Following Rory McIlroy’s second straight win at the Masters, up next is the RBC Heritage, which is one of the PGA TOUR’s eight Signature Events this season. As a Signature Event, the PGA TOUR’s best players will be competing for a $20 million purse. This field features 82 players and no cut. Before 2024, this was a full-sized tournament with a cut. The RBC Heritage will be played at Harbour Town Golf Links (par 71, 7,243 yards, POA Trivialis greens) in Hilton Head, South Carolina. This has been the site of the RBC Heritage since its inception in 1969. At this event last year, Justin Thomas (-17) defeated Andrew Novak in a playoff.
Harbour Town Golf Links is a Pete Dye-designed course that features narrow fairways, tiny greens, 54 bunkers and water in play on every hole. Most Dye designs are less-than-driver tracks and Harbour Town Golf Links is no exception. This course is short for a par 71 and being in the right spot in the fairway is much more crucial than being long. Players will club down often at Harbour Town and driving stats don’t need to be a focus at this venue.
Being in strong form with your irons, though, is essential at Harbour Town, in order to stick as many of these small greens as possible. Four of the last five winners here have finished the week top-seven in SG APP. The putting surfaces being so small also puts an emphasis on short game, as missing some of these greens is inevitable. Over the last five years, three of the victors at Harbour Town have finished the event top-10 in SG ARG. Among the holes, scoring on the par fives is most crucial at Harbour Town Golf Links, as three of the past four winners at this par 71 have either led or finished runner-up in par five scoring for the tournament.
Let’s dive into three of my favorite DraftKings bargain plays for the RBC Heritage, which all cost less than $7.5K.
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Top DraftKings PGA TOUR DFS Bargain Plays for the RBC Heritage
Sudarshan Yellamaraju ($7,200) – Yellamaraju has never teed it up at Harbour Town before, but he is having a fabulous rookie season on the PGA TOUR and can’t be ignored at this cheap salary. Yellamaraju has made 8-of-9 cuts and carded five top-20 finishes in 2026. In his last three starts, the Canadian has finished T-5, T-6 and T-14, with that first performance notably coming at THE PLAYERS Championship play at TPC Sawgrass, which like Harbour Town, was designed by Dye.
Yellamaraju has only shot over par once in his last 10 rounds and he has gained strokes in every major category at back-to-back events. Yellamaraju ranks 12th in total strokes when we compare this field’s last 24 rounds and he should have a strong RBC Heritage debut.
Alex Noren ($7,100) – Noren has finished T-28 or better in three of his four starts at Harbour Town – including a pair of 5-under 66s – and the Swede returns to the venue in compelling form. Noren hasn’t finished worse than T-32 in six straight starts. The veteran just finished T-30 at the Masters last week and after opening with a 5-over 77, Noren shot under par in his final three rounds at Augusta National.
Noren gained strokes on approach at the famous course and he has been one of the best short-game players on the PGA TOUR this season, ranking ninth in SG ARG. This bodes well for Harbour Town and Noren brings top-20 upside this week.
Andrew Putnam ($6,400) – Putnam’s game is trending up right now. The 37-year-old has made five consecutive cuts, most recently with a season-best T-5 finish at the Valero Texas Open two weeks ago. At TPC San Antonio, Putnam gained strokes across the board and he opened the event with a 6-under 66. Putnam has shot under par in seven straight rounds and he ranks seventh in SG ARG this season.
Putnam finished T-18 in his last visit to Harbour Town two years ago – including a closing round 4-under 67 – and he is an appealing punt play at this low price tag, which likely won’t be popular.
