Hero World Challenge 2025: final leaderboard
Hideki Matsuyama won the 2025 Hero World Challenge at Albany GC (Albany), December 4, 2025 to December 7, 2025, finishing -22 (266) after a playoff with Alex Noren. 20 players.
What statistics matter most at Hero World Challenge?
Albany GC has too little strokes-gained history to rank the categories (2 editions with strokes gained). Tour-wide, approach accounts for the largest share of the spread in total strokes gained (35%, 30,142 golfer-weeks, Dec 4, 2017 to Dec 3, 2025).
Only 2 editions, 31 golfer-weeks with strokes gained here, so the course-specific order is uncertain. The weights shown are tour-wide: Approach explains 35% of the spread in total strokes gained across 30,142 golfer-weeks.
| Category | Share of the spread here | Tour-wide | Stands out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approach | 45% | 35% | No |
| Putting | 9% | 31% | No |
| Off the tee | 26% | 20% | No |
| Around the green | 20% | 15% | No |
Par 3s (5 on the card) played even par per hole here vs 0.08 over tour-wide (3 editions).
Par 4s (8 on the card) played 0.03 under par per hole here vs even tour-wide (3 editions).
Par 5s (5 on the card) played 0.29 under par per hole here vs 0.44 under tour-wide (3 editions).
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 3, 2025. 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 2 | 3 | 187 | 3.213 | +0.213 |
| Hole 16 | 4 | 485 | 4.200 | +0.200 |
| Hole 4 | 4 | 489 | 4.125 | +0.125 |
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 | +0.56 | +0.82 | -0.26 |
| Around the green | +0.40 | +0.34 | +0.06 |
| Putting | +0.10 | +0.82 | -0.72 |
Rounds by top-10 finishers on this course in earlier editions (72 rounds, 2 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 | 69.05 | -2.95 | 66 |
| 2 | 20 | 68.95 | -3.05 | 64 |
| 3 | 20 | 69.15 | -2.85 | 64 |
| 4 | 20 | 68.55 | -3.45 | 64 |
Strokes-gained leaders (week totals)
| Category | Leader | Strokes gained |
|---|---|---|
| Off the tee | J.J. Spaun | 4.87 |
| Approach | Corey Conners | 4.07 |
| Around the green | Hideki Matsuyama | 4.08 |
| Putting | Alex Noren | 7.62 |
Final leaderboard
| Pos | Player | To par | Rounds | Total | Earnings | SG total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hideki Matsuyama | -22 | 68-66-68-64 | 266 | $1,000,000 | 9.70 |
| 2 | Alex Noren | -22 | 69-66-67-64 | 266 | $450,000 | 9.70 |
| 3 | Sepp Straka | -21 | 66-69-64-68 | 267 | $300,000 | 8.70 |
| T4 | J.J. Spaun | -20 | 66-68-69-65 | 268 | $237,500 | 7.70 |
| T4 | Scottie Scheffler | -20 | 66-69-65-68 | 268 | $237,500 | 7.70 |
| 6 | Justin Rose | -18 | 68-68-68-66 | 270 | $220,000 | 5.70 |
| 7 | Corey Conners | -17 | 67-70-69-65 | 271 | $215,000 | 4.70 |
| T8 | Harris English | -15 | 70-67-69-67 | 273 | $207,500 | 2.70 |
| T8 | Wyndham Clark | -15 | 66-68-69-70 | 273 | $207,500 | 2.70 |
| 10 | Cameron Young | -14 | 70-64-70-70 | 274 | $200,000 | 1.70 |
| 11 | Sam Burns | -12 | 71-70-65-70 | 276 | $195,000 | -0.30 |
| 12 | Robert MacIntyre | -11 | 73-67-69-68 | 277 | $190,000 | -1.30 |
| 13 | Keegan Bradley | -10 | 67-72-69-70 | 278 | $185,000 | -2.30 |
| 14 | Akshay Bhatia | -9 | 66-68-74-71 | 279 | $180,000 | -3.30 |
| 15 | Billy Horschel | -7 | 71-68-69-73 | 281 | $175,000 | -5.30 |
| 16 | Brian Harman | -6 | 72-70-71-69 | 282 | $170,000 | -6.30 |
| 17 | Andrew Novak | -4 | 68-72-73-71 | 284 | $165,000 | -8.30 |
| 18 | Aaron Rai | -3 | 71-71-71-72 | 285 | $160,000 | -9.30 |
| T19 | Chris Gotterup | E | 74-73-74-67 | 288 | $152,500 | -12.30 |
| T19 | Jordan Spieth | E | 72-73-70-73 | 288 | $152,500 | -12.30 |
Other editions in StatsNext
About this page
Final results as stored. Purse: $5,000,000. Strokes gained and earnings appear only where the provider publishes them (majors publish earnings only).
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Research in StatsNext
- Hero World Challenge 2025 in StatsNext: Tournament research with the leaderboard, course profile, hole difficulty and markets
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