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After some speculation over who would get the final exemption spot at the 2023 Hero World Challenge, Tiger Woods announced that he will be using that exemption on himself. The tournament is set for November 30 to December 3 at the Albany Golf Course at Albany, Bahamas.
The other 19 players, featuring eight of the top 10 in the world according to the Official World Golf Rankings, were announced in October, and the 20th and final spot was to be revealed before the tournament started. The list of golfers includes world number one Scottie Scheffler, of the United States.
Woods makes a return to the sport after undergoing ankle surgery in April of this year. It will be his first appearance since withdrawing in the third round from the Masters Tournament back in April because of the bad ankle.
The 15-time major champion, who is also the host, last played in the tournament in 2019 when he finished with a score of 14-under par for a fourth place finish. He has never won the tournament since it moved to Albany in 2015. He last won in 2011 with a score of 10-under par.
Three members of the winning European Ryder Cup team will be competing, joined by 11 members of the American team. Two major champions from the 2023 season will make their debuts at the Hero World Challenge – U.S. Open winner Wyndham Clark and Open Championship winner Brian Harman. The field this year features nine players who boast a total of 13 major victories.
This is the eighth year that the tournament will be held in The Bahamas after first making The Bahamas its home in 2015. Once again, all four rounds will be covered live on the Golf Channel and NBC will do live coverage of the third and final rounds.https://7c4f106cff463f875fad04192f634e20.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html
Last year, Hovland and Scheffler were paired on the final day. Hovland almost gave the title to Scheffler on the last hole, hitting a ball into the water. He was able to pull himself together and sunk a putt for a bogey and the championship, winning by two strokes.
Proceeds from the Hero World Challenge benefit the foreign-based TGR Foundation and Tavistock Foundation, and the locally-based Bahamas Youth Foundation.