Tiger Woods has announced the field for the 2023 Hero World Challenge, set to return to Albany, Bahamas, November 30 – December 3.
This year’s field features eight of the top 10 players ranked on the PGA Tour’s world rankings, including two-time defending champion Viktor Hovland and No. 1-ranked Scottie Scheffler.
Three members of the winning European Ryder Cup team will compete at Albany, while 11 members of the losing U.S. team will tee it up.
Two major champions from the 2023 season will make their debuts in the Hero World Challenge: U.S. Open winner Wyndham Clark and Open Championship winner Brian Harman. (Masters winner Jon Rahm will skip this year’s edition, while PGA champion Brooks Koepka remains banned by the PGA Tour.)
The 2023 field features nine players who boast a total of 13 major victories.
2023 HERO WORLD CHALLENGE FIELD
Name-(PGA Tour World Golf Ranking)-Country
- Scottie Scheffler (1), USA
- Viktor Hovland (4), Norway
- Patrick Cantlay (5), USA
- Xander Schauffele (6), USA
- Max Homa (7), USA
- Matt Fitzpatrick (8), England
- Brian Harman (9), USA
- Wyndham Clark (10), USA
- Jordan Spieth (12), USA
- Cameron Young (17), USA
- Keegan Bradley (18), USA
- Collin Morikawa (19), USA
- Tony Finau (20), USA
- Sam Burns (21), USA
- Jason Day (22), Australia
- Sepp Straka (23), Austria
- Will Zalatoris (24), USA
- Rickie Fowler, tournament exemption
- Justin Thomas, tournament exemption
- TBA tournament exemption*
Tournament rounds will be held Thursday, November 30 – Sunday, December 3 at Albany, bringing the event back to The Bahamas for its eighth year. Live television coverage of the 2023 Hero World Challenge will be provided by GOLF Channel during all four rounds and by NBC during the third and final rounds.
* The final tournament exemption will be announced at a later date.