Hero World Challenge hosted by Tiger Woods: full field, prize money, how to watch
Check out everything you need to know ahead of the PGA Tour's 20-man Hero World Challenge hosted by Tiger Woods at Albany in The Bahamas.
Scottie Scheffler headlines Tiger Woods' Hero World Challenge this week as he goes in search of defending the title at Albany in The Bahamas.
Scheffler, 28, won the Hero World Challenge 12 months ago by three strokes over Austria's Sepp Straka, who also returns to the field.
The runaway World No.1 is incredibly seeking a ninth victory around the world in 2024.
Scheffler won seven times on the PGA Tour this season and he also won his first gold medal at the Olympics in Paris in August.
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The Hero World Challenge is hosted by Woods and the PGA Tour but it does not count as an official event on the schedule since it's a 20-man field.
It does, however, dish out Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points, which certainly ruffles a few feathers over on the LIV Golf League, who remains shut out of receiving world ranking points in their limited field events.
Woods, 48, has confirmed he will not be participating in this week's field.
But he will be on hand to host a press conference on Tuesday where he will provide an update on his health.
Woods remains sidelined as a result of still recovering from the sixth back surgery of his career, which he underwent in September.
Prior to that he was also recovering from his leg and ankle injuries sustained during his horror car crash in Los Angeles in February 2021.
Scheffler starts this week's $5m event as a warm 5/2 favourite.
He is looking to become the first player to the defend the Hero World Challenge since Victor Hovland in 2022.
Scheffler has always enjoyed his end-of-season trips to Albany.
Prior to winning the tournament for the first time in 2023, he finished runner-up to Hovland in both 2021 and 2022 editions.
Tony Finau was supposed to be in the field but he has been replaced at the last minute by Straka, who finished runner-up to Scheffler in 2023.
Finau has been heavily linked with a move to LIV Golf over the past 12 months.
Here's a look at the full field:
Scottie Scheffler |
Ludvig Aberg |
Patrick Cantlay |
Wyndham Clark |
Hideki Matsuyama |
Sam Burns |
Brian Harman |
Sahith Theegala |
Tony Finau |
Sungjae Im |
Tom Kim |
Aaron Rai |
Billy Horschel |
Keegan Bradley |
Russell Henley |
Matthieu Pavon |
Bob MacIntyre |
Nick Dunlap |
Sepp Straka |
Cameron Young |
How much does the winner get at the 2024 Hero World Challenge?
The total purse is $5m with the winner receiving $1m.
2024 Hero World Challenge (Odds pre-tournament)
- Scheffler - 5/2
- Cantlay - 17/2
- Thomas - 10/1
- Aberg - 11/1
- Kim - 14/1
- Burns - 14/1
- Henley - 14/1
- Im - 16/1
- Clark - 16/1
- Theegala - 18/1
- Day - 22/1
- Bhatia - 25/1
- MacIntyre - 25/1
- Young - 25/1
- Rai - 25/1
- Harman - 40/1
- Bradley - 40/1
- Dunlap - 40/1
- Straka - 50/1
- Pavon - 80/1
Where is the 2024 Hero World Challenge?
The 2024 Hero World Challenge is hosted by Tiger Woods and the PGA Tour and it's staged at Albany GC in the Bahamas.
The action takes place from Thursday 5 December to Sunday 8 December.
2024 Hero World Challenge: TV Times
Thursday, Dec. 5
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Golf Channel/NBC Sports app
Friday, Dec. 6
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Golf Channel/NBC Sports app
Saturday, Dec. 7
12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Golf Channel/NBC Sports app
2:30 to 5 p.m., NBC/Peacock/NBC Sports app
Sunday, Dec. 8
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Golf Channel/NBC Sports app
1:30 p.m. to 4:40 p.m., NBC/Peacock/NBC Sports app
The action will also be LIVE on Sky Sports Golf for UK fans.
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