Scottie Scheffler leads a loaded RBC Heritage field to Harbour Town, where a restored course, tiny greens and coastal wind should shape the week.
The RBC Heritage 2026 arrives with plenty of star power, but the bigger story may be the golf course itself.
This year’s event at Harbour Town Golf Links features an 82-player field, no cut, and a newly restored layout that should put a premium on precision, patience and smart course management.
That makes the timing especially interesting for Scottie Scheffler, who enters as one of the top names after another strong showing at the Masters.
He’s hardly alone. Cameron Young, fresh off a hot run that includes a win at THE PLAYERS Championship and a T3 at Augusta, is trending in the right direction.
Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick, Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley also arrive with the kind of recent form that puts them squarely in the mix.
Harbour Town has always rewarded control over power, and that profile may be even more important this week.
The course has been refreshed from tee to green, including rebuilt Bermudagrass putting surfaces that now reflect the original design vision more closely.
Even with the restoration, the greens remain among the smallest players will see all season, averaging roughly 3,700 square feet.
That means approach play, wedge control and scrambling should decide who contends on Sunday.
The scorecard now reads 7,243 yards, 30 yards longer than before, but this still isn’t a bomb-and-gouge setup. It’s a thinking player’s course, one that favors ball-strikers and players who stay disciplined when the wind starts to move.
Forecasts suggest mostly sunshine and mild temperatures, leaving coastal gusts as the main defense.
That could create an opening for players like Si Woo Kim, who has excelled in fairways hit and proximity, or Jordan Spieth, whose track record at Harbour Town remains one of the best in the field.
Sam Burns, Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Åberg also bring enough all-around quality to make noise.
With three Signature Events packed into the next four weeks, this stretch matters.
The RBC Heritage doesn’t just offer a tartan jacket. It feels like the start of a pivotal run on the PGA Tour calendar.
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