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St. Simons Island, Georgia — Sea Island Golf Club
Explore The RSM Classic story, the PGA TOUR's Sea Island stop, Davis Love Foundation history, Seaside Course notes, and the tournament's FedExCup Fall finale identity.
View HistoryFollow the 2026 RSM Classic preview as the FedExCup Fall finale returns to Sea Island Golf Club with Sami Välimäki as defending champion.
Event PreviewDetailed look at Sea Island's Seaside Course, where coastal wind, marshland views, bermudagrass surfaces, wedge control, and putting shape the Georgia test.
Seaside Course OverviewDates: November 19-22, 2026
Location: St. Simons Island, Georgia
Format: 72-hole stroke play / FedExCup Fall event
Defending Champion: Sami Välimäki
Field: PGA TOUR FedExCup Fall field
Purse: $7.4 million
The RSM Classic is a PGA TOUR FedExCup Fall event at Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Georgia, with coastal course strategy, final fall status pressure, Seaside Course leaderboard movement, and PGA TOUR card implications in play.
The 2026 RSM Classic returns to Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Georgia as part of the FedExCup Fall, giving the PGA TOUR schedule its coastal Georgia finale with Sea Island course strategy, status pressure, and late-season leaderboard movement.
CaddyBytes 🏆 2026 RSM Classic Tournament Preview: For CaddyBytes, this page opens as the live-news and preview hub for a FedExCup Fall finale with strong search value: defending champion storylines, Sea Island course setup, player-field movement, St. Simons Island fan interest, final status-race pressure, and PGA TOUR card implications.
The setting gives the event a classic coastal identity. Sea Island's Seaside Course brings marshland views, coastal wind, bermudagrass surfaces, par-70 scoring pressure, wedge-heavy approach play, and putting demands that can make ball control and patience a major part of the week.
The 2026 storyline starts with Sami Välimäki as defending champion after his 2025 RSM Classic win at Sea Island. That gives the page a clear early hook before tournament week: defending-champion watch, field commitments, tee-time release, course preparation, FedExCup Fall implications, and how players handle Seaside once scoring begins.
That makes the 2026 RSM Classic a natural CaddyBytes watch page: Sea Island PGA TOUR interest, Seaside Course strategy, coastal Georgia weather storylines, leaderboard movement, highlights, and the closing stretch of the FedExCup Fall season.
Pre-tournament placeholder: No 2026 player scores are posted yet. This scoreboard area is reserved for round-by-round updates once tournament play begins at Sea Island Golf Club.
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Leaderboard note: This section should stay blank until official scoring begins. When tournament week arrives, replace this placeholder with the latest leaderboard snapshot, round scores, cut-line notes, weather notes, status-race notes, and final result coverage.
Pre-tournament scoring theme: The first watch points are defending champion Sami Välimäki, field commitments, tee-time release, Sea Island course setup, coastal Georgia wind, final FedExCup Fall pressure, and how the opening-round leaderboard forms across Seaside and Plantation.
Pre-tournament takeaway: The RSM Classic starts as a defending-champion, course-preview, and status-race story before it becomes a live leaderboard page. The early value is following how Sea Island is prepared for PGA TOUR play, how the field forms, and which fall-season players arrive needing FedExCup Fall points or PGA TOUR status security.
Tournament summary: The 2026 RSM Classic brings FedExCup Fall golf back to Sea Island, with Seaside offering a par-70 coastal course test built around wind control, bermudagrass putting, wedge play, marshland views, warm fall weather, and final-week pressure.
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