2025 RBC Heritage betting tips: Our expert’s top picks for Harbour Town

Tom Jacobs picks out his top RBC Heritage betting tips ahead of the PGA Tour’s fifth Signature event.

The dust is still settling after one of golf’s great days at Augusta National, but the PGA Tour kicks straight back to action this week at the RBC Heritage.

The traditional post-Masters event on South Carolina’s East Coast has Signature status once again, meaning a stellar field will assemble for a second consecutive week, albeit without the new Green Jacket owner.

Last year’s champion will tee it up, however, with Scottie Scheffler returning fresh from his fourth-place finish at Augusta. The World No.1 looks to capture his first title of the 2025 season.

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Before diving into my RBC Heritage betting tips for the week, here’s everything else you need to know…

RBC Heritage key details

Venue: Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (Par 71 – 7,213 yards)

Format: 72-hole strokeplay

Purse: $20 million with the winner receiving $4m

FedEx Cup points: 700

Favorites: Scottie Scheffer 7/2, Collin Morikawa 10/1, Ludvig Aberg 11/1

Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler (USA), -19

Most wins: Davis Love III (USA), 5

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How to watch the RBC Heritage

US viewers can catch all the action on the Golf Channel.

All times EDT

Thursday, April 17: The Golf Channel, 14.00
Friday, April 18: The Golf Channel, 14.00
Saturday, April 19: The Golf Channel, 13.00
Sunday, April 20: The Golf Channel, 13.00

UK viewers can catch all the action on Sky Sports Golf.

All times BST

Thursday, April 17: Sky Sports Golf, 12.30
Friday, April 18: Sky Sports Golf, 12.30
Saturday, April 19: Sky Sports Golf, 12.15
Sunday, April 20: Sky Sports Golf, 12.15

RBC Heritage tee times

Tee times and groupings can be found here.

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RBC Heritage betting tips

The Banker: Xander Schauffele 14/1 Win Only (Unibet)

Xander Schauffele has struggled with injury at the back end of last year and the start of this one, but his past two starts suggest he’s both back healthy and shaking off the rust, and if that is truly the case, then he should make a great run at this event.

He got better every day at Augusta last week, breaking par in each of his final three rounds, to eventually finish in a tie for 8^th. On top of that, he ranked 10^th in SG Tee to Green and 12^th on Approach, one start after ranking 5^th and 1^st in those two categories respectively.

This wasn’t a great golf course for Schauffele in the early days, but there has always been encouragement, sitting 13^th at halfway on debut, and hitting two rounds of 66 even when finishing 64^th a couple of years later. Then he took a couple of years off before this became an elevated event, and as such, he elevated his game to match. 4^th and 18^th in his past two visits, Xander was 2^nd at halfway two years ago, 5 rounds of 67 or better in his past 8 laps around Harbour Town.

Scottie Scheffler looks opposable right now, even if he’s bound to come into this one with a bit of a chip on his shoulder, and with Collin Morikawa still struggling to get over the line, and Ludvig Aberg surely devastated at how little he got out of his round yesterday when in the hunt, I think Schauffele rates out as the best pick at the top of the market. With Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay rounding out the elite list, both of whom will be disappointed with their efforts last week and come into this with their own baggage, I will side with the man who’s only blocker is limited reps.

The Outsider: Tom Hoge 80/1 e/w (bet365 8 places)

Justin Rose recorded the most birdies at Augusta last week in his heartbreaking playoff loss, but Tom Hoge ran him close with 22 birdies to Rose’s 22.

That itself is an encouraging sign, but so is his sustained run of form, which has seen him finish 3rd at the Players, 5th at the Valero, and 14th last week. That was his second-best major finish last week and the best of his career at Augusta by some distance, to show how dialed in he is.

When rating Tom Hoge’s chances in any golf tournament, you really need to see if he is hitting his irons well because that is his greatest strength, and what will ultimately dictate whether he contends or not. The good news is that he has ranked 2nd, 22nd, and 4th in his last three starts in SG Approach and 6th, 11th, and 25^th in SG Tee to Green, so all is well in that department.

As for his course form, Hoge was the 36-hole leader here last year before slowly slipping away over the weekend to finish 18^th. That was his best effort, but he’d also shown flashes in the past, sitting 8^th after the first two rounds three years prior, when going on to finish 25^th.

The Longshot: Ryo Hisatsune 160/1 e/w (bet365 8 places)

It might be hard to envisage Ryo Hisatsune winning a signature event on the PGA Tour, but with many of the biggest players in the world exhausted, frustrated, or everything else in between following Augusta, I will take a shot at a big-priced winner.

Hisatsune is finding his feet really nicely now on the PGA Tour, finishing 4^th at the Valspar Championship and then 5^th again last time out at the Valero Texas Open. Add a T10 finish in Mexico, and you have three top 10 finishes in 2025, all of which have come in his last six starts.

This will be his first start at Harbour Town, but last year, he finished T3 at the Wyndham Championship and T17 at the RSM Classic, starting slowly at the latter but finishing very strongly. These two events are of particular interest, given how much leaderboard crossover we have seen, and I am willing to bet that plays into Hisatsune’s hands here. Webb Simpson is a great example of this, having won both the Wyndham and the Heritage, as well as losing in a playoff at the RSM Classic. It’s also worth noting that Pete Dye designed this golf course, and the Stadium Course, the host venue for two of the four rounds at the American Express, where Hisatsune also finished 11^th last year and shot rounds of 68-65 over the weekend. This is certainly his type of test.

He’s my favourite bet on the board, even if he ranks as the most unlikely winner on the list, according to the odds.

The Bonus Pick: J.T. Poston 50/1 e/w (bet365 8 places)

J.T. Poston comes into the Heritage this week having not missed a cut in 15 events. A few of those have been no-cut events, but generally speaking, he’s been playing solidly, even if for the most part, unspectacularly since his win at the Shriners.

Poston did back up his win with a T5 finish at the RSM Classic on his following start, but since then, he’s only posted two top 20 finishes. That is why you can get a bit of a price on Poston, who is certainly a course specialist here with four top 8 finishes in six starts here. The other two have been missed cuts, but he clearly loves Harbour Town.

One thing I really like is despite how good he’s been here over the years, last year was the first real time he got himself in the mix to win, as he led after the first two rounds and finished 5th. That would have been a huge confidence boost, given the strength of the field, and now he knows he can rub shoulders in this company, at this very course, he should come into this one with another layer of confidence.

While his current form looks fairly mediocre, he was 6^th at halfway in Texas before finishing 26^th, 14^th at halfway at the Valspar, and in the same position after 54 holes at the Players Championship. When the course suits, Poston so often shows up, as highlighted by his three wins and three runner-up finishes on Tour.

There are three or four courses a year where you look at Poston, and this is chief among them. We know he can win; he’s done it three times before, and at 50/1 he looks decent value given he played all four rounds at Augusta last week but was never under any pressure, as he was too far back all week to make any impact.