A week after a thrilling major in Georgia, the PGA TOUR is headed down the road to South Carolina for the RBC Heritage. The Heritage has regularly been the first event after the first major championship since the early 1980s and for the last several years it has also been a Signature Event. With a limited field and an elevated purse, it draws an elite field with almost every eligible player in the field this week. The big absences are Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose, who opted to take this week off, but the rest of the big names are ready to roll for this no-cut tournament, and DraftKings is also ready to tee off with some big GPP contests with large top prizes. My top three pivot plays for this week’s GPP contests are Patrick Cantlay ($9,200), Wyndham Clark ($7,300) and Sungjae Im ($6,700).
Let’s be sure to define what we’re searching for in this post to be sure we’re all aiming at the same flagstick. A fantasy golf pivot play is a golfer with low expected ownership in tournament formats but high upside. These picks go against the grain and typically come with more risk compared to popular options with similar salaries. In large-field tournaments, it’s important to differentiate your lineup with low-ownership plays like these, even though they are NOT the safest options.
These are “grip it and rip it,” boom-or-bust style options that could go off or flame out. Getting players at low ownership is critical for success in GPP tournament-style events with many entries, so making yours stand out is critical. Be sure to check out my companion post to this one that highlights my picks for cash lineups if you’re looking for safer options that raise the overall floor of your lineup.
Let’s break down why I like each of my top three pivot plays this week!
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Patrick Cantlay ($9,200)
With no cut, it’s a great week to swing for the fences since all players will get four rounds in, barring withdrawal or disqualification. With such a strong field, Patrick Cantlay ($9,200) is going unnoticed as a high-end option to pair with another star or as the key piece for a balanced roster build.
Cantlay is flying under the radar since managers are focused on former champs at this event like Scottie Scheffler ($13,500), Matt Fitzpatrick ($10,000) and Jordan Spieth ($8,800), along with players surging lately like Xander Schauffele ($10,500) and Jake Knapp ($9,100). With so many big names in the field, Cantlay is getting overlooked since he hasn’t been in contention in a while, but this tournament has a history of proven veterans climbing back into prominence with a win after a quiet stretch.
Even though he hasn’t won since the 2022 BMW Championship, he has been steady and productive over the last few years, advancing to the TOUR Championship at the end of the FedExCup Playoffs and even finishing the season No. 2 in the FedExCup standings in 2025. He has been solid in 2026 as well, ranking 10th in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and sixth in Strokes Gained: Around the Green over the last three months. His putting has held him back in several tournaments, but overall, he just hasn’t been able to put it all together.
He came into last week’s tournament with a little momentum after a T-32 at THE PLAYERS and a T-7 at the Valspar, which was his best finish of the year. His first round went off the rails, though, and resulted in a 77 that put him in danger of missing the cut. However, Cantlay bounced back with a 67 in Round 2 and a 66 in Round 3 to climb all the way up to T-12. He led the entire field at the first major of 2026 in Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green and also ranked in the top 10 in Strokes Gained: Approach and Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green. With that kind of iron play and work near the green, he should be ready to take on the challenge at Harbour Town this week.
He has a very strong history at the track, with six career top-10 finishes in his eight appearances. His best finish was a runner-up in 2022, and he also has three third-place finishes in his career at Harbour Town, along with a T-13 from last season.
It feels like it has been a minute since Cantlay had a chance to close a tournament win, but his recent form and course history indicate he could break back through and be in the mix this week.
Wyndham Clark ($7,300)
Another boom-or-bust veteran that has the potential to win when he’s at his best is Wyndham Clark. Clark can quickly climb the leaderboard or finish near the back of the pack, but for GPP lineups, his upside is worth the risk since most managers are not looking his way, most likely leaving him with a low ownership percentage.
Clark is surrounded by popular players like Rickie Fowler ($7,600), Akshay Bhatia ($7,700), Alex Noren ($7,100) and Harry Hall ($7,400), but he’s not getting as much attention due to his volatile results. However, his ceiling is worth taking a shot on as a cheap play just over $7,000 this week since he has a great history at the RBC Heritage and looked solid last week at Augusta National.
Before last week’s event, Clark had missed a couple of cuts in a row at the Valspar and Texas Children’s Houston Open, but at Augusta, he shot even par or better in three of four rounds while ranking fourth in the field in Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green and in the top 20 in Scrambling, Driving Accuracy and Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green. All those skills should play up again this week at Harbour Town based on the course design and past results at this track. Clark’s T-21 at the first major of the season was his best since a T-13 in La Quinta at the end of January.
Clark finished in the top 35 in each of the last four years at Harbour Town Golf Links, with a T-3 in 2024 his best result, behind only Scheffler and Sahith Theegala ($7,600). He has proven he can win in elite fields by triumphing at the U.S. Open and Pebble Beach. He’ll look to claim another Signature Event this week on a course he has played well, and he has the potential to be an elite value play for tournament lineups.
Sungjae Im ($6,700)
With Scheffler so expensive and other big names in the mix, cheap players are getting lots of attention with Alex Noren ($7,100), Sudarshan Yellamaraju ($7,200), Max Homa ($6,900), and Ricky Castillo ($6,700) standing out. Im is also worth a look, though, since he has flashed some brilliant form since returning from a wrist injury and has an excellent history at Harbour Town.
In his first tournament of 2026 after his return from a wrist injury sustained while playing off the cold ground in Korea in November, Im missed the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He also missed the cut at THE PLAYERS Championship the following week, but then he vaulted back into contention at the Valspar.
He had the lead at the end of each of the first three rounds in Innisbrook, but he stumbled on Sunday and ended up with a solid T-4. In each of his two starts after that top-5 finish, he made the cut, finishing T-60 at the Texas Children’s Houston Open and T-46 at last week’s major.
Sungjae and his fantasy managers don’t have to worry about a cut this week, and the 28-year-old from Korea has proven he can contend when his game is on point. He has exceptional ball-striking ability when he’s at his best, and he has been very strong around the green in his few starts back near 100%.
Like the rest of the picks in this post, he has a strong track record at Harbour Town. He made the cut in each of his last five trips to the event with no finish outside the top 25. He finished T-11 last year, T-12 in 2024 and T-7 in 2023. If he can regain the form he showed at the Valspar, Im could be right back in the top 25 again this week, making him a great value who is under the radar at only $6,700.
