Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Masters Tournament (Rory McIlroy)
THIS WEEK: RBC Heritage, Hilton Head Island, S.C., April 17-20
Course: Harbour Town Golf Links (Par 71, 7,213 Yards)
Purse: $20M (Winner: $3.6M)
Defending Champion: Scottie Scheffler
FedEx Cup leader: Rory McIlroy
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday: 2-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday: 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS/Paramount+)
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday: 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m. ET
X: @RBC_Heritage
NOTES: This is the fifth of eight signature events on the 2025 schedule … Scottie Scheffler seeks to defend his title and headlines a field with 43 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking. No. 2 Rory McIlroy is taking the week off after his Masters win, but Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Ludvig Aberg (Nos. 3-5) are also in the field … Fifty-six players made the short trip from the Masters to Hilton Head, including runner-up Justin Rose, who is also one of seven past FedEx Cup champions in the field. … Rose qualified for the RBC Heritage by moving into the Aon Next 10 with his Masters performance. J.J. Spaun, Michael Kim, Maverick McNealy, Canada’s Nick Taylor, Lucas Glover, Min Woo Lee of Australia, Harris English, Daniel Berger and Joe Highsmith also qualified in this manner … Rickie Fowler, Matt Kuchar, Canadian Mackenzie Hughes and Jordan Spieth received sponsor’s exemptions. Kuchar and Spieth are previous champions of the event.
BEST BETS: Scheffler (+360 at DraftKings) went 69-63-65-68 for a three-shot win over Sahith Theegala last year immediately following his second Masters victory … Collin Morikawa (+1100) has just two top-10s in five starts at the Heritage, but it’s a tournament that rewards top approach players like him. … Schauffele (+1200) quietly finished tied for eighth at the Masters for his first top-10 of the season. The reigning PGA and Open Championship winner placed fourth at Harbour Town in 2023 … Aberg (+1200) had a share of the lead on the back nine at the Masters but a bogey-double bogey finish pushed him to seventh. He tied for 10th in his RBC Heritage debut in 2024 … Justin Thomas (+1800) has a pair of runner-up finishes at the American Express and the Valspar Championship this year, and his T5 at last year’s Heritage was a career-high finish … Russell Henley (+2500) missed the cut at the Masters but posted an 11-shot improvement between rounds (79-68). He has three top-20s at the RBC Heritage in the past four years … South Korea’s Sungjae Im (+4000) was T12 last year and T7 in 2023. Im is coming off a T5 at the Masters, his best showing since January.
THIS WEEK: Corales Puntacana Championship, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, April 17-20
Course: Puntacana Resort, Corales Golf Course (Par 72, 7,670 Yards)
Purse: $4M (Winner: $720,000)
Defending Champion: Billy Horschel
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday: 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel)
X: @PGATOUR
NOTES: Horschel, who won his eighth PGA Tour title at the Puntacana last year, is in the RBC Heritage field and will not defend … The winner will receive 300 FedEx Cup points and the standard two-year PGA Tour exemption. … This is the first of three events for players to earn points towards the Aon Swing 5 for entry into the next signature event at the Truist Championship.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Avondale, La., April 24-27
LPGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: T-Mobile Match Play (Madelene Sagstrom)
THIS WEEK: JM Eagle LA Championship, Los Angeles, April 17-20
Course: El Caballero Country Club (Par 72, 6,679 Yards)
Purse: $3.75M (Winner: $562,500)
Defending Champion: Hannah Green
Race to the CME Globe leader: Angel Yin
HOW TO WATCH
TV/Streaming: Thursday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
X: @JMEagleLAChamp
NOTES: Green will look to three-peat at the LA Championship, though the 2023 and 2024 editions were played at Wilshire Country Club … El Caballero Country Club hosted an LPGA event from 2002-04, the Office Depot Championship, twice won by Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam … Seven of the top nine players in the Rolex Rankings are in the field, headlined by No. 1 Nelly Korda, No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand, No. 4 Lilia Vu and No. 5 Green, who’s from Australia … Past champions also in the field include Nasa Hataoka of Japan (2022), Brooke Henderson of Canada (2021) and Minjee Lee of Australia (2019) … Asterisk Talley, the 16-year-old phenom who placed second at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, is in the field on a sponsor’s exemption … This is the last chance for players to tune up before the first major of the season is played next week at the Chevron Championship.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: The Chevron Championship, The Woodlands, Texas, April 24-27
LIV GOLF LEAGUE
LAST TOURNAMENT: Miami (Individual: Marc Leishman; Team: Ripper GC)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Season Leaders: Individual: Joaquin Niemann; Team: Fireballs GC
NEXT TOURNAMENT: LIV Golf Mexico City, April 25-27
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
LAST TOURNAMENT: James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational (Angel Cabrera)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Mitsubishi Electric Classic, Duluth, Ga., April 25-27
–Field Level Media
