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Heritage Fire Brings Its Flames to Austin

May’s outdoor bacchanal will spotlight the local scene, by wayne alan brenner , 12:30pm, wed. mar. 29, 2023.

Heritage Fire, established in Napa Valley in 2010, is a live-fire culinary event celebrating pasture diversity and local family farms .

And here comes the first Austin iteration of this meat-forward nationally touring festival, the "Nation's Hottest Competition," set to reveal its delicious wonders at  Star Hill Ranch  on  Sunday, May 7, 4-7pm , featuring an all-star lineup of local chefs and artisans, each grilling globally inspired, heritage-breed proteins al fresco.

When we say all-star lineup , we mean the impressive likes of Geronimo Lopez  ( Botika ), Andy Knudson  ( Tillies at Camp Lucy ), Francisco Baca  ( Blind Salamander ), Albert Gonzalez  ( Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden ), David DeLeon  ( Quema Mas Cabron ), Elias Vidal  ( Alice’s Restaurant at Treaty Oak Distillery ), and more will be offering a wide array of beef, pork, lamb, goat, duck, seafood, chicken, and heirloom vegetables.

Bonus: Heritage Fire will also highlight free-flowing wine, brews, and craft cocktails from  Angel’s Envy ,  Blade and Bow , George Dickel , San Simeon Wines , and more.

Note: All tickets ($125-175) are all-inclusive of unlimited curated dishes, beverage pairings, and live entertainment. And, after you’ve indulged in each dish, you can vote for the “Best Bite of the Day.” If you’d like more information in motion , citizen, watch this save-the-date video .

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Presented by Cochon555, join Lloyd Cellars and Prescription Vineyards for Heritage Fire, a premiere, whole-animal, nationwide food and wine tour celebrating heritage breed livestock and heirloom produce. The daytime feast offers an endless array of sustainably sourced food from the region’s top family farms and local purveyors, prepared by some of the region’s best chefs.

The Heritage Fire Tour comprises an array of live expressions and cultivates a long-term impact on heritage species. Both educational and inspirational messages are circulated among 10,000 guests; 250-plus chefs, 150-plus family farms, and numerous culinary schools each year. Everyone loves a little friendly competition, and at Heritage Fire, guests will vote for Best Bite of the Day, and the winner will be crowned Heritage Hero.

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Heritage Fire is an outdoor culinary experience that brings together local Austin chefs and memorable brands for a live-fire celebration. With over 20 participants, guests will enjoy an all-inclusive feast while taking in the sights and sounds of an open flame. Savor the flavors of diverse cuisine and premium beverages, all in a unique and unforgettable setting at Star Hill Ranch. After indulging in each dish, the ‘Best Bite of the Day’ will be determined by the crowd and one champion will be announced

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Heritage Fire , the nation’s hottest culinary competition, has officially kicked off its tour through 14 cities and is coming to a destination near you!

From Asheville to Napa, this live-fire tasting event features an all-inclusive bacchanal feast paired with thoughtful hors d'oeuvres prepared by some of the most critically acclaimed kitchens in each market, the talented chefs using products sourced from local farms. The event’s ultimate aim is to educate consumers and create a delicious experience that guests can sink their teeth into: honest food from real farmers. 

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Austin Eckroat Betting Profile: RBC Heritage

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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 12: Austin Eckroat of the United States plays his shot from the first tee during the second round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 12, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

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Austin Eckroat enters play in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina seeking better results April 18-21 in the 2024 RBC Heritage after missing the cut in his last outing, the Masters Tournament.

The RBC Heritage Tournament & Course Info

• Date: April 18-21, 2024
• Location: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
• Course: Harbour Town Golf Links
• Par: 71 / 7,213 yards
• Purse: $20M
• Previous Winner: Matt Fitzpatrick

At the RBC Heritage

• Eckroat is competing at the RBC Heritage for the first time in the past five years.
• Matt Fitzpatrick finished with 0.457 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (39th in the field), 5.013 SG: Approach the Green (10th), and 2.732 SG: Putting (20th) en route to winning this tournament in 2023.
• In addition, Fitzpatrick's average driving distance was 303.6 (15th in field), he hit 66.67% of greens in regulation (23rd), and he averaged 25.25 putts per round (fourth).

Eckroat's Recent Performances

• Eckroat has won one of his last five appearances on TOUR.
• He's qualified for the weekend in four of his last five tournaments.
• Eckroat has finished within three shots of the leader in one of his last five events. Over that same span, he's finished with a better-than-average score twice.
• He has an average score of -6 across his last five events.
• In terms of driving distance, Austin Eckroat has averaged 293.5 yards in his past five starts.
• In his past five starts, Eckroat is averaging -0.768 Strokes Gained: Putting.
• Eckroat is averaging 4.350 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.

Eckroat's Advanced Stats and Rankings

• Eckroat has put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.264 this season (55th on TOUR). His average driving distance (295.3 yards) ranks 101st, while his 69.2% driving accuracy average ranks 26th.
• In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Eckroat ranks 10th on TOUR with a mark of 0.662.
• On the greens, Eckroat has registered a -0.175 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 119th on TOUR. In addition, he ranks 100th with a putts-per-round average of 28.97, and he ranks 36th by breaking par 26.91% of the time.

Eckroat's Best Finishes

• Eckroat has participated in 10 tournaments this season, taking home the win in one of them. He has also earned .
• In those 10 events, he made the cut eight times, a success rate of 80%.
• Currently, Eckroat has 627 points, ranking him 31st in the FedExCup standings.

Eckroat's Best Strokes Gained Performances

• This season, Eckroat delivered his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, ranking fourth in the field at 3.541. In that event, he finished first.
• Eckroat's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches in February 2024, as he put up a 5.835 mark, which ranked him fifth in the field. He finished first in that event.
• When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Eckroat delivered his best performance this season at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, ranking fifth in the field at 4.230. In that tournament, he finished 38th.
• At the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2024, Eckroat delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark so far this season (5.652, which ranked eighth in the field). In that tournament, he finished 37th.
• Eckroat recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (12.627) in February 2024 at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, which ranked No. 1 in the field. He finished first in that tournament.

Eckroat's Strokes Gained Rankings

Eckroat's past results.

All stats in this article are accurate for Eckroat as of the start of the RBC Heritage.

Note: The PGA TOUR has created this story via a machine-learning model using data from ShotLink , powered by CDW, in addition to player performance data. While we strive for accuracy and quality, please note that the information provided may not be entirely error-free.

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Fire The Cannons - 2024 RBC Heritage Course Preview and Breakdown for Harbour Town Golf Links

I wanted to use this piece to hopefully highlight a few different angles and elements that may be less spoken about to provide some value in this course preview. With so much history to look back on through the years, we have a good understanding of the skillsets that match up Harbour Town. We are going to dive into great detail in an attempt to digest the statistical data and historical stats to create actionable info for you to utilize for building lineups and making your bets for the RBC Heritage. Let's go!

An Introduction to the Course

Harbour Town Golf Links is an old trusty personal favorite of mine on the PGA Tour schedule. I have managed to hit numerous winners at this event over the years because I believe that I have a foundational understanding of what this course requires from a player and I am not willing to overreact to what I saw last week at The Masters given that this is a totally different examination. Harbour Town Golf Links is located just off the Atlantic Coast in Hilton Head, SC. For the majority of holes, you feel like you are weaving through the tree-lined Carolina pines before ending up along the coastal waterways and marshy grass that is a signature element in this part of the country.

The course architect is the great Pete Dye who originally designed this layout in 1969. There have been modest restorations since with the resurfacing of the greens and lengthening of a few holes, but for the most part the course has maintained its architectural integrity. This is not a golf course that was meant to be overpowered by the modern player. The layout takes advantage of harsh doglegs protected by tall trees and the fairways narrow significantly the further you hit it.

It has always been a positional golf course where you have to understand angles effectively to open up some of the pin locations on the microscopic greens which are the smallest in size on the PGA Tour schedule. Sometimes being in the rough, but on the correct side of the hole, is more important than fairways hit because there are spots you can get blocked out by overhanging limbs. This tournament has produced some of the most dramatic finishes in recent history and lends itself to aggressive chasers on Sunday which is a testament to the amazing design put in place by Mr. Dye. It's one of the few regular events on the PGA Tour that holds an identity and I'm excited every year for players to tee off on Thursday.

Recent Winners:

2023: Matt Fitzpatrick -17 : 30/1

2022: Jordan Spieth -13 : 40/1

2021: Stewart Cink -19 : 125/1

2020: Webb Simpson -22 : 35/1

2019: CT Pan -12 : 160/1

2018: Satoshia Kodaira -12 : 250/1

Course Specs

The main defining feature throughout 18 holes at Harbour Town Golf Links is the narrow corridors that you must play through off the tee. Many of them introduce a sharp dogleg around the 250-275-yard mark and continue to narrow the further that you hit the ball. The average fairway width at the 250-yard mark is 32 yards but when you get to 300 yards from the teebox the average fairway is only 22 yards wide. The goal off the tee is all about positioning yourself with a proper angle into these tiny greens.

As I mentioned earlier, we have some of the smallest greens on Tour this week at only 3,700 sq. ft. on average. Many of them have relatively severe runoffs given how small they are which effectively makes them play even smaller. They are well protected by 54 bunkers on the course. The greens are Bermuda grass but once again will have a POA Trivialis overseed which helps to mitigate the grain and allows them to roll smoother at this time of year in the South.

Over recent years, they have added length in some spots. Last year they added nearly 22 yards to the par-3 7th hole which plays 217 yards. The year prior they also lengthened two of the par-5s. All in all, at only a smidge over 7,200 yards, this course will play significantly short in comparison to most PGA Tour events which can allow some of the shorter hitters who obtain a streaky putter to compete at this event annually.

It's a unique layout that is atypical of the norm. The only comp course on the schedule which has a similar feel is Copperhead, which we saw host the Valspar a few weeks ago. They are both coastal courses, located just a few miles from the ocean, but they really don't feel like it. They are tailor-made for plotters and strategizers. Both feature narrow fairways that are heavily treelined with low Greens in regulation rates. One other note, the rough has been cut down this year to 2.5 inches, making it less penal than we saw in previous years.

Statistical Considerations

Strokes gained Approach sees a nice uptick on courses like Harbour Town. The reason is, on many of the par-4s, players will be hitting their approach shots in bunched-up areas of the fairways which effectively turns them into par-3s. The greens in regulation rates annually are still roughly 5% lower than the tour average, despite fairways in regulation being 5% above the tour average. I'm putting increased emphasis on recent approach play and looking at stats like opportunities gained. Given the tiny greens, I want to see who is hitting their shots consistently within 15 feet on the hole.

I also believe in the course history narrative at Harbour Town. I understand that this fluctuates based on the player, but if you read into player quotes year over year, understanding where to attack and where to play conservatively is of utmost importance. The ability to hit multiple shot shapes will help you to unlock some of the difficult doglegs as well. This course will ask questions on nearly every tee box. The players and caddies who are able to make the best decisions, play the best here. Experience and course knowledge go a long way with that. Here is what Webb Simpson said after he won in 2020.

" I think you have to really shape it off the tee. You've got to think, you know, any hole could be two or three clubs off the tee that makes sense. So I love that. I love small greens. I love small targets.

Lastly, and this could be a sneaky one that I didn't expect to find a correlation in, strokes gained tee-to-green here have been directly tied to winners in recent years. We see the names like Jordan Spieth, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Stuard Cink, and my natural inclination is to assume they just scrambled and putted the lights out. However, it was actually their tee-to-green game where they did their damage in the wins. Fitzpatrick was 3rd in T2G gained in 2023, Spieth was 1st in 2022 (WHOA), and Cink was 1st in 2021!

Approach shot distribution from 2023 Heritage, via Data Golf:

Stat Radar Plot for Harbour Town Golf Links, via RickRunGood.com:

Best Player Course Fit Rankings for the RBC Heritage:

• Scottie Scheffler
• Rory McIlory
• Xander Schauffele
• Ludvig Aberg
• Matthieu Pavon
• Cameron Young
• Akshay Bhatia
• Austin Eckroat
• Sahith Theegala

*Based on last 36 rounds of player data.

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