Field at Hero World Challenge 2014

Oct 28, 2014. The Hero World Challenge 2014 travels to Isleworth Golf & Country Club, Dec. 3-7, welcoming an elite 18-player field that includes five-time champion and host Tiger Woods, defending champion Zach Johnson, 2014 Masters Tournament winner Bubba Watson and an impressive roster of players from both sides of the 2014 Ryder Cup.

The field of 18 PGA TOUR players is determined as follows: the current four major winners, the top 11 available from the Official World Golf Ranking, the defending champion and two special-exemption players. This year’s special exemptions are Steve Stricker and Keegan Bradley.

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Henrik Stenson (4), Sweden

Jim Furyk (5), USA

Justin Rose (6), England

Bubba Watson (7), USA

Jason Day (8), Australia

Matt Kuchar (9), USA

Rickie Fowler (10), USA

Jordan Spieth (13), USA

Billy Horschel (14), USA

Tiger Woods (15), USA

Zach Johnson (16), USA

Graeme McDowell (18), Northern Ireland

Jimmy Walker (19), USA

Hideki Matsuyama (20), Japan

Hunter Mahan (21), USA

Chris Kirk (22), USA

Steve Stricker (25), USA

Keegan Bradley (26), USA

BY THE NUMBERS

As of 10/14/14:

• 166 PGA TOUR wins

• 21 major championship wins

• 18 players

• 12 times Furyk will have competed in the Hero World Challenge

• 6 countries represented, including 13 players from the United States

• 5 times Woods has hoisted the Tiger trophy

• 4 past Hero World Challenge champions

• 1 player from Japan (Matsuyama), which is the first time a Japanese player has competed in the Hero World Challenge

PAST CHAMPIONS LOOK TO DEFEND

Defending champion Johnson will seek his second consecutive Hero World Challenge title, but he will have plenty of competition as five-time and two-time champions, Woods and McDowell, respectively, return to the field. Furyk, the 2009 champion, will compete in the Hero World Challenge for the 12th time.

ON THE RETURN

Among the field are a handful of players who will seek the title at Isleworth after past success at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California, previous home to the Hero World Challenge. Kuchar and Watson tied for third at the 2013 tournament, while Bradley finished second in 2012. The 2012 competition also included a three-way tie for fourth between Furyk, Fowler and Woods.