RBC Heritage Predictions: Cantlay Can Do a McIlroy

• This is the latest Signature Series tournament, with an elite field of 72

• World No.1 Scottie Scheffler returns to defend the title

• New Masters champion Rory McIlroy sits this one out

RBC Heritage 2025 Odds

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RBC Heritage 2025 Predictions

• Patrick Cantlay each-way (1/4, 5 places) at +1600 with bet365

• Daniel Berger to beat Min Woo Lee over 72 holes at -138 with bet365

• Harris English for Top 10 at +500 with bet365

RBC Heritage 2025 Intro

Maybe we should have taken the hint.

Despite the RBC Heritage being a big-money Signature Series event, Rory McIlroy chose to skip this tournament a while ago, predicting he’d need a break after The Masters.

Boy, was he right.

McIlroy put himself through the mixer in extraordinary fashion at Augusta National last week, trading brilliance and baffling vulnerability before finally ousting Justin Rose in a playoff.

His reward: that long-awaited first Masters victory and entry into the Grand Slam club. He’s just the sixth male to win all four Majors.

Scottie Scheffler handed Rory the Green Jacket and he’ll be keen not to give the Plaid Jacket away this week.

The tartan number is the wardrobe of choice at this event and, fresh off his Masters win last year, Scheffler came here and slipped his arms into that one too.

A year earlier, England’s Matt Fitzpatrick got the win, an emotional one given that his family had vacationed at Hilton Head for many years.

Those two, along with Masters playoff loser Justin Rose, form part of a 72-man field.

In stark contrast to Augusta National, Harbour Town Golf Links is shortish at just over 7,200 yards and has tight fairways and small greens.

Trees overhang so players will often have to work shots around branches to find the putting surfaces.

Perhaps that atypical test explains why a host of different players have won this event down the years.

Check the trophy and there are seven different nationalities listed in the last 13 years, although four of the last five have been Americans.  

Last 5 Winners of the RBC Heritage

Course Notes

• Harbour Town Golf Links is a par 71 that measures 7,213 yards

• It’s due for a major restoration after the conclusion of this week

• A favorable weather forecast suggests good scoring

• Webb Simpson holds the 72-hole record of 262

• David Frost and Troy Merritt have the 18-hole course record of 61

Favorites to Win the RBC Heritage 2025

Scottie Scheffler (+375) at bet365

When Scheffler lifted the trophy here last year, he could do no wrong. It represented a fourth win in five starts, the third of those a second Masters Green Jacket a week earlier. This year he’s still winless in seven events. Not that we should be too concerned given that his last two starts have ended in second place in the Houston Open and fourth at The Masters. Apart from his win last year, Scheffler’s only other Heritage start resulted in 11th in 2023.

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Collin Morikawa (+1000) at bet365

Morikawa was second favorite for The Masters but never got in a blow, shooting three rounds of level par and a 69 on day two to finish tied 14th. Decent, but overall slightly underwhelming. Yet to finish worse than 17th in six starts this season, he’s had second places at The Sentry and the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Morikawa is 5-for-5 here with top 10s in 2021 (7th) and 2024 (9th).

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Ludvig Aberg (+1200) at bet365

Perhaps the biggest question to answer about Aberg this week is not the state of his game but the state of his mind. The Swede was tied for the lead with three holes of his round to play at Augusta but a bogey at 17 killed his chances after Rose birdied the last. Knowing he was cooked, Aberg took triple at the last to drop to tied seventh. He was 10th here on debut last year after finishing runner-up in his first Masters so perhaps he can shake it off.

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Cantlay to Claim Win   

McIlroy’s quest to win a first Masters has been the story in golf for years.

On a much, much lesser scale, there’s also the tale of Patrick Cantlay trying to win this post-Augusta event.

He’s done everything but. 

Cantlay’s record at Harbour Town starting with his first visit in 2017 reads like this: 3-7-3-MC-2-3-3.

Five top threes and a seventh in seven appearances is some effort and he’s shot in the 60s in 11 of his last 12 laps here.

He rounded off a low-key but stress-free Masters with an under-par round while a couple of top fives earlier in the campaign (The American Express and Genesis) suggest his game is good enough to give this another big shot. 

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Berger to Beat Lee

Daniel Berger has now connected seven top 30s and he kept that streak going with a closing 69 for tied 21st at The Masters.

That was his second best finish at Augusta National.   

He’ll be in good spirits for this and course form of 21-13-3 the last three years proves it’s a track that suits.

So I’ll take Berger at -138 to beat Min Woo Lee in a 72-hole match at bet365.

Lee was a brilliant winner of the Houston Open at the end of March but he didn’t live up to expectations at Augusta when 49th and this doesn’t look his type of course.

A missed cut on his only appearance in 2023 supports that idea so Berger is the call.

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English for Top 10

We landed the +550 for a Corey Conners Top 10 at Augusta and he’s tempting again here.

But, instead, I’ll try the +500 at bet365 for a Harris English Top 10.

A winner at Torrey Pines earlier this season, English was a fast-finishing 12th at The Masters last week and the 35-year-old has some solid form here since posting eighth on debut.

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How to Watch the RBC Heritage 2025

• Tournament: RBC Heritage

• Location: Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, SC

• Date: Thursday, April 17 - Sunday, April 20

• How to watch: Thursday-Friday 2 p.m.-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), Saturday-Sunday 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (CBS), and all four days on Sky Sports