RBC Heritage lines
The RBC Heritage at Harbour Town starts Thursday with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler installed as the betting favorite at roughly +390. (cbssports.com) CBS lists Matt Fitzpatrick and Xander Schauffele next around +1500, with Russell Henley and Cameron Young also in early contention per betting previews. (sports.yahoo.com)
Scottie Scheffler opened as the clear betting favorite for this week’s RBC Heritage, with most early books listing him around +390. (cbssports.com) The tournament starts Thursday, April 16, at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and runs through Sunday, April 19. The PGA Tour lists it as a Signature Event with a $20 million purse and 700 FedExCup points to the winner. (pgatour.com) Matt Fitzpatrick and Xander Schauffele were listed next at about +1500, with Russell Henley at +1600 and Cameron Young at +1800 in early betting markets. CBS and Yahoo’s preview both put those five names at the front of the board. (cbssports.com) (sports.yahoo.com) Harbour Town usually pulls betting toward precision players more than pure power hitters. The course is a par 71 at 7,243 yards, shorter than many modern PGA Tour stops and known for tight sightlines and small targets. (pgatour.com) That helps explain why recent winners at Harbour Town include Scheffler, Fitzpatrick, Jordan Spieth and defending champion Justin Thomas. The PGA Tour says each of the last six editions was won by a major champion. (pgatour.com) (cbssports.com) The field is still one of the deepest on tour even without Rory McIlroy. Golfweek reported that McIlroy is skipping the event again, while Scheffler, Thomas and reigning FedExCup champion Tommy Fleetwood are in the 82-man field. (golfweek.usatoday.com) The official field page shows why the odds flatten out quickly after Scheffler. Fitzpatrick entered with an Official World Golf Ranking of No. 6, Henley No. 12 and Schauffele No. 14, with several other top-20 players also in the draw. (pgatour.com) Early tee sheets also paired some of the main betting names in adjacent windows Thursday morning. ESPN’s live leaderboard page listed Henley and Schauffele at 10:30 a.m. Eastern, then Fitzpatrick and Scheffler at 10:50 a.m. Eastern. (espn.com) So the market is starting with a simple view of Harbour Town: the world No. 1 is the man to beat, and the next tier is crowded with proven names who fit this course. By Thursday morning, those numbers turn into tee times and a four-day test on one of the tour’s most specific layouts. (cbssports.com) (pgatour.com)
