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The Verizon Heritage is an invitational golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It has been played annually in April since 1969 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on the Harbour Town Golf Links at the Sea Pines Resort. Verizon took over as the main sponsor of the event in 2006.

The 2006 purse was $5,300,000, with $954,000 going to winner Aaron Baddeley. The tournament is ususally contested the week after The Masters. Davis Love III is the most prolific winner of the event, winning 5 tournaments.

[edit] The Heritage Classic Foundation

The Heritage Classic Foundation, general sponsor of the Verizon Heritage, provides the financial stability, guidance and direction to the tournament. After each tournament, the Foundation distributes revenue produced by the event to a wide variety of charitable organizations, universities and medical institutions. In 2005, the Heritage Classic Foundation donated $1.55 million dollars, bringing the total to close to $13 million since it was organized.

[edit] Winners

MCI Heritage

WORLDCOM Classic - The Heritage of Golf

MCI Classic

MCI Heritage Golf Classic

Sea Pines Heritage

Sea Pines Heritage Classic

Heritage Classic

Sea Pines Heritage Classic

Heritage Golf Classic


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PGA Tour Events
Major championships in playing order: The Masters | U.S. Open | The Open Championship (British Open) | PGA Championship
Other FedEx Cup tournaments in playing order: Mercedes-Benz Championship | Sony Open in Hawaii | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | Buick Invitational | FBR Open | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | Nissan Open | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | Mayakoba Classic at Riviera Maya | Verizon Heritage | Tampa Bay Championship | Arnold Palmer Invitational | WGC-CA Championship | Shell Houston Open | Verizon Heritage | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | EDS Byron Nelson Championship | Wachovia Championship | The Players Championship | BellSouth Classic | Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial | Memorial Tournament | Stanford St. Jude Championship | Travelers Championship | Buick Open | The International | John Deere Classic | U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee | Bell Canadian Open | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | Wyndham Championship | FedEx Cup playoff events: Barclays Classic | Deutsche Bank Championship | BMW Championship | The Tour Championship
Fall series in playing order: Turning Stone Resort Championship | Viking Classic | Valero Texas Open | Frys.com Open in Las Vegas | Fry's Electronics Open | Running Horse Golf Championship | Walt Disney World Resort Classic
Team events (played alternate years): Presidents Cup | Ryder Cup
Challenge season events (unofficial money): Merrill Lynch Shootout | ADT Skills Challenge | Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge | LG Skins Game | WGC-World Cup | Target World Challenge

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