PGA DFS First Look at the Hero World Challenge on DraftKings and FanDuel
The PGA DFS First Look at the Hero World Challenge, complete with a course preview, odds, salaries, and more, will help you get an early start on the upcoming DraftKings and FanDuel slates that are loaded into our PGA DFS optimizer, LineupHQ.
Hero World Challenge Field Size
- 20 Golfers
Hero World Challenge Cut Rule
- No cut
Weather Tools to Help with Hero World Challenge PGA DFS Picks
- PGA weather report from Chief Meteorologist, Kevin Roth
Albany Golf Club for the Hero World Challenge
- Location: Albany, Bahamas
- Par & Length: Par 72, 7,449 yards
- Recent Winners: Scottie Scheffler (-25), Scottie Scheffler (-20), Viktor Hovland (-16), Viktor Hovland (-18)
- Course Difficulty: Average
- Fairway Width: 39 Yards
- Missed Fairway Penalty: Average
- 2024 tournament averages:
- - Driving Accuracy: 73% (TOUR average: 60%)
- - Driving Distance: 303 (TOUR average: 292)
- - Greens in Regulation: 67% (TOUR average: 66%)
Tournament and Course Notes for the Hero World Challenge
- We don’t have a ton of data to work with when it comes to this course, as this is an exhibition event without any ShotLink data
- However, golfers averaged 303 yards off the tee last year, and the fairways were 39 yards wide on average
- You don’t have to be long off the tee here, but you can’t stray too far offline or you’ll be in the waste areas
- The winning score typically ranges from -16 to -22, but Scottie Scheffler shot -25 here last year
- There are a lot of tight-lie chips around these greens, so a good short game is helpful
- Ideally, recent form should be important, but very few golfers in this field have teed it up recently
- Course history hasn’t been overly predictive, but it doesn’t have to have experience here
What to Look For
- Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green
- Birdie or Better %
- Course History
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Odds, Salaries, Course History, and Recent Form
Form includes all the major tours (PGA TOUR, DPWT, KFT, LIV).
| Golfer | Odds | DK Salary | FD Salary | Cuts | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | Cuts | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 25% | LW | -2W | -3W | -4W | -5W | -6W | -7W | -8W | -9W | -10W | -11W | -12W | -13W | -14W | -15W | -16W | -17W | -18W | -19W | -20W | -21W | -22W | -23W | -24W | -25W | -26W | -27W | -28W | -29W | -30W | -31W | -32W | -33W | -34W | -35W | -36W | -37W | -38W | -39W | -40W | -41W | -42W | -43W | -44W | -45W | -46W | -47W | -48W | -49W | -50W | -51W | -52W | |||
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| Scottie Scheffler | 1 | $14,900 | $14,200 | 4/4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 30/30 | 60% | 73% | 93% | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Macintyre | 11 | $9,800 | $10,800 | 1/1 | 7 | 38/46 | 20% | 28% | 48% | 8 | 9 | 1 | 125 | 17 | 2 | 38 | 44 | 7 | 65 | 17 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 47 | 34 | 32 | 66 | 72 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 63 | 6 | 40 | 17 | 53 | 15 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J.J. Spaun | 14 | $9,500 | $10,100 | 0/0 | 32/40 | 20% | 33% | 58% | 11 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 99 | 14 | 1 | 58 | 6 | 37 | 17 | 42 | 50 | 70 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 34 | 130 | 33 | 15 | 29 | 3 | 139 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cameron Young | 13 | $9,200 | $10,600 | 3/3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 28/36 | 11% | 22% | 42% | 9 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 46 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 47 | 7 | 73 | 54 | 78 | 18 | 139 | 61 | 64 | 69 | 61 | 12 | 72 | 147 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Burns | 17 | $8,900 | $10,300 | 4/4 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 32/35 | 11% | 29% | 51% | 13 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 61 | 45 | 47 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 93 | 79 | 82 | 48 | 24 | 49 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keegan Bradley | 17 | $8,700 | $9,800 | 2/2 | 5 | 13 | 29/32 | 13% | 25% | 50% | 7 | 17 | 44 | 101 | 30 | 41 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 18 | 53 | 47 | 20 | 5 | 34 | 65 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aaron Rai | 20 | $8,400 | $9,400 | 1/1 | 14 | 35/41 | 22% | 27% | 49% | 41 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 34 | 47 | 17 | 33 | 64 | 78 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 38 | 27 | 116 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 40 | 80 | 15 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hideki Matsuyama | 19 | $8,200 | $9,500 | 0/0 | 29/33 | 12% | 18% | 48% | 20 | 13 | 29 | 26 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 30 | 42 | 38 | 36 | 84 | 17 | 21 | 93 | 73 | 22 | 13 | 25 | 48 | 32 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Justin Rose | 22 | $8,000 | $9,200 | 2/2 | 8 | 9 | 22/32 | 16% | 16% | 28% | 14 | 61 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 123 | 89 | 44 | 124 | 72 | 42 | 2 | 47 | 73 | 8 | 55 | 3 | 102 | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Noren | 25 | $7,800 | $8,900 | 0/0 | 19/27 | 15% | 26% | 41% | 16 | 17 | 68 | 27 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 90 | 108 | 30 | 69 | 39 | 17 | 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sepp Straka | 25 | $7,700 | $9,600 | 3/3 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 31/37 | 14% | 30% | 49% | 30 | 17 | 52 | 7 | 45 | 103 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 66 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 69 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jordan Spieth | 22 | $7,500 | $8,800 | 3/3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 22/27 | 7% | 19% | 44% | 38 | 31 | 40 | 23 | 7 | 36 | 75 | 34 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 28 | 59 | 9 | 61 | 4 | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akshay Bhatia | 25 | $7,400 | $9,000 | 1/1 | 4 | 30/40 | 5% | 15% | 40% | 115 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 148 | 25 | 30 | 26 | 54 | 90 | 16 | 22 | 75 | 46 | 73 | 42 | 42 | 79 | 3 | 61 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 22 | 37 | 32 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harris English | 25 | $7,300 | $8,600 | 1/1 | 14 | 30/36 | 11% | 17% | 42% | 47 | 43 | 13 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 59 | 12 | 53 | 2 | 11 | 66 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 54 | 24 | 73 | 1 | 43 | 119 | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Gotterup | 27 | $7,100 | $8,400 | 0/0 | 25/40 | 5% | 15% | 38% | 40 | 10 | 33 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 69 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 93 | 18 | 107 | 96 | 16 | 69 | 91 | 88 | 25 | 80 | 105 | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corey Conners | 25 | $6,800 | $8,500 | 1/1 | 16 | 30/33 | 12% | 33% | 55% | 74 | 4 | 39 | 50 | 10 | 47 | 154 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 49 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 74 | 65 | 93 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Horschel | 45 | $6,500 | $8,100 | 1/1 | 13 | 20/29 | 14% | 17% | 38% | 11 | 54 | 74 | 27 | 66 | 4 | 42 | 64 | 25 | 55 | 95 | 9 | 21 | 77 | 51 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Harman | 27 | $6,400 | $8,200 | 2/2 | 12 | 8 | 32/36 | 6% | 8% | 39% | 73 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 50 | 8 | 59 | 68 | 46 | 60 | 46 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 125 | 40 | 32 | 17 | 25 | 53 | 109 | 21 | 58 | 12 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyndham Clark | 45 | $6,200 | $8,300 | 2/2 | 17 | 19 | 26/36 | 6% | 17% | 25% | 85 | 48 | 110 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 98 | 17 | 67 | 59 | 56 | 50 | 63 | 57 | 27 | 46 | 5 | 141 | 22 | 31 | 16 | 73 | 105 | 15 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Novak | 40 | $6,000 | $8,000 | 0/0 | 29/40 | 18% | 28% | 48% | 7 | 25 | 48 | 6 | 101 | 63 | 13 | 30 | 42 | 51 | 11 | 118 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 70 | 42 | 107 | 34 | 111 | 13 | 78 | 13 | 3 | 153 | 77 | 35 | 2 |
BLUE = top 10 finish
GREEN = top 25 finish
YELLOW = made cut
RED = missed cut
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