The RBC Heritage is a PGA Tour event that takes place each year in South Carolina. The tournament is the follow-on event from The Masters and runs over four days in the middle of April.
The event takes place at the Harbour Town Golf Links at the Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island and rewards its winners with a tartan jacket. Harbour Town Golf Links have hosted the event for its entire existence which began in 1969 when Arnold Palmer won the inaugural tournament. His finishing score of 283 is still the highest for a winner in the tournament's history.
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RBC Heritage Betting Odds, Tips and Predictions
The 2021 RBC Heritage is scheduled to take place as usual in South Carolina on the 12th-18th April.
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RBC Heritage 2021 Betting Tips and Predictions
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Popular Bets for the RBC Heritage
Golf is one of the most bet on sports in the world. One of the main reasons for this is the huge fields taking part each week meaning even the favourites can be priced high. Also, the very nature of the game creates loads of fun markets to play. Below, we have listed just a small taster of what the average golf bettor can expect.
First Round Leader Betting
The first-round leader market is a straightforward, fun bet that is a single on the golfer that you believe will be top of the leaderboard at the end of Thursday’s round one. This is particularly useful if you know a player that starts strong but typically fades as the competition goes on because there is no need for your pick to continue doing well after you are finished with him. This bet can also be played each way.
Top 20 Finish Betting
With this bet, all that bettors need to do is successfully predict a player, or numerous players, who will finish among the top 20 places. While twenty places is a healthy number for players to meet, remember that the fields of competitors in golf tend to be huge so you still need to be a smart bettor. The truly savvy punters tend to search out the career cheque collectors, players that go deep in tourneys but never threaten to win – these are worth backing in this type of market.
Make or Miss the Cut Betting
This stroke play event is one where, after 36 holes, a cut is enforced to thin the field. Players struggling are dismissed from the event while those that make this cut continue to play for the final two days. It is also the only way golfers stand any chance of getting paid for their participation. Happily, it also creates a new betting market for golf fans to wager on names that might potentially make or miss out on the cut.
Hole in One Betting
Betting on there being a hole in one at some point in the entire tournament is really nothing more than a prop bet, but it sure is a fun one. Holes in one are rare but fans love to see them, and they always go down in history. But, because they do not happen often, the odds are high and they pay well, hence why bookies offer such a market and bettors usually consider it worth sticking some minor funds on it.
Tournament Structure for the RBC Heritage
The RBC Heritage is a four day long, standard strokes play event on the PGA Tour. After two days play, the field is cut to reduce the numbers of those taking part. Those that have successfully made the cut, continue on to the final two day’s play. By the end of the final day, the tournament should have found a winner, the player with highest under par score overall. If no winner has been found at that point, a tie break played over three holes will take place for the winner of the tournament to be determined. To honour its Scottish heritage, the winner receives a tartan jacket.
History of the RBC Heritage
The Heritage Classic takes its name from its unique role in golfing history. Supposedly debunking a myth that the first rounds of the newly imported Scottish game of golf to be played in the US were played in a golf club outside Yonkers, New York in 1886, Charles Fraser discovered a ship's manifest from 100 years earlier that detailed “golfer sticks” and “featheries”. Today, this would mean clubs and balls, and these had been sent to South Carolina and Georgia. Their destination meant that they would have docked at Charleston's Green in Charleston near where today’s course was later established.
Back in 1969, that same Charles Fraser announced that he wanted to establish a PGA-level Tournament to take place at Harbour Town Golf Links. The first tourney was to take place over Thanksgiving weekend and no big names were guaranteed to show up for the event. All of that changed when two of the biggest names in golf both agreed to play in that first Heritage Classic.
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus helped put the Heritage Classic on the world golfing map. Palmer actually won the inaugural Heritage Classic, setting a course record that is still in place today at the same time. Today, the RBC Heritage is now held the week after the Masters, and the original purse of $100,000 has swelled considerably to $7.1 million. As well as Palmer, the list of previous winners here includes Jack Nicklaus, Bernhard Langer, Johnny Miller, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Nick Faldo, Tom Watson, Davis Love III and Payne Stewart.
Past Winners of the RBC Heritage
Year | Champion | Nationality |
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2020 | Webb Simpson | United States |
2019 | Pan Cheng-tsung | Taiwan |
2018 | Satoshi Kodaira | Japan |
2017 | Wesley Bryan | United States |
2016 | Branden Grace | South Africa |
2015 | Jim Furyk | United States |
2014 | Matt Kuchar | United States |
2013 | Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland |
2012 | Carl Pettersson | Sweden |
2011 | Brandt Snedeker | United States |
2010 | Jim Furyk | United States |
2009 | Brian Gay | United States |
2008 | Boo Weekley | United States |
2007 | Boo Weekley | United States |
2006 | Aaron Baddeley | Australia |
2005 | Peter Lonard | Australia |
2004 | Stewart Cink | United States |
2003 | Davis Love III | United States |
2002 | Justin Leonard | United States |
2001 | José Cóceres | Argentina |
2000 | Stewart Cink | United States |
RBC Heritage Key Stats
- Davis Love III has won this tournament more than any other golfer with five wins, most recently in 2003.
- Davis Love III is also the youngest ever champion having won the event at the age of 23.
- The oldest champion was Hale Irwin in 1994 at age 48.
- Arnold Palmer won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 1969.
- Palmer’s finishing score of 283 that year is still the highest for a winner in the tournament's history.
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RBC Heritage FAQs
🔍 What is the Total Prize Fund of the RBC Heritage?
The prize-pool for this event stands at a cool $7.1 million.
〽️ What is the Course Par Here?
The Harbour Town Golf Links is a par 71 course over 7,099 yards.
🎁 Is There a Cut in This Event?
Yes, this event will cut the field after two days of play.
❔ What Happens if the Tournament Ends in a Tie?
If there is a tie at the end of the main tournament, then a three-hole playoff will be held.
⭕️ Can I Bet on There Being a Hole in One?
Yes, there will be markets for hole in one betting.
ThePuntersPage Final Say
South Carolina’s RBC Heritage is one of the most important stops on the PGA Tour. Normally played in beautiful conditions and offering up one of the biggest purses in golf, not to mention the winner’s famous tartan jacket, this is a tournament for everybody to get excited about. In fact, in America’s South, the event is on par with the Kentucky Derby as one of the most eagerly awaited southern social events on the calendar and why not? The scenery of the South Carolina coast shores, the southern hospitality all creates an unforgettable experience all around.