Tournaments / 2017-2018
Hero World Challenge
2017-11-30 · Albany GC
- Winner
- Rickie Fowler
- Winning score
- -18
- Field
- 18
- Field strength
- +1.129 SG
The 2017-2018 Hero World Challenge was played at Albany GC, starting 30 November 2017. Rickie Fowler won at 18 under par (270), 4 strokes ahead of Charley Hoffman. The winning card was 67, 70, 72 and 61, and the win paid $1,000,000. Charley Hoffman finished second, and Jordan Spieth and Tommy Fleetwood tied for third. 18 players started the event. The field averaged +1.129 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 18. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Rickie Fowler
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 61
- Total
- 270
- Charley Hoffman
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 63
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 274
- Jordan Spieth
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 276
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 276
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 277
- Justin Rose
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 277
- Patrick Reed
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 277
- Francesco Molinari
- Pos
- 8
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 278
- Matt Kuchar
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 280
- Tiger Woods
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 280
- Justin Thomas
- Pos
- 11
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 281
- Alex Noren
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 287
- Kevin Kisner
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 287
- Daniel Berger
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 75
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 288
- Dustin Johnson
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 76
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 288
- Kevin Chappell
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 76
- Total
- 288
- Henrik Stenson
- Pos
- 17
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 77
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 289
- Brooks Koepka
- Pos
- 18
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 78
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 291
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 18 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.009
- Top-9 hit rate
- 56%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 8.8
Grade is this event’s percentile (3rd) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Henrik Stenson | 1st | 17th |
| Jordan Spieth | 2nd | 3rd |
| Rickie Fowler | 3rd | 1st |
| Dustin Johnson | 4th | 14th |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 5th | 5th |
| Justin Rose | 6th | 5th |
| Matt Kuchar | 7th | 9th |
| Brooks Koepka | 8th | 18th |
| Tiger Woods | 9th | 9th |
| Patrick Reed | 10th | 5th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Henrik Stenson | 1st | 17th(+16) |
| Charley Hoffman | 17th | 2nd(−15) |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 16th | 3rd(−13) |
| Dustin Johnson | 4th | 14th(+10) |
| Brooks Koepka | 8th | 18th(+10) |
| Alex Noren | 18th | 12th(−6) |
| Patrick Reed | 10th | 5th(−5) |
| Francesco Molinari | 13th | 8th(−5) |
| Rickie Fowler | 3rd | 1st(−2) |
| Matt Kuchar | 7th | 9th(+2) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at Albany GC in Albany, BAH. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the Hero World Challenge in 2017-2018?
- Rickie Fowler won the 2017-2018 Hero World Challenge at Albany GC, finishing 18 under par.
Where was the 2017-2018 Hero World Challenge played?
- The 2017-2018 Hero World Challenge was played at Albany GC, starting 30 November 2017.
What was the winning score at the 2017-2018 Hero World Challenge?
- The winning score was 18 under par (270 strokes), posted by Rickie Fowler.
How many players were in the Hero World Challenge field?
- 18 players started the 2017-2018 Hero World Challenge. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.