With the 2021 Masters Tournament now in our rearview mirror, it’s time to shift our attention to the 2021 RBC Heritage this week, where the likes of Dustin Johnson, Webb Simpson, and Patrick Cantlay will tee off. But those big boys aside, who are the sleepers that you should be keeping a close eye on? Time to check some of them out below.
English finally showed signs of life by finishing with a T21 at the 2021 Masters last week. Prior to that, he did not have a top 25 finish in any of his previous six starts, including back-to-back cuts at the Farmers Insurance Open and at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. English has already won a start this season, though. He emerged on top of the field at the Sentry Tournament of Champions back in January. On the season, English has five top 10s and six top 25s in 14 starts. He finished 17th last year at the RBC Heritage.
Kuchar is coming off a missed cut at the 2021 Masters, which was a bit of a bummer since he was playing well before that. He had a solo third finish at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play and a T12 after that at the Valero Texas Open. Can he regain his form this week in Hilton Head? There’s a good chance that he does. For one, Kuchar has not missed the cut at Harbour Town Golf Links since he did in his debut there in 2003. After that, he made the cut 16 times in a row, even winning the RBC Heritage in 2014. He was four top 10s there since 2014.
Streelman missed the cut last year at 2020 RBC Heritage, but he had back-to-back top 7s at Harbour Town Golf Links in 2019 and 2019. In fact, he has three top 10s in 10 career starts there. As for this season, he has two top 10s in 16 starts, including a T3 at the Safeway Open back in September.
