Tournaments / 2018-2019
Hero World Challenge
2018-11-29 · Albany GC
- Winner
- Jon Rahm
- Winning score
- -20
- Field
- 18
- Field strength
- +1.001 SG
The 2018-2019 Hero World Challenge was played at Albany GC, starting 29 November 2018. Jon Rahm won at 20 under par (268), 4 strokes ahead of Tony Finau. The winning card was 71, 63, 69 and 65, and the win paid $1,000,000. Tony Finau finished second, and Justin Rose was third. 18 players started the event. The field averaged +1.001 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 94% of the players. 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.
- Jon Rahm
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 63
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 268
- Tony Finau
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 272
- Justin Rose
- Pos
- 3
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 273
- Henrik Stenson
- Pos
- 4
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 274
- Patrick Cantlay
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 76
- R4
- 64
- Total
- 275
- Rickie Fowler
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 275
- Dustin Johnson
- Pos
- 7
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 276
- Alex Noren
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 277
- Gary Woodland
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 277
- Xander Schauffele
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 277
- Patrick Reed
- Pos
- 11
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 77
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 278
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 280
- Bubba Watson
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 280
- Justin Thomas
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 280
- Keegan Bradley
- Pos
- 15
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 282
- Jason Day
- Pos
- 16
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 283
- Tiger Woods
- Pos
- 17
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 287
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Pos
- 18
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 75
- Total
- 288
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
- +0.257
- Top-9 hit rate
- 67%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 8.5
Grade is this event’s percentile (42nd) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rickie Fowler | 1st | 5th |
| Dustin Johnson | 2nd | 7th |
| Justin Rose | 3rd | 3rd |
| Tiger Woods | 4th | 17th |
| Justin Thomas | 5th | 12th |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 6th | 18th |
| Jon Rahm | 7th | 1st |
| Henrik Stenson | 8th | 4th |
| Tony Finau | 9th | 2nd |
| Patrick Cantlay | 10th | 5th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Tiger Woods | 4th | 17th(+13) |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 6th | 18th(+12) |
| Alex Noren | 18th | 8th(−10) |
| Justin Thomas | 5th | 12th(+7) |
| Tony Finau | 9th | 2nd(−7) |
| Jon Rahm | 7th | 1st(−6) |
| Xander Schauffele | 14th | 8th(−6) |
| Dustin Johnson | 2nd | 7th(+5) |
| Patrick Cantlay | 10th | 5th(−5) |
| Jason Day | 11th | 16th(+5) |
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 2018-2019?
- Jon Rahm won the 2018-2019 Hero World Challenge at Albany GC, finishing 20 under par.
Where was the 2018-2019 Hero World Challenge played?
- The 2018-2019 Hero World Challenge was played at Albany GC, starting 29 November 2018.
What was the winning score at the 2018-2019 Hero World Challenge?
- The winning score was 20 under par (268 strokes), posted by Jon Rahm.
How many players were in the Hero World Challenge field?
- 18 players started the 2018-2019 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.