World No. 1 golfer and defending champion Scottie Scheffler headlines the preliminary participant line-up for the Hero World Problem to be held right here from December 5-8.
The preliminary participant commitments for the occasion hosted by Tiger Woods have been introduced on Tuesday.
This yr’s area options 5 of the highest 10 gamers on the earth (as of the eligibility date), together with Scheffler and 2016 champion Hideki Matsuyama.
9 members of the USA’ victorious 2024 Presidents Cup group and three members of the Worldwide group (Matsuyama, Sungjae Im and Tom Kim) may even compete at Albany.
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Six gamers will make their Hero World Problem debuts, together with Ludvig Aberg, Sahith Theegala, Russell Henley, Robert MacIntyre, Aaron Rai and Matthieu Pavon.
The 2024 area represents golfers from seven totally different international locations – US, Korea, Japan, England, Scotland, France and Sweden.
The sector options 5 golfers who’ve mixed to win six main championships – 2022 and 2024 Masters champion Scheffler, 2021 Masters champ Matsuyama, 2023 US Open champ Wyndham Clark, 2023 Open Championship winner Brian Harman and 2011 PGA Championship holder Keegan Bradley.