Hero World Challenge: Round 1 Tee Times, Odds, How to Watch, More

Tiger Woods is back in the Bahamas for the Hero World Challenge, but the 15-time major winner will not be teeing it up.

Instead, he will peruse the property as the tournament host while 20 of the top players in the world compete for the $1 million awarded to the winner.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler returns as defending champion, but Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy, and Collin Morikawa, the second, third, and fourth-ranked players, are not in this week’s field. Besides Scheffler, only two top-10 players, Ludvig Åberg and Wyndham Clark, are in the Bahamas this week.

Other notables include 2024 Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, who secured the winning point for the Americans at the Presidents Cup in September, two-time major winner Justin Thomas, who recently became a father, and Patrick Cantlay, the world’s 11th-ranked player.

Other information you need ahead of Round 1 is listed below.

Tournament Info

Course: Albany Golf Club, Albany, Bahamas

Yardage/Par: 7,449 yards, par 72

Architect: Ernie Els

Purse/1st Place: $5,000,000/$1,000,000

Field Size: 20

Odds

Pre-tournament odds for players to win provided by FanDuel:

Scottie Scheffler: +200

Ludvig Åberg: +1100

Justin Thomas: +1200

Russell Henley: +1200

Sam Burns: +1200

Patrick Cantlay: +1200

Sungjae Im: +1400

Wyndham Clark: +2000

Jason Day: +2500

Robert MacIntyre: +2500

Sahith Theegala: +2500

Tom Kim: +2500

Cameron Young: +3000

Aaron Rai: +3000

Brian Harman: +3000

Keegan Bradley: +3300

Akshay Bhatia: +3500

Sepp Straka: +4000

Nick Dunlap: +4500

Matthieu Pavon: +10000

How to Watch

NBC and Golf Channel will provide live television coverage, meaning you can stream on Peacock too.

All times Eastern:

Thursday, December 5: 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. (Golf Channel)

Friday, December 6: 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. (Golf Channel)

Saturday, December 7: 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. (NBC)

Sunday, December 8: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. (NBC)

Round 1 Tee Times

All times Eastern:

10:46 a.m. — Aaron Rai, Matthieu Pavon

10:57 a.m. — Brian Harman, Russell Henley

11:08 a.m. — Cameron Young, Sepp Straka

11:19 a.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Akshay Bhatia

11:30 a.m. — Sungjae Im, Tom Kim

11:41 a.m. — Nick Dunlap, Sam Burns

11:52 a.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Jason Day

12:03 p.m. — Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay

12:14 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Sahith Theegala

12:25 p.m. — Justin Thomas, Keegan Bradley

Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.