RBC Heritage Golf Betting Tips: Expert Picks for the PGA Tour's latest $20m event

There was no outright joy for our tips at The Masters last week, but once again our GolfMagic Editor and expert tipster Andy Roberts kept his extraordinary run alive with yet another top-five finish selection landed. 

Cameron Young's tie for third at The Masters now stretches Andy's run to an astonishing six consecutive PGA Tour events where he has successfully tipped a player into the top five of the leaderboard. For each-way punters, that’s been nothing short of gold dust.

Even more impressively, none of those selections were shorter than 14/1, and within that run we’ve seen two outright wins at 35/1 and 22/1, reinforcing just how strong this stretch of form has been.

Now attention turns to this week’s RBC Heritage, a $20m Signature Event.

This week’s venue is Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina, a classic Pete Dye design assisted by Jack Nicklaus. 

This old-school track is a par 71 and measures 7,213 yards, which makes it one of the shortest courses on the rota. 

It's much more about accuracy than distance here, and players will be required to once again plot their way around this layout, especially from off the tee. 

Finding the fairway is key on most of the holes simply because the approach shots are all played into small greens. Harbour Town Golf Links is very much a course that places a premium on control, creativity and patience. 

At the top of the betting market sits world number one Scottie Scheffler, priced around 7/2 after an impressive runner-up performance at Augusta where he nearly overturned a 12-shot deficit on Rory McIlroy at the weekend. 

Meanwhile, McIlroy has withdrawn from the RBC Heritage after completing his historic Masters win that saw him become just the fourth ever player to successfully defend the Green Jacket. 

Another jacket is up for grabs this Sunday, a red and black plaid one to be precise, and GolfMagic’s expert tipster Andy thinks one of the below three players will be wearing it. 

Let's dive in...

RBC HERITAGE BETTING TIPS

Pick 1: Xander Schauffele (14/1)

Xander Schauffele arrives at Harbour Town in quietly excellent form, even if last week’s Masters never truly ignited for him. 

A tied ninth finish at Augusta marked yet another top-10 in what has been a consistently strong run of results.

From a betting perspective, I like the profile because he is trending without having been emotionally or physically drained by a title charge deep into Sunday. 

Across his last five PGA Tour starts, Schauffele has picked up four top-10 finishes, which underlines his consistency at the top level.

At Augusta, he never quite threatened the top of the leaderboard, but the key positive is freshness. He arrives in South Carolina sharp rather than fatigued.

This is a course that rewards precision over power, and while Schauffele’s RBC Heritage record is steady rather than spectacular, it still stacks up well. He finished fourth here in 2023 and has added tied 18th finishes since.

Schauffele ticks every modern elite box as he brings a strong tee-to-green game, proven major consistency, and excellent current form. 

At 14/1, he feels like the perfect blend of class and value in a field where the red-hot favourite, Scheffler, naturally commands respect but offers little betting flexibility at short odds.

If the X-Man putts even average, he should be right in the mix for the Heritage on Sunday.

Pick 2: Russell Henley (20/1)

Russell Henley may well be coming into this week with more momentum than anyone in the field outside the favourites. 

He arrived late on the scene for a brilliant tied third finish at The Masters and briefly held contention deep into Sunday before fading slightly down the stretch. It marked his best-ever major result and it was a performance that suggested his game is firmly back in shape.

Henley is built perfectly for Harbour Town Golf Links. He is one of the most accurate drivers, he has strong iron play, and he is a reliable putter under pressure. That combination is exactly what this course demands, where precision is far more important than power.

His history here also reads very positively, with four top-20 finishes in his last five appearances, including two top-10s. 

Statistically, he ranks among the best on the PGA Tour for driving accuracy and sits comfortably inside the top 20 for strokes gained putting, which is a strong indicator of success around this layout.

If Augusta has reignited his confidence, this looks like an ideal follow-up venue. 

At 20/1, he feels like serious value in a field where he is slightly under the radar.

Henley is a textbook Harbour Town player who looks ready to win again.

Pick 3: Patrick Cantlay (22/1)

It feels like only a matter of time before Patrick Cantlay breaks through again. His last win dates back to August 2022, but his record at the RBC Heritage is one of the most remarkable on the entire PGA Tour.

Cantlay has finished inside the top three five times in eight appearances here and has recorded top-13 finishes in seven of those eight starts. It is a level of consistency at a single venue that very few players can match.

The American's recent form has not reached the heights of his peak years, but there are clear signs of improvement. 

He finished tied seventh at the Valspar Championship last month and followed that up with a solid tied 12th at The Masters on Sunday, where he never truly contended but showed stability across four rounds.

Cantlay’s game is built for this type of test. He thrives in controlled, positional golf and excels when patience is required. If Harbour Town becomes a grinding, strategic examination again, he is one of the best in the world in that environment.

At 22/1, this is less about potential and more about trusting an exceptional course record that keeps producing near-misses.

Cantlay is my strongest pick of the week, and thankfully the biggest price of the bunch. 

Final Word

Scheffler is rightly the man to beat, but at 7/2 there is little room for error in such a strong Signature Event field. 

With McIlroy absent and several players still likely carrying Masters fatigue, this feels like a week where course fit and current form could be more important than pure reputation.

Andy’s three selections, priced up at 14/1, 20/1 and 22/1, all arrive in strong recent form and they have clear reasons to believe Harbour Town will suit their games. 

Whether it is Schauffele’s consistency, Henley’s resurgence, or Cantlay’s extraordinary course record, there is plenty of value in the market for each-way players.

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