Hero World Challenge 2024 LIVE: Tee times, field and how to follow as Scottie Scheffler headlines Tiger Woods’ event
The 2024 Hero World Challenge will take place this week as Tiger Woods hosts the exciting event again in the Bahamas. Woods was set to tee it up in the limited-field tournament but has had to pull out from playing due to his ongoing injury problems. Scheffler won Tiger Woods’ event last yearGetty But the golfing legend will still host some of the top players in the world. Number one Scottie Scheffler headlines the field. Scheffler has not be in action since winning the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup in early September but will now look to defend his Hero World Challenge title this weekend. The current Masters champion beat Austria’s Sepp Straka to glory in Albany last year. Hero World Challenge: Date and how to follow The tournament will get underway on Thursday, December 5 and run until Sunday, December 8. Play is set to start at 6pm UK time. The event will take place at Albany Golf Course in the Bahamas. It is a par-72, measuring 7,414 in length. Sky Sports Golf will show the action each day. Sky Go customers will be able to stream the game through their laptops and mobile devices. Alternatively, fans can purchase a NOW TV membership, with one-day passes starting at £11.98 or a monthly subscription for £34.99. talkSPORT will also keep you up to date throughout the event. Scheffler has enjoyed an incredible yearGetty Hero World Challenge: Field and tee times This is an invite-only event and there is a limited field of just 20 players. It includes four of the top 10 players in the men’s game including defending champion Scheffler. Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre and England’s Aaron Rai will be in action but, as mentioned, Woods will miss out through injury. Tee times and pairings will be confirmed soon and can be found here while the full field is as follows… Scottie Scheffler (1), USA Ludvig Aberg (5), Sweden Wyndham Clark (6), USA Patrick Cantlay (9) USA Sahith Theegala (12), USA Keegan Bradley (13), USA Russell Henley (15), USA Robert MacIntyre (16), Scotland Sam Burns (17), USA Brian Harman (19), USA Sungjae Im (20), Republic of Korea Tom Kim (23), Republic of Korea Aaron Rai (24), England Matthieu Pavon (26), France Akshay Bhatia (28), USA Cameron Young (29), USA Justin Thomas (30), USA Sepp Straka, tournament exemption Jason Day, tournament exemption Nick Dunlap, tournament exemption Scheffler would love to win in the Bahamas againGetty Hero World Challenge: What has been said? After winning in the Bahamas last year, Scheffler has since won seven events including his second major title. He said: “I try not to place too much of my identity of what I shoot on the golf course or how many tournaments I’ve won. “Sometimes when you really struggle with something it kind of helps you reset to remember why I come out here to play this game every week and why I love to do it. “I’m very proud of how I played. “Ted [Scott, his caddie] and I did a good job out there staying patient, kept the ball in play, gave myself a lot of looks. “I didn’t feel like I gave the rest of the field much of, I don’t know if much of a chance is the right word, but I didn’t make any bogeys, so there wasn’t a ton of mistakes for them to kind of use as momentum. “It was more of make them come and catch me kind of day. I did a really good job of not trying to force things, not trying to do anything outside of my comfort zone.”
The 2024 Hero World Challenge will take place this week as Tiger Woods hosts the exciting event again in the Bahamas.
Woods was set to tee it up in the limited-field tournament but has had to pull out from playing due to his ongoing injury problems.
But the golfing legend will still host some of the top players in the world.
Number one Scottie Scheffler headlines the field.
Scheffler has not be in action since winning the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup in early September but will now look to defend his Hero World Challenge title this weekend.
The current Masters champion beat Austria’s Sepp Straka to glory in Albany last year.
Hero World Challenge: Date and how to follow
The tournament will get underway on Thursday, December 5 and run until Sunday, December 8.
Play is set to start at 6pm UK time.
The event will take place at Albany Golf Course in the Bahamas. It is a par-72, measuring 7,414 in length.
Sky Sports Golf will show the action each day.
Sky Go customers will be able to stream the game through their laptops and mobile devices.
Alternatively, fans can purchase a NOW TV membership, with one-day passes starting at £11.98 or a monthly subscription for £34.99.
talkSPORT will also keep you up to date throughout the event.
Hero World Challenge: Field and tee times
This is an invite-only event and there is a limited field of just 20 players.
It includes four of the top 10 players in the men’s game including defending champion Scheffler.
Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre and England’s Aaron Rai will be in action but, as mentioned, Woods will miss out through injury.
Tee times and pairings will be confirmed soon and can be found here while the full field is as follows…
- Scottie Scheffler (1), USA
- Ludvig Aberg (5), Sweden
- Wyndham Clark (6), USA
- Patrick Cantlay (9) USA
- Sahith Theegala (12), USA
- Keegan Bradley (13), USA
- Russell Henley (15), USA
- Robert MacIntyre (16), Scotland
- Sam Burns (17), USA
- Brian Harman (19), USA
- Sungjae Im (20), Republic of Korea
- Tom Kim (23), Republic of Korea
- Aaron Rai (24), England
- Matthieu Pavon (26), France
- Akshay Bhatia (28), USA
- Cameron Young (29), USA
- Justin Thomas (30), USA
- Sepp Straka, tournament exemption
- Jason Day, tournament exemption
- Nick Dunlap, tournament exemption
Hero World Challenge: What has been said?
After winning in the Bahamas last year, Scheffler has since won seven events including his second major title.
He said: “I try not to place too much of my identity of what I shoot on the golf course or how many tournaments I’ve won.
“Sometimes when you really struggle with something it kind of helps you reset to remember why I come out here to play this game every week and why I love to do it.
“I’m very proud of how I played.
“Ted [Scott, his caddie] and I did a good job out there staying patient, kept the ball in play, gave myself a lot of looks.
“I didn’t feel like I gave the rest of the field much of, I don’t know if much of a chance is the right word, but I didn’t make any bogeys, so there wasn’t a ton of mistakes for them to kind of use as momentum.
“It was more of make them come and catch me kind of day. I did a really good job of not trying to force things, not trying to do anything outside of my comfort zone.”
