Fantasy Picks for The RSM Classic

The 2025 PGA Tour season seems to have whizzed past and here we are at the end of it for the 46th and final tournament.

The RSM Classic is held over two coastal courses, both which feature Bermuda greens.

The 7,005 yard par-70 Seaside Course hosts three of the four rounds, including both weekend laps.

Players get one circuit of The Plantation, a par 72 measuring 7,060 yards.

For those new to the FanTeam game, your captain scores x1.25pts, as does your UD (Underdog), the cheapest player in your six-man squad.

Last week’s Bermuda Championship winner, Adam Schenk, got a mention in this column as a UD option so hopefully some of you played him. Regrettably, I did not!

Before looking through The RSM Classic field, let’s start with a SPECIAL OFFER below!

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Top Tier Picks (18M and over)

Brian Harman (19.2M): The left-hander was runner-up here in 2022 and fourth in 2017, cashing in seven of his last eight visits to Sea Island. It certainly seems like his kind of venue. He’s lightly raced since ending the Tour Championship with a 63 but did pitch up in the DP World Tour’s India Championship last month. While 26th seems decent, note that he was second at halfway and fourth with a round to go.

Rico Hoey (19.6M): Any elite ball-striker sets up well for consistency and that’s the case with Hoey. A 22nd in Bermuda last week means he now has a second, a fourth, a ninth and two other top 25s in his last six starts. The putter is warming up too (top 10 for Putting Average in two of his last three starts) so the pieces look in place for Hoey to go well on his first start in the event.

Others to consider: Michael Thorbjornsen (20.4M) enjoyed his debut here last year, opening with a 62 and finishing eighth. Third at the Baycurrent Classic three starts ago, he has obvious credentials although you’ll have to stump up over 20M. Alex Smalley (18M) comes with risk as his last six finishes read 3-MC-4-MC-MC-MC. There’s obviously some serious upside but those rather skittish results extend to his tournament form too: MC-44-5-MC. Denny McCarthy (18.6M) hasn’t played since August but he owns three top 10s and a 25th in his last six RSM Classic starts.

Mid-Range Value Selections ($14.2m up to 18m)

Vince Whaley (17.4M): Three of the last four winners here have telegraphed their successes with strong recent form so that should alert us to Whaley. A local Georgia resident, he’s delivered a pair of top threes in the FedEx Fall Series, the first at the Sanderson Farms and the second in last week’s Bermuda Championship. Add in eighth (2024) and 13th (2023) here and Whaley definitely has claims to wear the captain’s armband.

Seamus Power (15.2M): The Irishman finished with a trio of bogeys in Bermuda last week but still walked off with an 11th place. That followed 27th in Mexico so the signs are good as he makes a late bid to keep his card. Power withdrew after just one completed round here last year but his previous two appearances resulted in fifth in 2022 and fourth in 2021. He has a bunch of form on correlating courses so this is right in Power’s wheelhouse.

Others to consider: Pierceson Coody (17.2M) missed the cut on his tournament debut last year but in four Fall Series starts he’s posted 14-3-31-22. During that run there was also a 12th in the Korn Ferry Tour Championship. Max McGreevy (14.8M) was third in Bermuda and that represented a third top 12 in his last four starts. This time last year he won the prestigious Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in Japan while he was 16th on his RSM Classic debut. Eric Cole (15.2M) only played 36 holes in Bermuda (no bad thing maybe given the high winds) and is proven here (15th, third, 39th) on his favoured Bermuda greens. Mac Meissner (15M) has just the sort of reliability you want from a player nearer the bottom end of this price bracket. The course debutant’s last six starts show a second, two 14ths, two 27ths and a 47th and he likes Bermuda greens.

Underdog Options (14m and Under)

Greyson Sigg (14M) boasts finishes of eighth (2023) and 15th (2022) here in the last three years and has a batch of decent form by the coast. He’s 5-for-5 in the play-offs, with three top 25s in that run, so looks a decent UD (Underdog).

Tom Hoge (13.8M) is a bargain at his best. He’s a former winner at Pebble (another short, coastal track), placed third in this year’s Players Championship and is showing better signs after following 42nd in Utah with 21st in Mexico. His record here is spotty but includes a fourth and a ninth.

Others to consider: Doc Redman (13M) has come onto the radar in his last two starts with ninth at the Sanderson Farms and 20th in the Bank of Utah. He has a past top 25 here and was sixth in the 2024 Korn Ferry’s Club Car Championship on his last trip to Georgia. At even cheaper money, Paul Peterson (12.6M) has the putting skills to thrive here. He was 25th on debut last year and has made two of his last three cuts. Jonathan Byrd (12.8M) is a local resident but actually gets a mention due to recent form: 14th Bermuda, 19th Procore and 23rd Barracuda on his last three outings.

That’s this week in the books from a fantasy perspective.

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