Hero World Challenge 2016: final leaderboard
Bubba Watson won the 2016 Hero World Challenge at Albany GC (Albany), December 3, 2015 to December 6, 2015, finishing -25 (263), 3 strokes ahead of Patrick Reed. 18 players.
What statistics matter most at Hero World Challenge?
Albany GC has too little strokes-gained history to rank the categories (0 editions with strokes gained). Tour-wide, approach accounts for the largest share of the spread in total strokes gained (36%, 3,901 golfer-weeks, Dec 3, 2007 to Dec 2, 2015).
No earlier edition with strokes gained is stored for this course, so the course-specific order is uncertain. The weights shown are tour-wide: Approach explains 36% of the spread in total strokes gained across 3,901 golfer-weeks.
Share of the spread: how much of the difference between golfers in total strokes gained each category accounted for in earlier editions on this course, against the tour as a whole; the four categories add to 100%. Stored PGA Tour strokes gained through December 2, 2015. Wind and weather data are not available for golf courses.
What mattered here describes past editions; it is not a validated predictor.
Course
| Course | Par | Yardage | Greens | Fairways | Rough | Architect | Established |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany GC | 72 | 7,449 | Bermudagrass | Bermudagrass | Bermudagrass | Ernie Els | 2010 |
The listed card: 5 par 3s (average 194 yards), 8 par 4s (average 424 yards), 5 par 5s (average 581 yards).
What it took to finish top 10 on this course
| Strokes gained per round | Top 10s on this course | Top 10s at every tournament | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Off the tee | +0.45 | +0.45 | 0.00 |
| Approach | +0.46 | +0.82 | -0.36 |
| Around the green | +0.43 | +0.34 | +0.09 |
| Putting | +0.18 | +0.82 | -0.64 |
Rounds by top-10 finishers on this course in earlier editions (112 rounds, 3 editions, September 2022 on, finishes from the stored leaderboards) against top-10 finishers at every tournament in the same period (6547 rounds). A category with a positive difference separated contenders here more than usual.
Scoring by round
| Round | Players | Field average | Average to par | Low round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 68.67 | -3.33 | 66 |
| 2 | 18 | 68.44 | -3.56 | 65 |
| 3 | 18 | 67.94 | -4.06 | 63 |
| 4 | 18 | 67.78 | -4.22 | 62 |
Final leaderboard
| Pos | Player | To par | Rounds | Total | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bubba Watson | -25 | 67-67-63-66 | 263 | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | Patrick Reed | -22 | 69-65-66-66 | 266 | $400,000 |
| 3 | Rickie Fowler | -21 | 70-68-65-64 | 267 | $250,000 |
| 4 | Jordan Spieth | -20 | 67-66-68-67 | 268 | $175,000 |
| T5 | Bill Haas | -19 | 67-66-68-68 | 269 | $147,500 |
| T5 | Paul Casey | -19 | 66-70-63-70 | 269 | $147,500 |
| 7 | Brooks Koepka | -18 | 67-70-65-68 | 270 | $140,000 |
| T8 | J.B. Holmes | -17 | 71-68-68-64 | 271 | $130,000 |
| T8 | Jimmy Walker | -17 | 66-67-71-67 | 271 | $130,000 |
| T10 | Adam Scott | -16 | 67-70-66-69 | 272 | $117,500 |
| T10 | Chris Kirk | -16 | 69-65-66-72 | 272 | $117,500 |
| 12 | Zach Johnson | -15 | 66-70-67-70 | 273 | $110,000 |
| 13 | Justin Rose | -13 | 71-72-70-62 | 275 | $109,000 |
| 14 | Matt Kuchar | -12 | 70-66-69-71 | 276 | $108,000 |
| 15 | Dustin Johnson | -8 | 68-69-72-71 | 280 | $107,000 |
| 16 | Billy Horschel | -7 | 71-70-73-67 | 281 | $106,000 |
| T17 | Anirban Lahiri | -4 | 69-70-73-72 | 284 | $102,500 |
| T17 | Hideki Matsuyama | -4 | 75-73-70-66 | 284 | $102,500 |
Other editions in StatsNext
About this page
Final results as stored. Purse: $3,500,000. Strokes gained and earnings appear only where the provider publishes them (majors publish earnings only).
This page shows results and statistics only. It contains no sportsbook prices or betting lines. Current markets and StatsNext research are in the app.
Research in StatsNext
- Hero World Challenge 2016 in StatsNext: Tournament research with the leaderboard, course profile, hole difficulty and markets
- PGA Tour strokes gained leaders
- PGA Tour tournaments