2026 RBC Heritage odds, picks, field, date: Surprising PGA predictions from golf model that's nailed 17 majors

The first major is in the books, but the 2026 PGA Tour season keeps rolling along with a Signature Event this week. The 2026 RBC Heritage will begin on Thursday from Hilton Head in South Carolina, and this event has seen nothing but major winners prevail recently. Entering the RBC Heritage 2026, each of the last six editions of this event have been won by major championship winners, including Justin Thomas (2025), Scottie Scheffler (2024), Matt Fitzpatrick (2023) and Jordan Spieth (2023). They're all in the 2026 RBC Heritage field, with Scheffler the +440 favorite per the latest PGA odds.

Xander Schauffele is the second favorite at +1500, followed closely by Fitzpatrick at +1600. Russell Henley and Cameron Young, both of whom finished tied for third at the Masters, are together at +1800 on this week's PGA odds. Before locking in any 2026 RBC Heritage picks, be sure to see the 2026 RBC Heritage predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

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SportsLine's proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, simulated every PGA Tour event 10,000 times and reveals golf betting picks that have a history of being extremely profitable. 

This same model has also nailed a whopping 17 majors entering the weekend, including the 2026 Masters -- its fifth Masters in a row -- as well as last year's PGA Championship and Open Championship. Anyone who has followed its sports betting picks could have seen huge returns on betting sites. 

Now that the 2026 RBC Heritage field is locked in, the model simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard. 

2026 RBC Heritage predictions 

One major surprise the model is calling for at the RBC Heritage 2026: Young (+1800), who has top 3 finishes in each of his last three tournaments, stumbles and barely cracks the top 10. Young has been on quite the run, including winning the Players Championship, but he doesn't have the best course history at Hilton Head. He's simply been non-competitive at this event recently, finishing outside the top 50 in each of the last three years. While Young excels as a ball-striker, the small putting surfaces of Harbour Town Golf Links don't play to his strengths as he ranks 50th in putts per round and 85th in 3-putt avoidance. See who else to fade here. 

Another surprise: Justin Thomas rises up the leaderboard despite having long odds of +4500. Thomas steps onto the course as the defending champion, winning a playoff over Andrew Novak last year. He placed fifth at this event the prior year and has three straight top 25s at the RBC Heritage. While Thomas hasn't played enough rounds this season to qualify for statistical leaderboards, his SG: around-the-green metric of 0.605 still stands out. It would rank fourth on tour if he had enough rounds under his belt, and that's something that will come in handy with the contoured greens and tricky pin positions of this course. The reigning winner of this event not even being among the top 10 in terms of shortest golf odds makes Thomas a steal with RBC Heritage bets. See who else to pick here.

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How to make 2026 RBC Heritage picks

The model is also targeting another stunning longshot of at least +5000 to surge to the top of the leaderboard, potentially bringing a massive return. You can only see who it is at SportsLine.

Who will win the 2026 RBC Heritage, and which massive longshot will stun the golfing world? Check out the 2026 RBC Heritage odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected leaderboard, all from the model that's nailed 17 golf majors, including the last five Masters.

2026 RBC Heritage odds, field, favorites 

Get full 2026 RBC Heritage picks, best bets and predictions here. 
(odds via FanDuel and subject to change)

Scottie Scheffler +440
Xander Schauffele +1500
Matt Fitzpatrick +1600
Cameron Young +1800
Russell Henley +1800
Tommy Fleetwood +2000
Ludvig Åberg +2200
Collin Morikawa +2500
Patrick Cantlay +2700
Si Woo Kim +3000
Jordan Spieth +3300
Maverick McNealy +3300
Robert MacIntyre +3500
Viktor Hovland +3500
Sepp Straka +4000
Jake Knapp +4000
Sam Burns +4000
Justin Thomas +4500
Jacob Bridgeman +4500
J.J. Spaun +5000
Shane Lowry +5500
Min Woo Lee +5500
Ryo Hisatsune +6000
Jason Day +6000
Brian Harman +6000
Sahith Theegala +6000
Chris Gotterup +6000
Ben Griffin +6000
Daniel Berger +6000
Ryan Gerard +6000
Alex Noren +6500
Akshay Bhatia +6500
Sungjae Im +7000
Harris English +7000
J.T. Poston +7000
Nicolai Højgaard +8000
Wyndham Clark +8000
Samuel Stevens +8000
Sudarshan Yellamaraju +8000
Gary Woodland +10000
Keegan Bradley +10000
Kurt Kitayama +10000
Matt Wallace +10000
Harry Hall +10000
Corey Conners +10000
Michael Thorbjornsen +10000
Rickie Fowler +10000
Nick Taylor +10000
Matt McCarty +12500
Marco Penge +12500
Andrew Novak +12500
Andrew Putnam +12500
Max Homa +12500
Taylor Pendrith +15000
Jordan Smith +15000
Michael Brennan +15000
Nico Echavarria +17500
Brian Campbell +17500
Tony Finau +17500
Pierceson Coody +17500
Denny McCarthy +17500
Bud Cauley +17500
Austin Smotherman +17500
Billy Horschel +22500
Sami Valimaki +22500
Michael Kim +22500
Ricky Castillo +22500
Chandler Blanchet +25000
Johnny Keefer +25000
Patrick Rodgers +25000
Ryan Fox +25000
William Mouw +35000
David Lipsky +50000
Aldrich Potgieter+50000
Lucas Glover +50000
Karl Vilips +50000
Tom Hoge +50000
Steven Fisk +50000
Garrick Higgo +75000
Jhonattan Vegas +100000
Adam Schenk +100000
Joe Highsmith +100000