Name changes over the years: Heritage Classic – 1969-1970 Sea Pines Heritage Classic – 1971-1986 MCI Heritage Classic – 1987-1994 MCI Classic – The Heritage of Golf – 1995-2000 WORLDCOM Classic – The Heritage of Golf – 2001-2002 MCI Heritage – 2003-2005 Verizon Heritage – 2006 How the purse has grown: 1969 - $100,000 2006 - $5.3 million Top 5 money earners (over $100,000): Davis Love III – $2.5 million Stewart Cink – $1.6 million Peter Lonard – $936,000 Glen Day – $777,063 Justin Leonard – $771,195 Biggest 36-hole lead: 6 strokes – Darren Clarke (2005), Jack Nicklaus (1975) and Johnny Miller (1974) Longest tournament: 2001 – 77 holes (two playoff holes Sunday, play suspended, darkness, play resumed Monday morning for three more holes) 2004 – 77 holes (champion decided after five playoff holes) Highest score by a winner: 283 – Arnold Palmer – 1969 Heritage’s top 10 finishes (three or more): 11 – Davis Love III 10 – Tom Kite 9 – Hale Irwin 8 – Craig Stadler 7 – Gil Morgan and Tom Watson 6 – Bob Murphy, Hal Sutton and Lanny Wadkins 5 – Chip Beck, Ernie Els, Ray Floyd, David Frost, Mark McCumber, Larry Mize, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Payne Stewart, Tom Weiskopf and Fuzzy Zoeller 4 – Stewart Cink, David Edwards, Beinhard Langer, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Ed Sneed and Doug Tewell 3 – Andy Bean, Homero Blancas, George Burns, Russ Cochran, Fred Couples, Rich Crawford, Ben Crenshaw, Bob Estes, Gibby Gilbert, Hubert Green, Jay Haas, Nolan Henke, Scott Hoch, John Huston, Don January, Tom Lehman, Graham Marsh, Billy Mayfair, Mac McLendon, Andy North, Mark O’Meara, Jesper Parnevik, Steve Pate, Kenny Perry, Gary Player, Loren Roberts, Gene Sauers, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman and Scott Verplank Source: Heritage Classic Foundation Verizon Heritage Fast Facts
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