He is the player who chipped in on 17 and 18 on Sunday at the RBC Heritage to win his first ever PGA Tour title

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With all of the top 10 within five shots of the lead going into the final round of the RBC Heritage, there is plenty of reason to think that Harbour Town could play host to an extremely dramatic finish on Sunday.

Since 2006, there have been just six occasions where the RBC Heritage has not been decided by just one shot or a playoff. So the smart money would suggest that this year’s event is going to come down to the wire.

Of course, signature events on the PGA Tour should come down to the barest of margins. These are most of the world’s best players facing off in some of the biggest tournaments outside of the majors.

And Harbour Town has certainly seen its fair share of remarkable conclusions over the years.

The player who chipped in on 17 and 18 on Sunday to win the RBC Heritage

Back in 2007, Ernie Els was looking for his first PGA Tour win since 2004 when he teed it up at Hilton Head. Incredibly, the South African would win a fourth major title five years later at The Open Championship.

But the man who beat him by one shot at Hilton Head – in the Verizon Heritage as it was known at the time – did not even qualify for a single major in 2012.

Boo Weekley provided one of the more iconic moments in recent Ryder Cup history back in 2008 when he rode his driver like a horse off one tee during the Sunday singles.

Weekley’s first ever win on the PGA Tour had come the previous year at Harbour Town – and in stunning fashion.

Weekley – who was playing on the Nationwide Tour the previous year – would mess up chip shots on both 17 and 18 during the final round, leaving himself off the green on both occasions. And yet, he would not need to putt on either hole as he then managed to chip in both times to secure the victory.

The impressive rise of Boo Weekley as history repeated itself at Harbour Town

Funnily enough, Weekley would ensure history repeated itself again one year later as he won the Heritage for the second of his three career wins on the PGA Tour. The margin of victory was a lot more comfortable the second time around, with Aaron Baddeley and Anthony Kim finishing three shots back.

As well as the win, three top 30 finishes in the majors helped Weekley become the last name to qualify automatically for Paul Azinger’s team at Valhalla. He actually went unbeaten that week in Kentucky, winning 2.5 points from three matches.

Unfortunately, while Weekley would win the 2013 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, his career would not hit the heights of 2007 and 2008 again. He made just one major appearance between 2010 and 2012.

But as things stand, Weekley can say that only three players – Davis Love III, Stewart Cink and Hale Irwin – have won the Heritage title more often than he has.