last few days and just put some time in to try and get into a better spot. Had a nice warm-up this morning. Really just tried to slow things down and get into a better rhythm, more consistent contact and flight."
The group at 5-under 66 featured Daniel Berger, Robert MacIntyre of Scotland, Sepp Straka of Austria and Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim of South Korea.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler shot a 3-under 68. Thomas struggled to a 5-over 76, tied for 80th out of 82 golfers with England's Tommy Fleetwood.
Bernhard Langer continued to defy Father Time, beating his age by two strokes to earn a share of the first-round lead at the Senior PGA Championship on Thursday in Bradenton, Fla.
The World Golf Hall of Famer from Germany, 68, posted his 6-under-par 66 in the morning wave and erased a back-nine double bogey with an eagle at the par-5 17th hole at Concession Golf Club.
Langer is tied with Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez and Australian Steve Allan for the lead, one ahead of Brian Gay, Retief Goosen of South Africa and Thammanoon Sriroj of Thailand. Gay had two holes to play as of 7:20 p.m.
It marked the 43rd time Langer shot his age or better in a round on the PGA Tour Champions.
"It's fun to shoot my age," Langer said. "So whenever I shoot my age or better, usually I've played some good golf. Yeah, that's one of the goals these days. Especially, you know, when you play a difficult golf course, and these greens here are very difficult."
At the par-3 11th hole, Langer found a bunker off the tee and hit his second shot over the green, leading to his double bogey. He recovered by birdieing Nos. 13, 14 and 16 before coming to the 17th and draining a mammoth putt that had some speed.
"The eagle was a perfect drive and then 3-hybrid to the right edge of the green and made a long putt," Langer said. "It's probably 60 feet, maybe 65-foot putt, something like that."
Langer is trying to extend his record of 12 senior major championship titles, including the 2017 Senior PGA Championship.
Allan, conversely, is aiming for his first and gave himself a promising start by going bogey-free.
"Any time you can do that, especially on a place like this, is very good," Allan said. "Sometimes I find when that happens, I'm thinking about it too much with a couple holes to go. I just don't want to give one up, but today I wasn't really thinking about it. Luckily, I didn't do it, didn't give one up."
Jimenez has collected three senior major victories to date, but the Senior PGA Championship is one of the two he is missing. He's in contention thanks to an eagle-birdie-birdie stretch to close his front nine.
"I've been playing on the first nine very solid with chances for birdie almost every hole, apart from hole No. 6. That I recovered from the bunker," Jimenez said.
"Then on hole No. 7 I hit a beautiful driver, but it was past the bank that always block you. This time I used to have a clear shot. I hit it with my 5-wood. I had 230 meters to the hole. A little wind to the east. Perfect for the 5-wood. Just on the front of the green and leave me like a 5-meters putt, and I hole the putt for eagle."
Tiger Woods' attorney is challenging a request from prosecutors to subpoena the golfer's prescription drug records.
Woods, 50, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor DUI charges related to his rollover crash on March 31 in Florida.
Prosecutors are attempting to subpoena the 15-time major winner's records from a pharmacy in Palm Beach, Fla. They are seeking details about his prescriptions from Jan. 1 to March 27, including the number of times they were filled, the quantity of pills, the dosage amounts and any accompanying instructions with the medication, according to court records obtained by ESPN.
Douglas Duncan, Woods' attorney, filed a motion Wednesday requesting a hearing on the matter and questioning the relevance of the state's request and whether it violates his client's privacy rights.
"This right is admittedly not absolute should the State show the relevance of the records to its criminal investigation and thus warrant intrusion into Mr. Woods' privacy," Duncan wrote in the motion.
Officers at the scene of the accident said Woods appeared impaired and had two pills in his pocket.
If the court grants the state's request for the records, Duncan asked the judge to enter a protective order ensuring that Woods' prescription history is made available only to prosecutors, defense attorneys and law enforcement.
"The records shall not be disclosed to any third parties, including Order prohibiting dissemination of the records by the State in response to any public records request," Duncan wrote. "If and when it becomes necessary for the State to publicly disclose said records or any portion of said records, that a hearing must be held to determine the necessity of said disclosure."
Woods released a statement after the accident saying that he was stepping away from golf to focus on his health. He reportedly entered a treatment facility in Switzerland.
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