Hero World Challenge 2018: final leaderboard
Rickie Fowler won the 2018 Hero World Challenge at Albany GC (Albany), November 30, 2017 to December 3, 2017, finishing -18 (270), 4 strokes ahead of Charley Hoffman. 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%, 10,940 golfer-weeks, Nov 30, 2009 to Nov 29, 2017).
Strokes gained has not been published for this course (2 stored editions without it), so the course-specific order is uncertain. The weights shown are tour-wide: Approach explains 36% of the spread in total strokes gained across 10,940 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 November 29, 2017. 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 | 69.44 | -2.56 | 66 |
| 2 | 18 | 69.44 | -2.56 | 63 |
| 3 | 18 | 72.89 | +0.89 | 70 |
| 4 | 18 | 69.56 | -2.44 | 61 |
Final leaderboard
| Pos | Player | To par | Rounds | Total | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rickie Fowler | -18 | 67-70-72-61 | 270 | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | Charley Hoffman | -14 | 69-63-70-72 | 274 | $400,000 |
| T3 | Jordan Spieth | -12 | 68-67-72-69 | 276 | $212,500 |
| T3 | Tommy Fleetwood | -12 | 66-69-74-67 | 276 | $212,500 |
| T5 | Hideki Matsuyama | -11 | 71-66-72-68 | 277 | $145,000 |
| T5 | Justin Rose | -11 | 68-68-71-70 | 277 | $145,000 |
| T5 | Patrick Reed | -11 | 72-66-71-68 | 277 | $145,000 |
| 8 | Francesco Molinari | -10 | 69-68-71-70 | 278 | $135,000 |
| T9 | Matt Kuchar | -8 | 67-70-72-71 | 280 | $122,500 |
| T9 | Tiger Woods | -8 | 69-68-75-68 | 280 | $122,500 |
| 11 | Justin Thomas | -7 | 69-70-74-68 | 281 | $115,000 |
| T12 | Alex Noren | -1 | 73-69-74-71 | 287 | $109,500 |
| T12 | Kevin Kisner | -1 | 70-72-75-70 | 287 | $109,500 |
| T14 | Daniel Berger | E | 75-73-70-70 | 288 | $107,000 |
| T14 | Dustin Johnson | E | 68-72-76-72 | 288 | $107,000 |
| T14 | Kevin Chappell | E | 68-70-74-76 | 288 | $107,000 |
| 17 | Henrik Stenson | +1 | 70-71-77-71 | 289 | $105,000 |
| 18 | Brooks Koepka | +3 | 71-78-72-70 | 291 | $100,000 |
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 2018 in StatsNext: Tournament research with the leaderboard, course profile, hole difficulty and markets
- PGA Tour strokes gained leaders
- PGA Tour tournaments