PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: The RSM Classic (Adam Svensson)
THIS WEEK: Hero World Challenge, New Providence, Bahamas, Dec. 1-4
Course: Albany (Par 72, 7,449 yards)
Purse: $3.5M (Winner: $1M)
Defending Champion: Viktor Hovland
FedEx Cup leader: Seamus Power
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday, 12-2:30 p.m. (GC), 2:30-5 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 12-1 p.m. (GC), 1-5 p.m. (NBC)
Twitter: @HeroWorldChallenge
NOTES: Tournament host Tiger Woods withdrew on Monday due to a foot injury and was replaced by Sepp Straka. ... Albany will play host to the event for the seventh consecutive time. ... This is an unofficial PGA Tour event that does not award FedEx Cup points. ... The 20-player field includes 17 of the top 25 players in the Official World Golf Ranking. ... Straka is among seven players making their event debuts. Only Hovland and Jon Rahm (2018) have won the tournament in their debuts. ... The only other previous champion in the field is Jordan Spieth (2014). There are three past champions who now play for LIV Golf and were not invited: Henrik Stenson (2019), Bubba Watson (2015) and Graeme McDowell (2010, 2012) ... Hovland carded a final-round 66 to beat Scottie Scheffler by a single stroke last year.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Sentry Tournament of Champions, Maui, HI, Jan. 5-9
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