Tournaments / 2021-2022
Hero World Challenge
2021-12-02 · Albany GC
- Winner
- Viktor Hovland
- Winning score
- -18
- Field
- 20
- Field strength
- +1.016 SG
The 2021-2022 Hero World Challenge was played at Albany GC, starting 2 December 2021. Viktor Hovland won at 18 under par (270), 1 stroke ahead of Scottie Scheffler. The winning card was 68, 69, 67 and 66, and the win paid $1,000,000. Scottie Scheffler finished second, and Patrick Reed and Sam Burns tied for third. 20 players started the event. The field averaged +1.016 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 80% 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 20. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Viktor Hovland
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 270
- Scottie Scheffler
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 271
- Patrick Reed
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 273
- Sam Burns
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 273
- Collin Morikawa
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 76
- Total
- 274
- Justin Thomas
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 64
- Total
- 274
- Daniel Berger
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 275
- Tony Finau
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 275
- Brooks Koepka
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 277
- Justin Rose
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 277
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 277
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 278
- Xander Schauffele
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 278
- Abraham Ancer
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 280
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 280
- Harris English
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 75
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 63
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 280
- Webb Simpson
- Pos
- 17
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 281
- Rory McIlroy
- Pos
- 18
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 282
- Henrik Stenson
- Pos
- 19
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 75
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 289
- Jordan Spieth
- Pos
- 20
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 76
- Total
- 294
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 20 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.079
- Top-10 hit rate
- 60%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 10.0
Grade is this event’s percentile (7th) 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 |
| Xander Schauffele | 2nd | 12th |
| Rory McIlroy | 3rd | 18th |
| Webb Simpson | 4th | 17th |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 5th | 14th |
| Viktor Hovland | 6th | 1st |
| Collin Morikawa | 7th | 5th |
| Daniel Berger | 8th | 7th |
| Tony Finau | 9th | 7th |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 10th | 9th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Rory McIlroy | 3rd | 18th(+15) |
| Webb Simpson | 4th | 17th(+13) |
| Sam Burns | 16th | 3rd(−13) |
| Justin Rose | 20th | 9th(−11) |
| Xander Schauffele | 2nd | 12th(+10) |
| Patrick Reed | 13th | 3rd(−10) |
| Brooks Koepka | 19th | 9th(−10) |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 5th | 14th(+9) |
| Scottie Scheffler | 11th | 2nd(−9) |
| Viktor Hovland | 6th | 1st(−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 2021-2022?
- Viktor Hovland won the 2021-2022 Hero World Challenge at Albany GC, finishing 18 under par.
Where was the 2021-2022 Hero World Challenge played?
- The 2021-2022 Hero World Challenge was played at Albany GC, starting 2 December 2021.
What was the winning score at the 2021-2022 Hero World Challenge?
- The winning score was 18 under par (270 strokes), posted by Viktor Hovland.
How many players were in the Hero World Challenge field?
- 20 players started the 2021-2022 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.