The RSM Classic is played November 19 to 22, 2026, at Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Georgia. Sami Välimäki is the defending champion. He won the 2025 edition at -23, a total of 259. Neither RSM Classic odds nor the field had been posted when this page last checked, at 22:56 UTC on November 9, 2026. The odds panel on the PGA Tour tournament page read “Odds are currently unavailable. Please check back later,” and ESPN listed 0 competitors.
That means there are no picks yet: no price can be measured against anything until a board exists. The PGA Tour gives players until 5 p.m. ET on the Friday of the week before the tournament to commit, and publishes the field as soon as possible after that. For this edition, that is Friday, November 13, 2026. This page will be updated with the field after it is released and with the board once books post odds.
The 2026 tournament and its two courses
The event is 72 holes of stroke play across two courses at Sea Island Golf Club.
| Course | Par | Yards | Par 3s | Par 5s | Rounds there |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaside Course | 70 | 7,005 | 4 | 2 | One of rounds 1-2, then rounds 3-4 |
| Plantation Course | 72 | 7,060 | 4 | 4 | One of rounds 1-2 |
The rotation has been the same in each of the last five editions. Rounds one and two were split across the two courses: every player who completed 72 holes played one round on the par-70 Seaside Course and one on the par-72 Plantation Course. Rounds three and four were both on Seaside, which ESPN and the PGA Tour list as the host course again for 2026.
That rotation changes how a stroke total should be read. Par for the 72 holes was 282 because one of the first two rounds was played on the par-72 Plantation Course. Välimäki’s 259 in 2025 was -23 measured against that 282. ESPN lists the 2026 purse at $7,400,000.
Recent RSM Classic winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Strokes | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sami Välimäki | -23 | 259 | 1 shot | Max McGreevy (-22) |
| 2024 | Maverick McNealy | -16 | 266 | 1 shot | Nico Echavarria, Luke Clanton, Daniel Berger (-15) |
| 2023 | Ludvig Åberg | -29 | 253 | 4 shots | Mackenzie Hughes (-25) |
| 2022 | Adam Svensson | -19 | 263 | 2 shots | Callum Tarren, Brian Harman, Sahith Theegala (-17) |
| 2021 | Talor Gooch | -22 | 260 | 3 shots | Mackenzie Hughes (-19) |
Winning scores over the last five editions ran from -16 (Maverick McNealy, 2024) to -29 (Ludvig Åberg, 2023). The average across the five was -21.8. That range is wide for five editions, and it is one reason a single winning number is a poor anchor for a projected total.
No player won the event twice in that span. Mackenzie Hughes came closest to a repeat result: he finished second in 2021 behind Talor Gooch and second again in 2023 behind Åberg.
What the record says for RSM Classic odds
| Year | Winner after 54 holes | Leader(s) after 54 holes | Winner on Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 at -19 | Sami Välimäki (-19) | -4 |
| 2024 | T1 at -14 | Maverick McNealy and Vince Whaley (-14) | -2 |
| 2023 | 1 at -20 | Ludvig Åberg (-20) | -9 |
| 2022 | T3 at -13 | Patrick Rodgers and Ben Martin (-14) | -6 |
| 2021 | 1 at -16 | Talor Gooch (-16) | -6 |
Four of the five winners led or shared the lead after 54 holes. The one who did not was Adam Svensson in 2022. He stood tied for third at -13, one shot behind the co-leaders Patrick Rodgers and Ben Martin, then closed with 64. The largest final-round comeback in the five editions was 1 shot.
Margins were narrow. The average winning margin was 2.2 shots, and two of the five editions were one-shot wins: McNealy in 2024 and Välimäki in 2025. Åberg’s 4-shot win in 2023 was the widest.
For anyone pricing in-play markets once the event starts, the pattern is simple to state. Over 2021 to 2025, the winner was never more than 1 shot off the lead after round three. Five editions is a small sample. It describes what happened and proves no rule, so it should be read as a record rather than a basis for a bet.
When this page changes
The next update comes after the PGA Tour publishes the field following 5 p.m. ET on Friday, November 13, 2026. The odds follow when books post a board. Until then, our golf betting guide covers how golf betting works. Current events are on this week’s golf picks, and earlier tournaments are in the golf archive.
*Sources: ESPN event page and ESPN PGA Tour scoreboards for the 2021 to 2025 RSM Classic, read November 9, 2026; PGA Tour field and odds page, read 22:56 UTC on November 9, 2026.*