PGA Tour, Dec 3-6, 2026
Hero World Challenge 2026 Fantasy Golf Rankings
Hero World Challenge 2026 runs Dec 3-6 at Albany GC in New Providence, Bahamas (par 72, 7,449 yards). The field is not posted yet, so this ranks the golfers who played here last time and still play: Scottie Scheffler leads, then Hideki Matsuyama. Sepp Straka has the best course history in this list, +0.57 strokes a round over his own level in 2 starts here.
Returning golfers, ranked
Ratings as of Oct 11, 2026The 2026 field is not posted yet. Until it is, this ranks every golfer from the last edition who has played in the past year, on the same model the field will get.
| Rank | Golfer | Proj. finish | Form | Course | Recent finishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | +2.31 | +0.542 starts, best a win | 1T1212T4 | |
| 2 | Hideki Matsuyama Japan | 8 | +1.00 | +0.471 start, best a win | T21T21T28T7T7 |
| 3 | J.J. Spaun USA | 9 | +0.97 | +0.371 start, best T4 | 1CUTT22T34T50 |
| 4 | Alex Noren Sweden | 9 | +0.75 | +0.521 start, best 2 | T64T23T15T37T3 |
| 5 | Robert MacIntyre Scotland | 10 | +0.99 | +0.022 starts, best 7 | T6T10T1428T7 |
| 6 | 10 | +1.07 | -0.132 starts, best 10 | T11T37T39T61T8 | |
| 7 | Justin Rose England | 10 | +0.57 | +0.351 start, best 6 | CUTCUTT51T18T22 |
| 8 | Sam Burns USA | 10 | +1.18 | -0.292 starts, best 11 | T18T28T33T12 |
| 9 | 10 | +0.57 | +0.252 starts, best 5 | T41T49T15T74T26 | |
| 10 | Sepp Straka Austria | 10 | +0.24 | +0.572 starts, best 3 | T23T15T63T33T34 |
| 11 | 10 | +0.56 | +0.252 starts, best 4 | T18T1268CUTCUT | |
| 12 | Corey Conners Canada | 11 | +0.45 | +0.331 start, best 7 | T43T47T20T39T14 |
| 13 | 11 | +0.57 | +0.201 start, best T8 | T42CUTT71CUTCUT | |
| 14 | 11 | +0.89 | -0.232 starts, best T8 | T63T211T5CUT | |
| 15 | 12 | +1.05 | -0.641 start, best T19 | T4T4T30CUTT18 | |
| 16 | Brian Harman USA | 13 | +0.45 | -0.212 starts, best 12 | T4T30CUTT3CUT |
| 17 | Aaron Rai England | 13 | +0.65 | -0.492 starts, best T14 | T2T16T63T29CUT |
| 18 | 13 | +0.10 | -0.101 start, best 15 | T21T13T43T12CUT | |
| 19 | 14 | +0.50 | -0.531 start, best T19 | T13T19T19T31CUT | |
| 20 | Andrew Novak USA | 14 | +0.14 | -0.261 start, best 17 | T17T7CUTCUTT61 |
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Course profile
- Course
- Albany GC
- Where
- New Providence, Bahamas
- Par
- 72
- Length
- 7,449 yards
- Purse
- $5.00M
- Format
- 4 rounds, no cut
- Defending champion
- Hideki Matsuyama
Past winners and scoring
| Year | Winner | Score | Field avg. | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hideki Matsuyama | -22 | 68.93 (-3.08) | Albany GC, par 72, 7,449 yds |
| 2024 | Scottie Scheffler | -25 | 69.94 (-2.06) | Albany GC, par 72, 7,449 yds |
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How the ranking works
Each round is scored against how hard that round played: its difficulty is fitted from every score in it and the skill of the golfers who posted them, so beating a weekend field of cut survivors, or a PGA Tour field rather than a weaker one, counts for more. Zero is an average PGA Tour round. A golfer's form rating is his average against that difficulty over the last 2 years, with a round 180 days old counting half as much as a new one, blended with 12 rounds at -1.0 so a handful of good days cannot top the board. Course history is how much better or worse he has played at this tournament than his own rating, shrunk as if he had 16 more average rounds there. The ranking is form plus course history. The projected finish treats every round as his rating plus or minus 2.9 strokes and counts how many of the field he would be expected to beat. ESPN publishes no strokes-gained data, so none is used.
- Window
- 730 days of rounds
- Half-life
- 180 days
- Prior
- 12 rounds at -1.0
- Course history shrink
- 16 rounds
- Round spread
- 2.9 strokes
- Rounds fitted
- 93,497 rounds, 2,201 golfers
- Tour field gap
- PGA Tour fields 0.42 strokes a round stronger than DP World Tour fields
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