PGA Tour Brunch | RBC Heritage
PGA Tour Brunch Preview of the 2026 RBC Heritage | Hilton Head
HILTON HEAD - The RBC Heritage from Harbor Town is the fourth of eight Signature Events of the PGA Tour season and this week’s field, coming off The Masters, includes and impressive 41 of the Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, including eight of the Top 10.
Following the cancellation of The Sentry, PGA TOUR winners from the 2025 calendar year who did not finish inside the Top 50 of the ‘25 season’s FedExCup standings were added to the field at the 2026 RBC Heritage. Ten players are competing in this week’s RBC Heritage based on their PGA TOUR victory in 2025, with the field minimum being expanded to 82 players:
Michael Brennan (Bank of Utah Championship), Steven Fisk (Sanderson Farms Championship), Garrick Higgo (Corales Puntacana Championship), Joe Highsmith (Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches), Min Woo Lee (Texas Children’s Houston Open), William Mouw (ISCO Championship), Aldrich Potgieter (Rocket Classic), Adam Schenk (Butterfield Bermuda Championship), Sami Valimaki (The RSM Classic), Karl Vilips (Puerto Rico Open).
Additional Features for this week’s Field:
A grand total of 53 players in the field competed at last week’s Masters Tournament, including seven who finished inside the Top 10: Scottie Scheffler (2nd), Russell Henley (T3), Cameron Young (T3), Collin Morikawa (T7), Sam Burns (T7), Max Homa (T9), Xander Schauffele (T9)
An impressive 66 of the 82 players in the field have won on TOUR, led by Scottie Scheffler (20) and Justin Thomas (16)
Four past champions: Jordan Spieth (2022), Matt Fitzpatrick (2023), Scottie Scheffler (2024), Justin Thomas (2025)
Seven past FedEx Cup champions: Billy Horschel (2014), Jordan Spieth (2015), Justin Thomas (2017), Patrick Cantlay (2021), Viktor Hovland (2023), Scottie Scheffler (2024), Tommy Fleetwood (2025)
Sponsor exemptions (4): Wyndham Clark, Tony Finau, Billy Horschel, Marco Penge
RBC Heritage | Tournament Facts;
COURSE: Harbor Town Golf Links, Hilton Head, South Carolina
ARCHITECT: Pete Dye
YARDS/PAR: 7,243 yards/Par 71
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $20,000,000/$3,600,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Justin Thomas
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 700
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @RBC_Heritage
RBC Heritage at Harbor Town | Odds
Odds via Betting Hero
Scottie Scheffler +440
Xander Schauffele +1500
Matt Fitzpatrick +1600
Cameron Young +1800
Russell Henley +1800
Tommy Fleetwood +2000
Ludvig Åberg +2200
Collin Morikawa +2500
Patrick Cantlay +2700
Si Woo Kim +3000
Jordan Spieth +3300
Maverick McNealy +3300
Robert MacIntyre +3500
Viktor Hovland +3500
Sepp Straka +4000
Jake Knapp +4000
Sam Burns +4000
Justin Thomas +4500
Jacob Bridgeman +4500
J.J. Spaun +5000
Shane Lowry +5500
Min Woo Lee +5500
Ryo Hisatsune +6000
Jason Day +6000
Brian Harman +6000
Sahith Theegala +6000
Chris Gotterup +6000
Ben Griffin +6000
Daniel Berger +6000
Ryan Gerard +6000
Alex Noren +6500
Akshay Bhatia +6500
Sungjae Im +7000
Harris English +7000
J.T. Poston +7000
Nicolai Højgaard +8000
Wyndham Clark +8000
Samuel Stevens +8000
Sudarshan Yellamaraju +8000
Gary Woodland +10000
Keegan Bradley +10000
Kurt Kitayama +10000
Matt Wallace +10000
Harry Hall +10000
Corey Conners +10000
Michael Thorbjornsen +10000
Rickie Fowler +10000
Nick Taylor +10000
Matt McCarty +12500
Marco Penge +12500
Andrew Novak +12500
Andrew Putnam +12500
Max Homa +12500
Taylor Pendrith +15000
Jordan Smith +15000
Michael Brennan +15000
Nico Echavarria +17500
Brian Campbell +17500
Tony Finau +17500
Pierceson Coody +17500
Denny McCarthy +17500
Bud Cauley +17500
Austin Smotherman +17500
Billy Horschel +22500
Sami Valimaki +22500
Michael Kim +22500
Ricky Castillo +22500
Chandler Blanchet +25000
Johnny Keefer +25000
Patrick Rodgers +25000
Ryan Fox +25000
William Mouw +35000
David Lipsky +50000
Aldrich Potgieter+50000
Lucas Glover +50000
Karl Vilips +50000
Tom Hoge +50000
Steven Fisk +50000
Garrick Higgo +75000
Jhonattan Vegas +100000
Adam Schenk +100000
Joe Highsmith +100000
The Basics:
RBC Heritage Tee Times start Thursday at 7:05am (EDT) and go to 2:10pm (EDT).
Weather: Thursday’s forecast is for mostly sunny skies and temperatures reaching 80-degrees. Winds at 11 mph. A low 8% chance of rain shower.
RBC Heritage Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 7:00am (EDT) Thursday.
The RBC Heritage - Field, Updates and Tee Times:
The Field: (link)
Updates:
Sunday, April 12
Max Homa (IN; on his own number)
Billy Horschel (IN; sponsor exemption)
Marco Penge (IN; sponsor exemption)
Wyndham Clark (IN; sponsor exemption)
Monday, April 13
Justin Rose (WD), Michael Thorbjornsen (IN)
Tee Times: (link)
What They’re Saying:
What Are the Five Big Post-Masters Q’s (PGATourCom)
Power Rankings for the RBC - (PGATourCom)
CBS Sports Golf (CBS Sports)
FedExCup Standings (PGATourCom)
Sports Gambling and Golf Industry News:
Expert Picks for The RBC - (PGATourCom)
Sleeper Picks for The RBC - (PGATourCom)
Covers - Golf Coverage - (Covers)
On This Day in Golf History:
April 15, 1979 - Fuzzy Zoeller became the only golfer other than Horton Smith, the winner of the first Augusta National Invitational, to win in their debut at The Masters Tournament. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt:
Last year’s highlights:
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