Red alpaca cardigan, the green jacket, Scottish royal tartan: What some golfers wear after winning PGA Tour events


Webb Simpson is presented with the trophy and the plaid sport coat after winning the 2020 RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links. (Photo: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports)

RBC Heritage

Similar to the Charles Schwab Challenge, the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, gives its winner a plaid jacket.

This particular plaid was actually accredited by the Council of the Scottish Tartan Society in 1970, according to islandpacket.com.

The tournament first gave out a canary yellow jacket but that lasted only a couple years, replaced by the plaid. “Heritage Plaid” became the official name of the fabric in 2000.

Palmettoes, a clothing and accessories shop in Sea Pines, makes the coats each year.

But you don’t have to win the RBC to get one. Amateur golfers who pay to play in the pro-am after 20 years or more of participation can get a plaid jacket. Board members of the Heritage Classic Foundation also receive a jacket. Turns out the governor of South Carolina and the mayor of Hilton Head Island also receive a jacket.



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