DraftKings PGA Millionaire Course Breakdown: Harbour Town Golf Links
After an exciting first week back on Tour, the PGA carries its momentum to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, where Harbour Town Golf Links will play host to the 2020 RBC Heritage.
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Harbour Town Course Breakdown for the RBC Heritage
Sitting on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, Harbour Town Golf Links was designed by Pete Dye in 1967. With three par 5s, the course comes out to a Par 71.
Similar to the Colonial, Harbour Town will be a strategic course that forces players to leave their drivers in their bag on a number of tee boxes as they try to map out conservative scoring opportunities around carefully placed hazards and undulating greens.
RBC Heritage: Harbour Town’s Past Winners
- 2019: Pan Cheng-tsung (-12)
- 2018: Staoshi Kadaira (-12)
- 2017: Wesley Bryan (-13)
- 2016: Branden Grace (-9)
- 2015: Jim Furyk (-18)
- 2014: Matt Kuchar (-11)
- 2013: Graeme McDowell (-9)
- 2012: Carl Pettersson (-13)
- 2011: Brandt Snedeker (-12)
- 201): Jim Furyk (-13)
As you can see above, Harbour Town is a course where not only short hitters can compete but where they often win. One thing worth noting is that Harbour Town has seldom hosted as many of the world’s top golfers as it hosts this week.
While there are more bombers than usual showing up for the RBC Heritage, including the likes of Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, and Brooks Koepka just to name a few, historically driving distance is the least important stat at Harbour Town.
As we mentioned earlier, last week’s venue, Colonial Country Club, is very similar to Harbour Town, which means you should be seeking out golfers with excellent approach games first and foremost when constructing your PGA DFS lineups. Even more so than at Colonial, driving distance is mitigated due to tall, unwavering trees lining its fairways.
So take Bryson DeChambeau, for example. Though Colonial is similar, the course still allowed avenues for aggression. DeChambeau used the opportunities to gain more than 7 strokes off the tee on his way to a third-place finish. However, at Harbour Town, DeChambeau will often have no choice but to club down, mitigating his most significant advantage. That’s not to say DeChambuea and other bombers won’t be able to play well at Harbour Town. He is still consistently gaining strokes on his approach shots, and the course’s small greens could help alleviate troubles with his putter.
Holes to Watch at Harbour Town Golf Links
Hole No. 17 – Par 3, 174 yards
Birdies: 11%
Par: 66%
Bogey: 20%
Double Bogey: 2%
This hole can actually play as short as 160 yards and as long as 185 depending on where the organizers put the tees. A lagoon makes No. 17 dangerous, particularly if winds are picking up. There are also bunkers on both sides, with one of them stretching upwards of 90 yards.
Hole No. 18 – Par 4, 472 yards
Birdies: 10%
Par: 64%
Bogey: 23%
Double Bogey: 3%
With a lighthouse waiting at the end, Harbour Town’s 18th is one of golf’s more breathtaking finishings. It’s the second hardest hole on the course, yielding its fair share of bogeys and a 4.228 scoring average. It will take long, precise approach shots if golfers want to close with a birdie.
Harbour Town Course Breakdown Conclusion
Overall, we want to put a premium on strokes gained approach and ball striking, much like we did last week. While Harbour Town’s small greens make it one of the easiest putting venues on Tour, the small greens are also tough to hold, making scrambling % another critical stat to remember. In terms of distance, all golfers are in play. I do not expect the leaderboard to filled with as many bombers as was the case last Sunday.
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