Hero World Challenge 2024: Everything you need to know as Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas and more PGA Tour stars back in action

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The Hero World Challenge 2024 starts on Thursday! The Golfing Gazette tells you everything you need to know from prize money to tee times and much more.

There have been several events on the PGA Tour in the last few months, including the RSM Classic a fortnight ago, but the fields have generally lacked star quality.

That is no longer the case as many of the world’s best players have turned up to this week’s event, hosted by none other than Tiger Woods.

Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas and more are back in action with the 2025 season opener, The Sentry, fast approaching.

Here is all the important information about the Hero World Challenge 2024.

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Hero World Challenge dates

The Hero World Challenge gets underway on Thursday, December 5, 2024, and the final round is on Sunday, December 8, 2024. It’s the only PGA Tour event this week.

Hero World Challenge course

The Hero World Challenge has taken place at Albany in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, since 2015.

Albany

• Location: Nassau, the Bahamas
• Established: 2010
• Designers: Ernie Els and Greg Letsche
• Par: 72
• Length: 7,414 yards

Who is in the Hero World Challenge field?

There are plenty of big names in the field for the Hero World Challenge, despite the 20-man field, such as Scheffler, Thomas, Ludvig Aberg and Patrick Cantlay.

The following top-20 players in the world golf rankings are also in the mix: Russell Henley, Sahith Theegala, Keegan Bradley, Robert MacIntyre and Sam Burns.

Hero World Challenge Tee Times

Here are the round one tee times for all 20 players at the Hero World Challenge.

Round One / Thursday (ET)

• 10:46 a.m. – Aaron Rai, Matthieu Pavon
• 10:57 a.m. – Brian Harman, Russell Henley
• 11:08 a.m. – Cameron Young, Sepp Straka
• 11:19 a.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Akshay Bhatia
• 11:30 a.m. – Sungjae Im, Tom Kim,
• 11:41 a.m. – Nick Dunlap, Sam Burns
• 11:52 a.m. – Ludvig Åberg, Jason Day
• 12:03 p.m. – Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay
• 12:14 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Sahith Theegala
• 12:25 p.m. – Justin Thomas, Keegan Bradley

Hero World Challenge channel, live stream (US)

Golf Channel and NBC will both show live coverage of the action from the Hero World Challenge to fans in the United States.

Hero World Challenge prize money

The prize money at the Hero World Challenge is $5 million. The event will allocate 20% of the total purse to the winner ($1m). The runner-up will receive $450,000, while $300,000 will go to third place.

Hero World Challenge predictions

The Golfing Gazette writers predict who they think will lift the Hero World Challenge trophy on Sunday:

Jordan Harris: It just seems impossible to look past Scottie Scheffler retaining his title. While it may not be the most important event on his calendar, the world number one will be hoping to continue his phenomenal record of always finishing in the top two at Albany – and giving himself an ideal boost ahead of The Match.

Peter Lynch: It’s certainly the coward’s way out, but at the same time a very wise option after the year he has just had, so my vote goes to Scottie Scheffler. It will, however, be intriguing to see how the world number one does after such a lengthy spell away from competitive action, although he probably has been hard at work behind the scenes… which is a scary thought for his opponents!

Sam Stone: I am going to go for Justin Thomas. Of course, most will back Scottie Scheffler here but the two-time major winner has been working hard on his game in recent months. Thomas came close at the ZOZO Championship and looked back to his best. He’s sharper than most, and he stands a chance of winning Tiger’s event this weekend.