The Hero World Challenge is enjoying a special year in 2024. Tiger Woods will be the tournament host for the 25th time this week, as his event heads to Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas for the annual season-silly kickoff. A field of 20 golfers will battle it out over 72 holes of stroke play to determine a winner.

The host won’t be playing but the field includes nine of the top 19 in the world including No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

The Hero World Challenge, hosted by Tiger Woods, is a 20-man event at Albany with some pretty good silly season money on the line. The four-day, 72-hole, stroke-play tournament is contested at Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas, Dec. 5-8. This will be the 10th year that Albany has hosted.

NASSAU, The Bahamas—Tony Finau has pulled out of the Hero World Challenge. Finau was removed from Tiger Woods’ exhibition event in the Bahamas on Sunday night. As of Monday morning no reason was given from Finau or the PGA Tour for his withdrawal.

The Hero World Challenge released an updated field on Monday morning, and Tony Finau is no longer playing. Perhaps Tony Finau will join LIV Golf after all. After initially committing to this week’s Hero World Challenge,

The 2024 Hero World Challenge field is set with the passing of the PGA Tour tournament entry deadline. This week's PGA Tour field is set for this Challenge event, played at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas from December 5-8,