Island Packet Verizon Heritage 2008 Coverage | Harbour Town, Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head Island, SC

• Heritage champions have combined to win 67 major championships, and only seven ex-champions have failed to win at least one major.

• Since the Heritage first teed off in 1969, the only golfers who have won a major and haven't played at Harbour Town are Ian Woosnam and Paul Lawrie.

• Since 1969, all American Ryder Cup golfers have participated in the Heritage at least once.

• Heritage champions have combined for 386 PGA Tour victories (prior to the start of play in 2006).

• Davis Love III (1991-92) and Payne Stewart (1989-90) are the only defending Heritage champions to repeat.

• Davis Love III is the tournament's only five-time winner. Hale Irwin has three Heritage titles, while six other golfers have won two each -- Johnny Miller, Hubert Green, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller, Payne Stewart and Stewart Cink.

• The Heritage purse is seven times greater than it was in 1988, and this year's $5.3 million in prize money is greater than the combined payouts for the tournament's first 19 years.

• In 1961, there were 49 PGA Tour events with a total combined purse of $1,790,320, far less than this year's Heritage purse of $5.3 million.

• The first national television broadcast of the tournament was on NBC in 1974, when the tournament was played in March. However, coverage of Saturday's third round was curtailed to just a half hour of live action because the NCAA Tournament semifinal game between North Carolina State and UCLA went to overtime. The Wolfpack beat the Bruins, ending UCLA's run of seven consecutive NCAA championships.

• The 1974 event was the third Heritage in a 17-month span. The tournament was played in November in 1972, in September in 1973 and in March in 1974.

• Darren Clarke had a six-shot lead after six holes of the 2005 tournament, only to close with rounds of 73 and 76 and lose to Peter Lonard. He became the first player to blow a six-shot lead at the halfway point of a PGA Tour event since Nick Price in the 1984 Canadian Open. Price also closed with rounds of 73 and 76 and lost to another Australian -- Greg Norman.

• The dates for the 2008 Heritage are April 14-20. The tournament is under contract with title sponsor Verizon and the PGA Tour through 2010.