Tournaments / 2019-2020
Hero World Challenge
2019-12-04 · Albany GC
- Winner
- Henrik Stenson
- Winning score
- -18
- Field
- 18
- Field strength
- +1.033 SG
The 2019-2020 Hero World Challenge was played at Albany GC, starting 4 December 2019. Henrik Stenson won at 18 under par (270), 1 stroke ahead of Jon Rahm. The winning card was 69, 67, 68 and 66, and the win paid $1,000,000. Jon Rahm finished second, and Patrick Reed was third. 18 players started the event. The field averaged +1.033 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 89% 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.
- Henrik Stenson
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 270
- Jon Rahm
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 271
- Patrick Reed
- Pos
- 3
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 272
- Tiger Woods
- Pos
- 4
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 274
- Justin Rose
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 275
- Justin Thomas
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 275
- Gary Woodland
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 276
- Kevin Kisner
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 276
- Rickie Fowler
- Pos
- 9
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 278
- Tony Finau
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 79
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 281
- Webb Simpson
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 281
- Xander Schauffele
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 281
- Chez Reavie
- Pos
- 13
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 283
- Matt Kuchar
- Pos
- 14
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 284
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Pos
- 15
- R1
- 76
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 285
- Jordan Spieth
- Pos
- 16
- R1
- 75
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 286
- Patrick Cantlay
- Pos
- 17
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 288
- Bubba Watson
- Pos
- 18
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 289
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
- +0.345
- Top-9 hit rate
- 67%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 7.1
Grade is this event’s percentile (68th) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Thomas | 1st | 5th |
| Webb Simpson | 2nd | 10th |
| Justin Rose | 3rd | 5th |
| Patrick Cantlay | 4th | 17th |
| Rickie Fowler | 5th | 9th |
| Tiger Woods | 6th | 4th |
| Jon Rahm | 7th | 2nd |
| Jordan Spieth | 8th | 16th |
| Patrick Reed | 9th | 3rd |
| Henrik Stenson | 10th | 1st |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Cantlay | 4th | 17th(+13) |
| Kevin Kisner | 17th | 7th(−10) |
| Henrik Stenson | 10th | 1st(−9) |
| Webb Simpson | 2nd | 10th(+8) |
| Jordan Spieth | 8th | 16th(+8) |
| Patrick Reed | 9th | 3rd(−6) |
| Jon Rahm | 7th | 2nd(−5) |
| Xander Schauffele | 15th | 10th(−5) |
| Justin Thomas | 1st | 5th(+4) |
| Rickie Fowler | 5th | 9th(+4) |
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 2019-2020?
- Henrik Stenson won the 2019-2020 Hero World Challenge at Albany GC, finishing 18 under par.
Where was the 2019-2020 Hero World Challenge played?
- The 2019-2020 Hero World Challenge was played at Albany GC, starting 4 December 2019.
What was the winning score at the 2019-2020 Hero World Challenge?
- The winning score was 18 under par (270 strokes), posted by Henrik Stenson.
How many players were in the Hero World Challenge field?
- 18 players started the 2019-2020 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.