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Eight passengers stranded on African island after Norwegian cruise ship left without them

A dream cruise vacation has turned into a nightmare for eight passengers left stranded on the African island of São Tomé and Príncipe after their ship left without them because they were late to return from a private tour.

The tourists — six from the U.S. and two from Australia — were aboard the Norwegian Dawn, a Norwegian cruise line ship , which departed from Cape Town, South Africa, on March 20 for a 21-day voyage up the coast of Africa set to end in Barcelona, Spain, on April 10.

But on Wednesday, the group of eight tourists was late to return to the ship by more than an hour for the all-aboard time of 3 p.m. from a private excursion on the island, which was not organized by the cruise line.

Jay and Jill Campbell of South Carolina were part of the group that was left behind.

They said that their tour’s operator notified the cruise captain that they were going to be late to rejoin the ship and that the local Coast Guard tried to get them on the vessel but that they weren’t allowed to board.

As a result, the couple and the rest of the group have been stranded for days on the island off Nigeria, grappling with language, currency issues and complicated travel to catch up with the ship.

“The lovely people of São Tomé were very gracious, very hospitable. They had reached out as much as they could to help us find hotels,” Jay Campbell said on NBC's "TODAY" show Tuesday morning.

“We were able to get to a tour agency there to arrange flights to the next port of call. ... Very difficult process — you’re dealing with multiple languages, language barriers, you’re dealing with different currencies ... finding someone that even has dollars ... trying to get an agent to understand where we need to get to.

"It’s one of those ‘You can’t get there from here,’" he added.

A Norwegian spokesperson called the incident a “very unfortunate situation” and said, “Guests are responsible for ensuring they return to the ship at the published time.”

The cruise line said that after the guests failed to return, their passports were delivered to local port agents, in line with protocol. The company said it was working with local authorities to understand “the requirements and visas needed for the guests to reboard the ship at the next available port of call.”

On Monday, the guests had made arrangements to rejoin the ship in Banjul, Gambia, but the ship was unable to safely dock there because of “adverse weather conditions” and “tidal restrictions,” Norwegian said. The guests were then contacted and provided with information to rejoin the ship at Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday. 

Jill Campbell said they traveled through seven countries in 48 hours to arrive in Senegal on Monday night.

But the couple was reconsidering whether they even wanted to return to the cruise.

"We are considering whether or not we are going to board the ship. It is in dock here in Senegal," she said. "We believe there was a basic duty of care that they had forgotten about, so it does concern us."

"After what we witnessed, we truly believe that although there’s a set of rules or policies that the ship may have followed, they followed those rules too rigidly. I believe that they really forgot that they are people working in the hospitality industry and really the safety and well-being of the customers should be their first priority," she added.

Ultimately, the eight passengers did rejoin the cruise before 8:30 a.m. ET Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal, Norwegian told NBC News in an e-mail Tuesday evening, after this story originally published.

Norwegian said the passengers were responsible for making their own travel arrangements to rejoin the ship.

"Despite the series of unfortunate events outside of our control, we will be reimbursing these eight guests for their travel costs from Banjur, Gambia to Dakar, Senegal," a cruise line spokesperson said in a statement. "We remain in communication with the guests and are providing additional information as it becomes available."

A silver lining of the catastrophe was that the Campbells were able to connect with another Norwegian Dawn passenger — Julia Lenkoff, 80 — who was also left on the island, but for a medical reason.

Lenkoff was on a different day tour Wednesday. She had "medically disembarked" from the cruise to seek local treatment on that day, Norwegian said.

Norwegian said that its care team tried to call Lenkoff several times and was unable to reach her and that it worked with its port agent in São Tomé and Príncipe for updates on her health.

The Campbells met Lenkoff and were able to put her in contact with her family in California, who flew her home — a move Lenkoff's daughter said "saved her life."

"She's a world traveler. She travels all the time. So this was going to be one of her bucket list trips, because she's been to 120 countries so far, and she wanted to get to 130," her daughter, Lana Lenkoff Geis, said in an interview that aired Tuesday on "TODAY."

Norwegian said Lenkoff was escorted on a flight to Lisbon, Portugal, then put in the care of airport staff members to continue her journey back to the U.S., where she has safely returned.

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas ( April 15 , 2024) –  The Chevron Championship, being held this week at The Club at Carlton Woods, brings together 132 of the world’s best golfers, competing for the first major title of the LPGA Tour season. Staying true to the tournament founders’ beliefs, the week in The Woodlands aims to be about more than just the competition.  Chevron, which has been a part of the Houston community for over a century, has worked with the LPGA Foundation to contribute more than $5 million to community partners over the past two years. And this year will just add to that total.  The Chevron Challenge  will showcase Chevron’s investments in community organizations to enable human progress, including focus areas such as STEM education, diversity and inclusion and women’s excellence.   “For more than 100 years Chevron and the Houston community have been partnering together and we are thrilled to partner with organizations that are working to make our city an even better place,” said Al Williams, Chevron Vice President of Corporate Affairs. “As we look ahead to The Chevron Championship, we also look forward to celebrating the hard work of our 13 social investment partners, who work just as hard outside the ropes as these amazing LPGA Tour athletes do inside the ropes.”    Throughout all four days of competitive play, every birdie made on the par-3 17th hole will result in $10,000 being donated to the social investment pool. A hole-in-one would add $1 million to the pot. In 2023, LPGA Tour professional  In Gee Chun thrilled fans with her ace at No. 17 on Friday and called the ensuing donation, “the best moment of my life because I am really happy to help the people.” Chevron has selected 13 social investment partners to feature in The Chevron Challenge:

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Politics latest: Crunch week for Rwanda bill after MPs reject Lords' amendments

The Rwanda bill cameback to the Commons as a new daily record is set for small boat crossings. Earlier, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appears in front of MPs on their return from the Easter break to discuss the UK's involvement after the drone and missile attack by Iran.

Monday 15 April 2024 23:07, UK

• Commons rejects all Lords amendments to Rwanda bill in government victory
• Record set today for daily small boat crossings
• Sunak urges all sides to 'show restraint' as he condemns actions of Iran in Israel
• Labour offers support as Starmer says attack 'left world a more dangerous place
• 'We are not prepared for war,' says former UK military chief
• Serena Barker-Singh: Growing calls from Tory backbenchers to proscribe Iran's Revolutionary Guard  
• Live reporting by Ben Bloch  and (earlier)  Guy Birchall and   Faith Ridler

A series of votes has taken place in the House of Commons on amendments to the legislation to rescue the embattled Rwanda scheme.

The bill passed the House of Commons earlier this year, but the House of Lords passed a series of amendments, which MPs voted this evening to approve or reject.

All the Lords amendments were rejected, and the bill now returns to them, where they could accept the bill without them, or insist on more amendments.

The amendments voted on by MPs this evening were:

• An amendment to make sure the legislation has "due regard" for international law (rejected);
• An amendment that states it is only safe in Rwanda while the provision in the treaty with the UK is in place (rejected);
• An amendment to check whether Rwanda complies with its treaty obligations (rejected);
• An amendment allowing individual appeals based on safety in Rwanda (rejected);
• An amendment requiring age assessments for those being deported to be carried out by the local authority (rejected);
• An amendment preventing those who say they are victims of modern slavery from being deported (rejected);
• An amendment to prevent the deportation of those who have served with or for the UK's armed forces (rejected).

Thank you for joining us on the Politics Hub for a busy day as MPs returned to Westminster after the Easter recess.

Here's what happened:

• Rishi Sunak gave a statement to the Commons after Iran's attack on Israel, saying: "All sides must show restraint";
• But he rebuffed calls from MPs across the House to proscribe Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is responsible for much of the terrorism and instability in the Middle East;
• Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron told Sky News that he urges Israel "not to escalate" in the Middle East, agreeing with US president Joe Biden's assertion that they should "take the win" of having prevented Saturday's attack;
• The Commons rejected seven Lords amendments to the government's flagship Rwanda bill, meaning the parliamentary ping-pong continues;
• That came on the day that a total of 534 people crossed the Channel in small boats on Sunday, the highest number on a single day so far this year;
• The Lib Dems demanded that ex-PM Liz Truss be stripped of the Tory whip over "conspiracy theories";
• In a series of interviews promoting her new book, she refused to rule out standing again for the Tory leadership, saying she has "unfinished business".

Join us again from 6am for the very latest political news.

Former home secretary Suella Braverman has penned an op-ed in which she attempts to dismantle arguments against designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist group.

She says in a Telegraph article that the IRGC is "the world's chief sponsor of terrorism" that is "responsible for plotting terrorist attacks, hostage-taking and indoctrination around the world, including in the UK".

She writes that 70 MPs and peers from all parties are demanding proscription, which she argues would "cut the head off the snake here in the UK and [render] it much more difficult for these terrorist sponsors to operate on our streets, and in our communities".

"I’ve heard the argument that the UK would lose access to Tehran by banning the IRGC, but this is weak.

"What good did this so-called 'access' do to stop or mitigate October 7? What good did it do to deter the drones and missiles fired on Israel this weekend? Or the attacks on people in the UK?"

That argument, Mrs Braverman says, is "Foreign Office-speak for: 'We support the status quo and don’t see the need to change things, thank you very much'."

She goes on: "Equally delusional is the claim that our sanctions regime is sufficient to deter the IRGC. This is naive when we know the IRGC circumvent sanctions."

She says Rishi Sunak's government "risks being left on the wrong side of history if it continues to stall on this important step", adding: "It's time we grew a backbone."

Despite Rishi Sunak's woes and battles with his pesky party and peers, the government still wins important votes in the Commons with hefty majorities of around 70.

In six votes on government moves to throw out Lords amendments to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, the majorities were 65, 71, 70, 70, 74 and 59.

So the bill now goes back to the House of Lords for another bout of ping pong - round 3, where the outcome of votes on further amendments is less predictable.

The word from the Lords while MPs were trooping through the lobbies in the Commons was that peers will vote another three or four times on Tuesday, setting up another round of ping pong on Wednesday.

One Lords insider told Sky News: "Some will fall into line tomorrow, clothes peg on the nose and all that, but if the crossbenchers hold firm it's unlikely to be enough to defeat anything pressed to a vote.

"Round 3 on Wednesday is likely to be different, though, as the crossbenchers might then fade a bit and more Tories might be ready to start voting with the government. We'll see."

We will indeed. Opening the two-hour debate in the Commons, illegal migration minister Michael Tomlinson was uncompromising - "The entire passage of the bill should prevail."

"We simply cannot allow amendments that provide for loopholes which would perpetuate the current cycle of delays and late legal challenges to removal."

Veteran Tory MP Sir Bill Cash, a serial rebel on Europe for more than 30 years, said the Lords amendments were "ridiculous" and pleaded: "Let's get the House of Lords to calm down a bit."

Good luck, as they say, with that.

So what happens after the bill, as we expect, finally receives Royal Assent and limps on to the statute book later this week?

The parliamentary battle over the bill will be over. But Mr Sunak's battle to get planes in the air and illegal migrants deported to Rwanda almost certainly won't be.

Cabinet minister Victoria Atkins more or less admitted on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on Sky News that the government still doesn't appear to have found an airline to take the migrants to Africa.

In other words, the government may win votes in the Commons with hefty majorities, but many of the details of the Rwanda policy are still unclear and opponents are unlikely to give up their fight to keep the deportation flights grounded.

By  Faye Brown , political reporter

Liz Truss has refused to rule out running to be Tory leader again, saying she has "unfinished business" with the Conservative party.

The country's shortest serving prime minister also said the governor of the Bank of England should resign over his response to her catastrophic 2022 mini budget, and that opponents were attempting to "smear" her by blaming the event on the UK's subsequent economic woes.

The Lib Dems branded her a "national embarrassment" following the comments, while Labour said the prospect of her returning to office "will send shivers down the spine of working people".

Ms Truss's tenure in Downing Street lasted just 49 days after her £45bn package of unfunded tax cuts triggered mass market turmoil.

The former prime minister has since doubled down on what she was trying to achieve , and is touring the media ahead of the publication of her book: Ten Years to Save the West.

Read the full story here:

The government has won the final vote of the evening and rejected a seventh Lords amendment.

This one would have prevented the deportation to Rwanda of those who have served with or for the UK's armed forces.

The result is:

• Reject: 312
• Approve: 253

The government has won another vote in the Commons over Rwanda bill amendments.

This one is slightly more complex.

The House of Lords passed an amendment to the bill aiming to stop suspected victims of modern slavery, trafficked to the UK, from being deported to Rwanda.

The Commons rejected that last month - but the Lords insisted on the amendment and sent it back to the Commons.

If the Commons rejected it directly a second time, the entire bill would have failed, which obviously the government does not want.

Therefore, Home Secretary James Cleverly proposed another amendment mandating that he or the person in his job produce a report each year on how the bill is operating in relation to modern slavery laws.

MPs voted, and rejected the Lords amendment and therefore accepted the home secretary's modification.

• Reject: 320
• Approve: 246

A total of 534 people were detected crossing the English Chanel on Sunday - the highest number in a single day so far this year, according to Home Office figures.

The cumulative number of arrivals by small boats in 2024 now stands at a provisional total of 6,265.

This is 28% higher than the total at the equivalent point last year and 7% higher than the total at this stage in 2022.

Some 10 boats were detected on Sunday, which suggests an average of around 53 people per boat.

Downing Street said the numbers were "unacceptable" and demonstrated the need for the Rwanda deportation scheme to get off the ground.

Read more from our political reporter Faye Brown here:

Another vote, another government win.

MPs have rejected a Lords amendment to the Rwanda bill that would require local authorities to conduct age assessments for those being deported to Rwanda.

The result:

• Reject: 319
• Approve: 249

The government has just defeated another amendment passed by the House of Lords.

This amendment would have allowed individuals to appeal to the courts to stop their deportation to Rwanda on the basis of safety - something the government does not want to be possible.

And in good news for the PM, it has been rejected by the House of Commons.

MPs have just voted on two amendments to the Rwanda legislation, proposed by the House of Lords.

The two being voted on are:

• To mandate that Rwanda is deemed only a safe country once the provisions in the treaty have been fully implemented;
• A mechanism to check Rwanda is complying fully with the treaty - and suspend the treaty if the Independent Monitoring Committee deems it is not.

The government won the vote comfortably, and both amendments have been rejected.

The result of the vote is:

• Reject: 317

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The Masters 2024: Five talking points after Augusta hosts start of Major season

The 88th Masters Tournament provided several intriguing storylines as Augusta National played host to a thrilling start to golf’s Major season in 2024.

Scottie Scheffler lived up to his pre-tournament billing as favourite to claim a four-shot victory and become a two-time winner of the Green Jacket.

On a final day which at one point saw four players tied for the lead, the world Number One pulled away to claim his third title in his last four starts worldwide.

But his triumph was just one of a handful of storylines during an exciting tournament in Georgia.

From Ludvig Åberg’s impressive Major Championship debut performance to Tommy Fleetwood’s best Masters finish, here are five major talking points to come from another memorable Augusta spectacle.

Scheffler stamps authority at Augusta

With a first, first and second in his last three starts on the PGA TOUR coming into the Masters, for many it was hard to look beyond Scheffler – and so proved the case. 

Now a two-time Green Jacket holder, the American is proving to be a class above the rest. While he was by no means the best player across several of the key statistical barometers, he did produce at times when it counted most.

From chip-ins, getting up and down with almost unfailing regularity to a mental resolve when things threatened to go wrong, the 27-year-old mastered the challenges he faced.

While his four-stroke winning margin suggested it was a formality, there was a stage when it appeared anything but. 

When his Ryder Cup teammate Max Homa – playing in the group ahead – birdied the eighth, there was a four-way tie for the lead with Åberg and Collin Morikawa also at six under. But in a short space of time, things quickly changed.

Scottie Scheffler 🤝 Masters Tournament pic.twitter.com/ehWRVQxWz0 — DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) April 15, 2024

In a three-hole stretch from the eighth, Scheffler moved up the gears to make three consecutive birdies.

At the same time, Morikawa and then Åberg faltered, with double bogeys at the ninth and the tenth respectively. Homa soon followed with one of his own at the par-three 12th.

Despite a valiant effort from Åberg to work his way back into contention with back-to-back birdies at the 13th and 14th, Scheffler continued to push on and a birdie at the par-three 16th to move four clear of the Swede all but sealed victory. 

The form Scheffler is showing resembles the incredible season he enjoyed in 2022, the year he first became the top-ranked golfer. 

That year, he also went on to finish second on three occasions - including at the U.S Open - but for the time being his attention appears set to switch to the impending birth of his first child.

“I’m coming home,” Scheffler said - aiming the words at his wife, Meredith, after winning his third event of 2024.

“I’ll be home as quick as I can. It’s a very special time for both of us. I can’t put into words what it means to win this tournament. I really can’t put into words what it’s going to be like to become a father for the first time.”

Åberg leads European rookies as his star continues to rise

It is testament to the mark the young Swede has made in such a short timeframe that Åberg was widely being tipped as a strong contender at the Masters.

After all, this wasn’t just his Masters debut. It was also his Major Championship bow.

Typically, a rookie’s expectations are often managed but not with Åberg - he was embracing the pre-tournament focus on his hopes.

Not since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979 as a rookie won the Masters. Only two others – Horton Smith and Gene Sarazen – won at the first attempt.

This time last year Åberg wasn’t even a professional. Yet, in less than 12 months he has gone on to win on both sides of the Atlantic and play an influential role in Team Europe regaining the Ryder Cup.

Prior to that appearance in Rome last September, Luke Donald described Åberg as a “generational talent”. Amid his undoubted talent, it is perhaps his composure that continues to stand out the most.

In the second round on Friday, a day in which conditions were at their toughest with swirling winds and greens starting to firm up, Åberg was the only player in the field to break 70.

Here is someone who continues to take everything in his stride. After the disappointment of a double bogey at the 11th - the toughest hole all week - in Sunday’s final round, he bounced back with a pair of birdies shortly afterwards to ensure solo second at the end of a week he will forever remember.

"Just to be in this situation and feel the nerves and feel the pressure walking down the last couple of holes is what you dream of," he said.

"This is what I have been wanting to do for such a long time and it's quite surreal to actually have the opportunity to experience it. But I'm so proud of me, myself and all of the people on my team and my family and everyone involved."

Matthieu Pavon carded a level-par 72 in the final round to finish at two over in a tie for 12th ensuring his return to Augusta next year, with Nicolai Højgaard, who momentarily held solo possession of the lead during the third round, a shot further back.

Ryo Hisatsune, the fourth and final DP World Tour member making their Masters debut, missed the cut in what was also his first Major start, like Åberg.

🇸🇪 2nd Åberg 🇫🇷 T12 Pavon 🇩🇰 T16 Højgaard Making their mark on their Masters debuts. #themasters pic.twitter.com/jbQCWUg2oB — DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) April 15, 2024

Fleetwood records best Masters finish - his Major triumph is surely coming

After his best performance on record at Augusta National, the reflections were deservedly positive from the English fan favourite Fleetwood. 

In his eighth appearance, the 33-year-old finished in a tie for third alongside American pair Homa and Morikawa.

A flawless 69 in the final round helped him to his best Major result since he was solo second behind Shane Lowry at The Open in 2019. 

“I really enjoyed being out there," said Fleetwood, whose previous best finish was a tie for 14th in 2022 - when Scheffler won his first Green Jacket.

"It’s Masters Sunday and I had a bogey-free round so there’s not much to complain about.”

Having finished in the top 10 for greens in regulation and putting stats, the game is in great order for the rest of the season - one in which he has already won at the Dubai Invitational in January.

With long-time caddie and friend Ian Finnis missing through illness, Fleetwood had Gray Moore on the bag, and he enjoyed his time with the former Augusta National caddie master.

"I always enjoy seeing him and spending time with him at Augusta every time the Masters comes around but actually being out with him was a real treat,” he said.

“I just hope he's had as good a time with me as I have with him this week.”

Fans of the game are sure to continue rooting for him in his pursuit of a Major crown.

His record at golf’s biggest events was already impressive but he has now finished in the top five at all four, and with three to come over the space of the next three months, his hopes will only have been strengthened that he can get a win.

. @TommyFleetwood1 now has a top five finish in all four Major Championships 🙌 pic.twitter.com/c0HLFeRKbn — DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) April 15, 2024

Woods continues to make Masters records

Tiger Woods means a lot to the Masters and the Masters means a lot to Tiger Woods.

Since his debut as an amateur in 1995, the American great has made 26 appearances and won the Green Jacket on five occasions, most recently defying the odds to do so in 2019 after a series of injury problems.

A serious car accident since then left him wondering if he would ever play again, but he continues to do so despite the pain and breaking more records in the process.

Even having only played once so far this season at the Genesis Invitational – an event he withdrew from through illness – he was still talking up hopes of winning a 16th Major.

And through 36 holes, that remained a possibility.

But first things first, in making the cut, he had made it a record-breaking 24 consecutive cuts made at Augusta.

After rain and storms delayed the start of play on Thursday, Woods played 23 holes on Friday – a demand for even the best but especially so for a player with the physical limitations he is facing.

"I've always loved playing here,” he said of adding to his record down Magnolia Lane.

“I've been able to play here since I was 19 years old. It's one of the honours I don't take lightly, being able to compete.

"The years I have missed, I wish I was able to play because there's such an aura and mystique about playing this golf course. Unless you have played and competed here, you probably don't really appreciate."

While the weekend didn’t play out as he would have hoped, recording scores of 82 and 77, the 48-year-old continues to receive adoration from the Augusta patrons unlike any other current player.

It remains to be seen how many more occasions we do get to see Woods at the Masters, but his intention in the very near future is to target appearing at the remaining three Majors of the year.

Willett among past Masters champions to impress

One of the stories of the tournament was the return to competitive action of 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett.

The Englishman had not teed it up since undergoing extensive shoulder surgery following the BMW PGA Championship last September.

Doctors had told him he would be sidelined for 12-18 months but defied their predictions to take up his place in the field well ahead of schedule.

To do so was a miracle in itself, but to then go and card a four-under-par 68 in his first round back was equally impressive.

Add to that, his final decision to play in the first men’s Major of the year was only taken following no ill effects from a full day’s practice on Sunday in the lead up.

Sep 2023: Undergoes intense shoulder surgery, expecting to be out 12-18 months. Apr 2024: Makes first competitive start since operation at the Masters with a 68. Take a bow, @Danny_Willett 👏 #themasters pic.twitter.com/UfE5ACDFCM — DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) April 11, 2024

He admitted he surprised himself with his performance, but said it was reward for all the hard work he had put in during his rehabilitation process.

"It's nice to come and prove that if you've done the work and you do the right things that you can hit the shots still when you need to,” said the eight-time DP World Tour winner after his first competitive round in 207 days.

He was firmly in the mix at four under on the 18th tee in the second round, before he suffered an unfortunate triple bogey finish to his day.

While he struggled over the weekend with rounds of 76 and 78, he is sure to take encouragement from what he was able to produce under the circumstances.

For now, though, the plan is to take the next seven weeks off before his next event.

But that wasn't the only notable performance by a former champion worth highlighting.

José María Olazábal, champion at Augusta in 1994 and 1999, celebrated the 30th anniversary of his first Green Jacket by making the cut as the 58-year-old went on to finish in a tie for 45th on his 35th appearance.

"I enjoyed every bit of it. It was a wonderful present to be able to play the weekend. I think it's the second time in ten years or whatever,” he said.

"I wasn't expecting that, to be honest, tackling the week. I wasn't expecting to play good golf like I did this week.”

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2024 RBC Heritage PGA Power Rankings: Top 10 Golfers To Watch

T hat said, I love this tournament. I have tipped the winner in consecutive years at this event and I feel honed in on what this Pete Dye gem typically rewards. We're looking at one of the shorter courses on Tour which requires positional precision and is one of the more predictive in terms of repeatable course history.

As always with this article, my primary goal is to provide a place to start your research and preparation for the incoming week. I have carefully evaluated the field to project Harbour Town course fits and expected results, to give you a glimpse at how my brain operates when it comes to handicapping golf. In addition to my Top 10 rankings, I will provide a summary for each player to give some reasoning behind their rankings. As always, thank you for your support, and good luck. I actually love this event, here are my top-ranked players!

#10. Max Homa

I'm writing this piece from the Circa Sportsbook before the leaders tee off in their final round of the Masters. Max Homa is currently in solo 3rd place while leading the field in strokes gained approach for the week. Homa has done so despite not making a single birdie in his last 30+ holes of golf. It's unbelievable.

Homa is hoping to conjure up some Sunday "inner dog" to make a run at Scheffler. His history at this event in particular is not good but we know he has found plenty of success in the Carolina's previously with two wins at Quail Hollow a few hours away from Hilton Head. Homa has had glimpses this season but has failed to do it consistently for 72 holes. A good Sunday at Augusta should go a long way in providing some much needed confidence to jump start his 2024 season. He's already winning the mental game.

#9. Cameron Young

Cameron Young finished in 3rd place in his debut at the RBC Heritage in 2022 and will arrive this week at Harbour Town in the best form he's been in the last calendar year. Young is also in a tie with Ben An for 9th place after Saturday at Augusta National. His tee-to-green play has been fantastic which has produced results and he has done so without catching any lightning with the Putter.

Despite his biggest weapon in the bag being the Driver, Young has interestingly played very well throughout his career on shorter golf courses. He finished in 2nd place at the Valspar Championship and inside the top-5 at the Cognizant Classic as well. We are still anxiously awaiting the time when Cameron Young hoists a trophy. On the heels of our first major this season, Young could arrive with a narrowed focus this week on capturing that elusive victory and may catch a few studs lacking in preparation.

#8. Jordan Spieth

Jordan Spieth has either missed the cut or been disqualified in four of his last 6 tournaments, yet I am crazy enough to believe he has a chance at actually winning the RBC Heritage. Spieth was a couple of near misses in a playoff last season from dawning the tartan jacket on the 18th green in back-to-back seasons.

He is just one of those players in which sometimes you can turn a blind eye to the data. For instance, he gained four strokes on approach at the Valero Texas Open out of nowhere and despite bleeding strokes on Approach in nearly every event in which he teed it up. It was his best week with his irons since the 2023 Heritage. Spieth has the unique ability to turn it on when he plays golf courses that have positive energy and history. He'll usually flash a sign of a good week with his irons right before he wins. We'll see if that is the case this week. He was this close from doing it last year!

#7. Corey Conners

At a golf course like Harbour Town, you want to play ball strikers like Corey Conners. It's shown in his results at this tournament, Conners has finished no worse than 31st in the last four times he has played here, and managed to find a top-5 result in 2021. Conners has been consistently a top-5 player in strokes gained Approach in both the short and long term.

He particularly separates himself from the field in the range of 175-200 yards. Given his average Driving distance and how he attacks courses like this, I believe he will have a ton of shots from this range at The Heritage. Conners can play to his strengths at a course like Harbour Town and pound greens in regulation, thus mitigating his weakness which is his around-the-green play.

#6. Patrick Cantlay

Patrick Cantlay has done everything but win at the RBC Heritage. He's been dominant, finishing in solo 3rd and solo 2nd in the past two seasons at this event. Public perception and odds drifted substantially headed into the Masters, but he played pretty well all things considered. He was top-5 in tee to green at the end of the week and seems to rectify some of the issues he had been battling with his wedges.

I thought about it a lot headed into last week, what if Patrick Cantlay was able to hold onto his lead Sunday at Riviera and win that event despite being very sick? Would we have thought of Cantlay the same way we thought of Hideki Matsuyama for The Masters? I just believe we may have all overreacted to his struggles and he is primed to showcase his ability this coming summer and will get right back to contending at the highest level.

#5. Matt Fitzpatrick

Before winning the 2023 RBC Heritage, Matt Fitzpatrick had remarked numerous times to the media about how Harbour Town was his most familiar and favorite course on the PGA Tour. After removing the weight he found in the handle of his Driver after nearly a year, he produced back-to-back top-10 finishes and put himself into a great position once again at The Masters.

If he didn't love this place so much, statistically I would have questions about the course fit. Harbour Town disadvantages players who can struggle with inconsistency off the tee like Fitzpatrick has done long term. The driver has been better of late, but what has really made the difference is Fitzpatrick has once again found a red-hot putter. He gained nearly +12 strokes putting at the Valero and the PLAYERS and ranks 3rd in strokes gained putting at Augusta National through three rounds.

#4. Rory McIlory

I'm genuinely more puzzled about what to do with Rory McIlroy than any other player in professional golf at the moment. I feel like putting himself outside the top-5 would de-legitimize these rankings entirely. It's also hard to make a statistical case for him at this point beyond remaining one of the best players to ever swing a Driver off the tee.

He still ranks #1 on the PGA Tour in strokes gained off the tee over the last 50 rounds played. McIlroy has not played this event since 2020 where he finished a disappointing T41. Those will remember he was a late withdrawal from the event last year, skipping the elevated event which drew criticism from the field after a depressing week at the Masters. I liked what I saw at the Valero in terms of his iron play and he even had moments through Florida where he flashed positive signs. The gap between Rory and Scottie Scheffler is ever-increasing and he needs to do something soon to reassert himself.

#3. Ludvig Aberg

It has been a long time since a young player has burst onto the scenes as a weekly favorite. Every time he tees it up, I am more and more impressed with the overall game of Ludvig Aberg. The one glaring weakness is his Around the Green game which crushed him at The Masters. With the small greens at Heritage and below-average annual Greens in regulation rates, it could present a hurdle for Aberg to overcome.

On the other hand, he may just tear apart the field from tee to green so much that it doesn't matter. No moment appears too big for Aberg and he never appears to be rattled or nervous. Despite this being a course that may take his biggest weapon out of his hands often, I'm encouraged by the fact that he's played well at courses like Pebble Beach and won the RSM Classic. Aberg gained +15.3 strokes Tee-to-Green that week at the RSM on a golf course which is not Driver-heavy. This guy has arrived, and you should be prepared to either love or fear him on the leaderboard in the foreseeable future.

#2. Xander Schauffele

You guys...it's coming. Scottie Scheffler has ascended into god-like levels, but I'm not sure there is a player that I have been more impressed with in 2024 than Xander Schauffele. That is saying a lot considering he has zero wins in the last two years. Schauffele managed to shoot a bogey-free round on Saturday at Augusta National on a day which played insanely difficult for the field.

I love his mental approach at the moment, and I think that can be directly attributed to his work with Chris Como. His body language is laser-focused and confident without being cocky. He's doing everything well at the moment, which has allowed him to be a staple inside the top-10. It's only a matter of time before he wins...and likely wins big. His ability to transform into one of the best scramblers on the planet should suit him incredible well at a course like Harbour Town.

#1. Scottie Scheffler

I can only imagine how demoralizing it must be to play professional golf right now against Scottie Scheffler. Yes, he'll occasionally miss a 7-foot putt, but the guy is unflappable and the best we have seen in the last 10 years Tee-to-Green. Even his bad shots where you see him leaning and talking to his golf ball end up 25 feet away from the pin. His colleagues have taken notice and now are at the point where they feel like they need to conjure up magic to beat this guy.

I feel like the piece has become a broken record at the top of my weekly rankings. What else can you say? Scheffler has ascended into a tier of his own, and the next level is not even close. I'm writing this before the final round of the Masters, sitting in the Circa Sportsbook and Scheffler is -114 to win despite having only a one-stroke lead and several elite players lined up right behind him. That should tell you everything you need to know.

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