Hero World Challenge 2023: final leaderboard
Viktor Hovland won the 2023 Hero World Challenge at Albany GC (Albany), December 1, 2022 to December 4, 2022, finishing -16 (272), 2 strokes ahead of Scottie Scheffler. 20 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 (35%, 28,497 golfer-weeks, Dec 1, 2014 to Nov 30, 2022).
Strokes gained has not been published for this course (6 stored editions without it), so the course-specific order is uncertain. The weights shown are tour-wide: Approach explains 35% of the spread in total strokes gained across 28,497 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 30, 2022. 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).
| Hardest holes | Par | Yards | Field average | Over par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole 16 | 4 | 485 | 4.340 | +0.340 |
| Hole 10 | 4 | 415 | 4.200 | +0.200 |
| Hole 8 | 3 | 216 | 3.190 | +0.190 |
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 | 20 | 72.00 | E | 69 |
| 2 | 20 | 72.10 | +0.1 | 68 |
| 3 | 20 | 70.30 | -1.7 | 64 |
| 4 | 20 | 69.85 | -2.15 | 67 |
Final leaderboard
| Pos | Player | To par | Rounds | Total | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Hovland | -16 | 69-70-64-69 | 272 | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | Scottie Scheffler | -14 | 72-68-66-68 | 274 | $375,000 |
| 3 | Cameron Young | -12 | 71-69-68-68 | 276 | $225,000 |
| 4 | Xander Schauffele | -11 | 72-68-69-68 | 277 | $150,000 |
| 5 | Justin Thomas | -10 | 72-70-66-70 | 278 | $135,000 |
| 6 | Collin Morikawa | -9 | 69-71-69-70 | 279 | $120,000 |
| 7 | Tony Finau | -6 | 72-72-70-68 | 282 | $115,000 |
| T8 | Jon Rahm | -5 | 73-71-68-71 | 283 | $112,500 |
| T8 | Sungjae Im | -5 | 74-71-70-68 | 283 | $112,500 |
| T10 | Sepp Straka | -4 | 69-74-70-71 | 284 | $109,500 |
| T10 | Tom Kim | -4 | 69-72-74-69 | 284 | $109,500 |
| 12 | Sam Burns | -2 | 70-75-69-72 | 286 | $108,000 |
| T13 | Billy Horschel | -1 | 73-70-72-72 | 287 | $106,500 |
| T13 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -1 | 74-70-76-67 | 287 | $106,500 |
| 15 | Jordan Spieth | +1 | 76-72-72-69 | 289 | $105,000 |
| 16 | Corey Conners | +2 | 75-76-72-67 | 290 | $104,000 |
| 17 | Max Homa | +4 | 71-78-71-72 | 292 | $103,000 |
| 18 | Shane Lowry | +5 | 74-77-71-71 | 293 | $102,000 |
| 19 | Kevin Kisner | +6 | 74-72-77-71 | 294 | $101,000 |
| 20 | Tommy Fleetwood | +7 | 71-76-72-76 | 295 | $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 2023 in StatsNext: Tournament research with the leaderboard, course profile, hole difficulty and markets
- PGA Tour strokes gained leaders
- PGA Tour tournaments