Here World Challenge 2025 PGA Picks And Preview

The final golf event update of year is my coverage of the Hero World Challenge 2025 event in the Bahamas. I provide a Hero World Challenge 2025 preview in my coverage for BetOnline, one year after I visited the Bahamas and the beautiful Atlantis resort as part of my World Series of Poker Paradise high-roller WSOP coverage.

Scottie Scheffler has dominated this event, winning the last two years with anothe pair of runner-up finishes. Scheffler returns to competition following September’s Ryder Cup, which follows the PGA Tour season-ending Tour Championship. Eight Ryder Cup players are in the 20-player field at the Hero World Challenge 2025 tournament, and Scheffler has ridiculously low odds as the prohibitive favorite.

Event, Course, And Stats

The Hero World Challenge 2025 tournament is an unofficial PGA Tour event. There are no FedExCup points, and no official prize money. However, a prize fund of $5 million will be distributed to the 20 golfers participating in the 72-hole, no-cut event.

The Albany golf course in Nassau has five par 5s on the Par 72 Ernie Els design. The course plays to 7,449 yards – more than 100 yards longer than last year, and two par 4’s stretch beyond 500 yards and two par 5’s more than 600 yards. Very wide fairways (39 yards) allowed for a high 70% driving accuracy in 2024 with an average driving distance of 300 yards. But a .5 (half shot) penalty in scoring for those players that miss the fairways off the tee is notable, along with potential higher winds on the links design. For players that are not sharp on approach shots, Albany has played among the 5 toughest courses on Tour for strokes gained Around the Green over the last 15 years. The grain around the Bermuda greens and grass proves to be more difficult for chipping, and it’s among the most difficult putting inside 5-feet, per Data Golf.

Odds to Win Hero World Challenge 2025

Leading favorites and contenders golf odds from BetOnline refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live/in-game betting. 

• +150: Scottie Scheffler
• +1400: Robert McIntyre, Cameron Young
• +1600: J.J. Spaun
• +2000: Sam Burns, Hideki Matsuyama
• +2200: Justin Rose, Keegan Bradley, Aaron Rai
• +2500: Alex Noren, Jordan Spieth
• +2800: Sepp Straka, Harris English, Akshay Bhatia
• +3300: Corey Connors, Chris Gotterup
• +3500: Brian Harman
• +5000: Andrew Novak
• +6000: Wyndham Clark
• +6500: Billy Horschel

Check out my PGA players of interest, matchups and profiles of 6 top players for the Hero World Challenge 2025 event, along with additional information you can bet on in my sports betting coverage at BetOnline.

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PGA tournament matchups winners posted in Forbes from Jan-April include 2-0 in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am with tournament winner Rory McIlroy over Scottie Scheffler. Phoenix Open followers of FairwayJay went 1-0 with Justin Thomas (T6) over Hideki Matsuyama plus Justin Thomas over Xander Schauffele in The Players Championship, 1-0 in the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld and Houston Open winner Min Woo Lee also a tournament matchup winner. The Masters outright winner Rory McIlroy was another matchup winner over Scottie Scheffler as a big plus underdog again. Daniel Berger was the winner (1-0) in our RBC Heritage matchup at Harbour Town. A 2-0 tournament matchup result in the Truist Championship with both picks Mitchell and Cantlay winning easily and performing very well with top 10 finishes. Canadian Open winner (1-0) on Burns as underdog, and he finished runner-up in a playoff behind our outright winner on big longshot Ryan Fox. The 2025 U.S. Open included a 4-0-1 result on Tournament matchups at OSGA, and 4-2-1 on these pages including a big ‘Dog (+180) first round winner on Morikawa over Scheffler.

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Golf Betting Notes and History from FairwayJay

My golf coverage and research includes use and references from sites at Golf Stats along with Fantasy National and Data Golf. I gain added information and betting news with fantasy golf insight from FanShare Sports and other sites and golf analysts. That includes top golf insider Justin Ray Golf, who contributes to PGA Tour (dot com) and The Athletic with insightful stats. The site GolfStats has also has player performance charts and a player competitor tool plus added stats and previews.