Fantasy Golf: The RBC Heritage Preview

That was probably an amazing Masters experience for most people who don't write a golf blog in which they opted for the contrarian approach by "eschewing Scottie and Rory altogether." In the annals of golf writing, there may not be an example of a more stupid five word arrangement. Let this be a lesson to us all that . . . 

Drinking while playing golf = good

Drinking while gambling on golf = also good but risky

To be honest, the picks weren't that outlandish. Ludvig Aberg shot -3 with three double bogeys so he was theoretically just three better swings and a few putts away from taking Rory into a playoff. Weird how it never felt that way at any point during the tournament.   

At least my Patrick Reed prediction didn't come through even if the outlook wasn't so good when he got to -9 after three holes on Saturday. There was a moment when I looked at my phone and whispered, "my god, what have I done?" 

GOLF ANALYSIS

We now head to Harbour Town for the RBC Heritage which has been won by a major champion six years in a row. Sure, two of those were Webb Simpson and Stewart Cink but I don't make the rules. Actually I'm not sure who does . . . or if there even are any.

Time to restore some order and this is a good place to do it. Despite initial questions from some (me) regarding the decision to make the RBC a signature event, the results have proven it to be worthy. In addition to the aforementioned prominent list of recent winners, the top ten has been full of quality players. So the picks this week are pretty chalky with the primary recommendations of Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley being the chalkiest available (figuratively and literally). 

The rest of the picks are pretty stock. I'm always looking to add some new blood and Ryan Gerard is the token sign of that effort but this tournament doesn't really shout youth movement. Did I mention that Webb Simpson and Stewart Cink recently won here?  

Place	Player	Odds
Winner	Patrick Cantlay	+2500
Top 5	Jordan Spieth	+490
Top 10	Daniel Berger	+520
Top 10	Sungjae Im	+520
Top 20	Brian Harman	+205

One and Done Pick: Patrick Cantlay

The Milkman Cometh!

Other Guy I'd Pick: Russell Henley

Sleeper Pick: Sungjae Im

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Xander Schauffele	$10,500
Russell Henley	$9,400
Patrick Cantlay	$9,200
Jordan Spieth	$8,800
Justin Thomas	$8,800
Sepp Straka	$7,900
Ryan Gerard	$7,400
Daniel Berger	$7,300
Brian Harman	$7,000
Sungjae Im	$6,700

This week's chart is dedicated to that unique feeling that you only experience on the Sunday night of the Masters. It's like a cross between Pablo Escobar sitting on the swing and Bill Murray after his girlfriend dumped him in Stripes. 

THE FORLORN ON A MASTERS SUNDAY  

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART

Of course Scheffler is probably going to win considering he clearly rediscovered his iron game last weekend but you don't need us to tell you that. Si Woo Kim would be first alternate on the top ten list as his game is a perfect fit for Harbour Town and he's almost definitely going to win this year. It's a near certainty. We think.  

	DK Price	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
Scottie Scheffler	$13,500	T8	1st	T11	DNP	DNP
Xander Schauffele	$10,500	T18	T18	4th	DNP	DNP
Tommy Fleetwood	$10,100	7th	T49	T15	T10	MC
Matt Fitzpatrick	$10,000	T38	T28	1st	MC	T4
Cameron Young	$9,800	T54	T62	T51	T3	DNP
Russell Henley	$9,600	T8	T12	T19	MC	T9
Ludvig Aberg	$9,400	T54	T10	DNP	DNP	DNP
Collin Morikawa	$9,300	T54	9th	T31	T26	T7
Patrick Cantlay	$9,200	T13	T3	3rd	2nd	MC
Sam Burns	$9,000	T13	T44	T15	DNP	T39
Si Woo Kim	$8,900	T8	T18	MC	T42	T33
Jordan Spieth	$8,800	T18	T39	2nd	1st	DNP
Robert Macintyre	$8,700	T66	DNP	DNP	DNP	T59
Viktor Hovland	$8,600	T13	DNP	T59	DNP	DNP
Maverick McNealy	$8,500	T3	DNP	MC	T26	T4
Shane Lowry	$8,400	T18	T64	T67	T3	T9
Justin Thomas	$8,300	1st	T5	T25	T35	DNP
Jacob Bridgeman	$8,200	T61	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Chris Gotterup	$8,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jason Day	$8,000	T49	T18	DNP	DNP	DNP
Justin Rose (O)	$8,000	T42	T44	T25	DNP	DNP
Sepp Straka	$7,900	T13	T5	MC	T3	T59
Harris English	$7,900	T66	T28	T63	DNP	MC
Min Woo Lee	$7,800	T61	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
Ben Griffin	$7,800	DNP	DNP	T31	DNP	DNP
Akshay Bhatia	$7,700	T42	T18	MC	DNP	DNP
Ryo Hisastune	$7,700	T18	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Sahith Theegala	$7,600	69th	2nd	T5	T70	DNP
Rickie Fowler	$7,600	68th	T18	T15	MC	DNP
J.J. Spaun	$7,500	T42	DNP	MC	MC	DNP
Nicolai Hojgaard	$7,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ryan Gerard	$7,400	T27	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Harry Hall	$7,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Wyndham Clark	$7,300	T27	T3	T29	T35	64th
Daniel Berger	$7,300	T3	DNP	DNP	T21	T13
J.T. Poston	$7,200	T11	T5	MC	T3	MC
Sam Stevens	$7,200	T54	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
S. Yellamaraju	$7,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Nick Taylor	$7,100	T49	T49	T41	MC	MC
Kurt Kitayama	$7,100	DNP	T33	MC	DNP	DNP
Alex Noren	$7,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	T42	T25
Corey Conners	$7,000	T49	T44	T31	T12	T4
Brian Harman	$7,000	T3	T12	T7	T35	T13
Marco Penge	$7,000	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Keegan Bradley	$6,900	T18	T55	T48	DNP	DNP
Taylor Pendrith	$6,900	T42	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
Max Homa	$6,900	70th	T55	MC	DNP	DNP
Gary Woodland	$6,800	T61	T64	T31	DNP	DNP
Matt McCarty	$6,800	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Nico Echavarria	$6,800	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP
Sungjae Im	$6,700	T13	T12	T7	T21	T13
Andrew Novak	$6,700	2nd	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ricky Castillo	$6,700	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Tony Finau	$6,600	T38	T12	T31	DNP	DNP
Matt Wallace	$6,600	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP	T18
Denny McCarthy	$6,500	T49	T28	T25	T56	T13
Bud Cauley	$6,500	T32	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jordan Smith	$6,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Pierceson Coody	$6,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Michael Kim	$6,400	T54	DNP	DNP	DNP	W/D
Patrick Rodgers	$6,400	T42	T5	T19	DNP	MC
Michael Brennan	$6,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Andrew Putnam	$6,400	DNP	T18	T59	MC	MC
Sami Valimaki	$6,300	T18	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ryan Fox	$6,300	DNP	DNP	W/D	DNP	DNP
Austin Smotherman	$6,300	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
John Keefer	$6,300	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Tom Hoge	$6,200	T18	T18	MC	MC	T25
Lucas Glover	$6,200	T61	T33	MC	T48	T33
Chandlar Blanchat	$6,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
William Mouw	$6,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Stephen Fisk	$6,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Karl Vilips	$6,100	T54	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Aldrich Potgieter	$6,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Garrick Higgo	$6,100	DNP	DNP	T48	MC	DNP
Joe Highsmith	$6,000	72nd	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Brian Campbell	$6,000	T32	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Adam Schenk	$6,000	DNP	T49	T31	MC	T25
Jhonatten Vegas	$6,000	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
David Lipsky	$6,000	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP

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