RBC Heritage 2025 DFS Picks This Week: Predictions, Values & Projections
Published: Apr 16, 2025
While not as exciting as what we just got with the Masters, RBC Heritage is no slouch of an event. Being held in beautiful Hilton Head, South Carolina at the ever-lovely Harbour Town Golf Links, this signature event gives us a strong follow-up event. With a $20,000,000 purse in play, we should still see some great golf and some strong names in contention.
Let’s dive in!
RBC Heritage 2025: Daily Fantasy Golf Picks & Projections
While this event has been under different names throughout the years, Harbour Town has been a mainstay on tour. With this being the first time this event is a signature event, we should be in for a more electric event than we’re used to. This event can be high scoring, as the average winning score over the last 5 years has been between -13 and -22. Couple that with projected great weather, and the strongest field we’ve ever seen here, we’re in for quite a show.
Harbour Town Golf Links: Course Breakdown This Week
Harbour Town is one of the most straight-forward courses on tour, at least when it comes to looking for the type of players to contend. As a links style course, that should be no surprise. Accurate drivers who are elite ball-strikers, who can scramble well typically are the winners here. Historically, we see more veterans winning here as well, though that may change given the newfound Signature status. Again, much like the Masters, those who play well here typically continue to play well here. The top players in terms of course history this week are: Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay, J.T. Poston, Ludvig Aberg, Matt Kuchar, Cam Davis, Patrick Rodgers, Jordan Spieth, and Christiaan Bezuidenhout.
Looking at the course more directly, we see bermudagrass throughout, keeping in line with many of the recent courses we’ve seen on the east coast and in Florida. All par 3s play on the longer side, with all 4 playing 190-220 yards. In line with that, besides two driveable par 4s, the remaining 9 par 4s all play 400-475 yards. The 3 par 5s all play 550-600 yards as well, giving us clear yardage brackets. Given the distance of both the par 3s and longer holes in the field, SG: Approach takes a clear jump to the top spot in my model this week. The top players in the field in terms of SG: Approach are: Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Xander Schauffele, Sepp Straka, Scottie Scheffler, Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas, Nick Taylor, Viktor Hovland, and Tommy Fleetwood.
As a coastal links style course, weather will obviously be a factor. Luckily, we’re projected for mild weather overall. All 4 days look to be in the 70’s, with average wind of no more than 10 miles per hour. That said, the gusts are what we need to worry about, as it’s not uncommon for them to exceed 40 miles per hour. If this weather remains, we could be looking at great scoring in this event.
When comparing Harbour Town to other courses on tour, a few things are very clear. Driving distance is almost completely irrelevant, and putting is roughly half as important as the average tour course. This is truly a ball-strikers paradise, and those with great wedge games can take an easy jump to the top of the leaderboard. Driving accuracy and SG: Around-the-Green all take big jumps this week as well. Leaders in these key stats are:
- Driving Accuracy: Collin Morikawa, Aaron Rai, Lucas Glover, Brice Garnett, Brian Campbell, Daniel Berger, Russell Henley, Sepp Straka, Nick Taylor, Sungjae Im
- SG: Around-The-Green: Min Woo Lee, Brian Campbell, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Andrew Novak, Michael Kim, Sungjae Im, Russell Henley, Si Woo Kim, Daniel Berger, Shane Lowry
RBC Heritage 2025 Field: Golf DFS
As expected, gaining signature event status has brought a strong field to Harbour Town. Looking at the high end players, only Rory McIlroy and Hideki Matsuyama are eligible PGA players who are absent from the field as top 30 OWGR players. This makes this one of the strongest fields in RBC Heritage history. Returning champion Scottie Scheffler will be in attendance, and Jordan Spieth and Matt Fitzpatrick join him as previous winners in the field.
Scottie is the clear high-end player in the field here, averaging nearly $2,000 more for the roster spot than the next closest player (Collin Morikawa). Including Scottie will give you the favorite to win, but it will also limit your other roster choices substantially given there are only 72 players in the field this week. Instead of Scottie, I will lean towards more balanced lineups this week, though Scottie CAN be had if making the right concessions on other players. Using Scottie is probably best if submitting more than 5-6 lineups. Given the no-cut status of this event, you can take some of the more boom-or-bust players in the field as well, as there is no risk of them not making it to the weekend.
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PGA Best Bets & Predictions: 2025 RBC Heritage (12-15 Overall, +5.30 Units)
- Sepp Straka: Top 20 (+135)
- Ryo Hisatsune: Top Asian Player (+550)
- RBC Heritage One and Done Picks:
- Collin Morikawa or Shane Lowry (High End)
- J.T. Poston or Nick Taylor (Low End)
GOLF DFS PICKS THIS WEEK: Top Tier
Collin Morikawa ($12,200 FanDuel/$10,900 DraftKings)
Collin yet again lines up very well for an event. Coming off a solid T14 finish at The Masters where his putter and wedges let him down a bit, he put up yet another impressive round with the irons, as he finished 10th in the field, and 7th amongst players who made the cut in SG: Approach. He remains incredibly accurate with the driver as well, setting him up for a great chance to get a win here at RBC. Additionally, he has never missed the cut at RBC, with two top 10 finishes in his 5 starts here, including a 9th place overall finish last year (where he was going through a stretch of struggling with the irons). Collin remains a great play yet again, and one of my personal favorites.
Justin Thomas ($11,400 FanDuel/$10,200 DraftKings)
JT was a bit rough to watch at the Masters, as it seemed like when something when right, 2 different things went wrong. He did fight to a respectable finish in the end, but mostly hovered around par throughout the rounds, largely due to struggles off the tee. Lucky for JT, he’s used to shaking these issues off at RBC. In 6 career starts here, he has only finished outside the top 25 twice, and had a T5th finish last year (after a much worse Masters performance). His game showed signs of being close at Augusta, as he put up his 2nd best tournament around the green in 2025, and mostly struggled when it came to ball-striking. JT has to be in lineups this week, as if he can correct the issue he was running into with his right miss that popped up a ton during the event, he’s going to be a dangerous man to play against this week.
Patrick Cantlay ($11,100 FanDuel/$10,000 DraftKings)
Cantlay being in the discussion this week should come easily for most. He’s played Harbour Town 7 times in his career, and outside of his one missed cut in 2021, he has just one finish outside the top 5, and has finished 3rd here four times and 2nd here once. He’s been flat out bad around the green recently, but has remained an accurate driver (above field average in all major driving categories) and his approach game has reached another level this year as he ranks inside the top 20 on tour in overall strokes gained, and 10th overall in GIR percentage. He’s going to be yet another dangerous player this week.
GOLF DFS PICKS THIS WEEK: MID-TIER
Russell Henley ($10,600 FanDuel/$9,700 DraftKings)
Henley seemed poised for a good event at the Masters, but couldn’t get out of his own way around the greens. Luckily for him, that isn’t as important this week. He yet agained remained a great ball strikers, as he was 17% more accurate with the driver than the field and still gained a respectable amount on approach. Harbour Town has been up-and-down for him, with 5 top 25s and 5 missed cuts in his history here, but he shouts as an amazing value this week.
Shane Lowry ($10,800 FanDuel/$9,600 DraftKings)
Lowry looked great at the Masters, until he didn’t. Entering the championship round at -5, he proceeded to go 9 over on Sunday to drop himself all the way down to a T42nd finish. With that in mind, I still really like Lowry going into this event. His irons and driving accuracy remain strengths of his game, and while he did play poorly Sunday, he still manage to gain shots around the green overall. Lowry also has 3 top 10 finishes in 7 starts at this event, including twice finishing 3rd overall. Given the links style format of the course, Lowry has to be in play for us.
Jordan Spieth ($10,300 FanDuel/$9,000 DraftKings)
Again unsurprisingly, Spieth has to be one of the favorite this week. Coming off a solid T14th performance (much like Morikawa), outside of some suspect ball-striking which he blamed on mud balls, he gained strokes with almost every club in the bag outside the irons. With a win and a 2nd place finish here over the last two seasons, he clearly feels comfortable at this event, given he has also never missed the cut here. The driver has been an absolute weapon as of late, as he has gained on the field both with distance and accuracy since the Genesis Invitational, and his wedge game is as spectacular as ever.
GOLF DFS PICKS THIS WEEK: VALUE TIER
Lucas Glover ($8,300 FanDuel/$6,900 DraftKings)
Glover has not historically played the best here, but his 2025 game gives me hope for him in this event. Glover surprisingly has been top 20 on tour in total strokes gained, has been top 30 on approach, and has been the 5th most accurate driver in 2025. He’s playing like a younger version of himself in a lot of great ways. Glover does have some solid finishes here, though of late he has struggled quite a bit with a missed cut and 3 finishes between 33rd and 48th otherwise, but Glover has not looked this good coming into this event in quite some time. I’m gonna ride or die with Glover this week.
Andrew Novak ($8,100 FanDuel/$6,700 DraftKings)
Novak continually is a name that’s hard to ignore for me. He’s got some great finishes this year, and some poor finishes, but what gives me hope is his most recent performance at Valero. He gained strokes in all facets of his game, and has played well historical at some comparable courses (though he hasn’t played here before). It’s a long shot that he wins, but this is generally the type of course he plays well at. Count me in at this value.
J.T. Poston ($8,800 FanDuel/$7,800 DraftKings)
Considering this is basically a “home” event for Poston, it should be no surprise to see that he has 4 top 10 finishes in his 6 starts here. However, his game also suggests that this should be the case. He’s been strong with the irons for most of the season, has gained on the field with driver accuracy in his most recent starts, and has consistently performed well with the wedges. Will he disappoint and miss the cut like he has in 2 other starts here? No, because he can’t miss the cut. He may not be a super-star, but he can certainly perform here and at this price, I can’t ignore that.
PGA DFS Picks This Week (Cheat Sheet)
Player Pool
| $ Tier | G |
|---|---|
| High |  Ludvig Aberg  $11,000 |
| Collin Morikawa $10,900 | |
| Justin Thomas $10,200 | |
| Patrick Cantlay $10,000 | |
| Medium | Russell Henley $9,700 |
| Shane Lowry $9,600 | |
| Jordan Spieth $9,200 | |
| Jason Day $9,100 | |
| Sepp Straka $8,800 | |
| Daniel Berger $8,300 | |
| Low | Aaron Rai $7,900 |
| J.T. Poston $7,800 | |
| Lucas Glover $6,900 | |
| Andrew Novak $6,700 | |
| Matt Kuchar $6,000 |