NASSAU, Bahamas — The degree Masters champion Scottie Scheffler earned from the McCombs School of Business at Texas did not equip him with the skills to figure out the new formula for the Official World Golf Ranking. He is No. 2 in the world. He can go back to No. 1 if he wins the Hero World Challenge, simple as that. “I don’t like being No. 2,” he said. “I don’t like finishing second.” Scheffler took a step in that direction in the relentless wind at Albany. He ran off four birdies in a five-hole stretch on the back nine for a 4-under 68, leaving him in the group one shot behind defending champion Viktor Hovland. Hovland knows a little about wind. The Norwegian saw enough of it during his amateur days across Europe, and then he starred at Oklahoma State. Hovland chipped in for eagle for the second straight day, had three straight birdies on the back nine and had a 70 for a 36-hole total of 5-under 139. Scores typically are much lower in the holiday event Tiger Woods hosts for a 20-man field of elite players in the Bahamas. The course was soaked and played long on Thursday. It dried out in 30 mph wind on Friday. Xander Schauffele leaned on exquisite wedge play for a 68 and joined Scheffler, Cameron Young (69) and Collin Morikawa (71) in the group one shot behind. Tom Kim dropped two shots on the final three holes and that gave him a 72, leaving him two shots behind. That’s not the reason the 20-year-old South Korean raised both arms after he had signed his card. Scrolling through his phone, he learned South Korea had advanced to the knockout stage in the World Cup. “Goose bumps,” Kim said as he stretched out his arms. Scheffler spent more weeks at No. 1 than anyone this year, which earns him the Mark H. McCormack Award. That was a product of four wins against strong fields in the spring, including his first major. The Masters was his last win. Rory McIlroy replaced him with a win in South Carolina in October, and now Scheffler has a chance to grab it back, even if for a short time. McIlroy is expected to be No. 1 when the year ends regardless of what happens in the Bahamas. The model went from rating the top 200 players in a field based on their world ranking to rating everyone in the field using the “strokes gained” formula, which measure actual scores and adjusts for relative difficulty of each round. It favors deeper fields, regardless of how many of the top players are there. And it won’t be fully integrated until next August. But there has been no shortage of complaints, with even Woods weighing in this week that it’s a flawed system. Some of the criticism stems from the new formula not giving as much credit to smaller fields compared with full fields. “I think now I would say the top players are not bringing as much weight to events as they should,” Scheffler said. The Hero World Challenge has 15 of the top 20 in the world. It also has only 20 players, and so the winner will get slightly fewer points than the winner of the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. “But it’s also really tough to rank golfers when they’re not playing the same schedule,” Scheffler said. “So I think as we all start to play together more often and you get the best players playing together more often, it’s going to be much easier to rank those guys. “It’s a tough system. It’s not something that’s easy to get right,” he said. “In other sports, you have a record and golf is not necessarily a record. It’s a challenging system. I think they went from one extreme to the other, and we’ll meet in the middle, hopefully, and find something that’s a little bit better.” The ultimate measure remains the low score, and that belongs to Hovland. Woods, who is not playing this week because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot, is the only player to have won the Hero World Challenge in consecutive years. He’s not sure how he’s getting it done, especially in this wind. “It’s kind of strange, like I knew it was windy and I feel like I missed so many putts,” Hovland said. “And I still don’t feel like I’m hitting it very good. I’m not comfortable over the ball, but the ball’s going straight and I’m giving myself looks.”
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| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Shane Lowry | -135 |
| Lucas Glover | +115 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - S. Lowry vs J. Spieth | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Shane Lowry | -115 |
| Jordan Spieth | -105 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - A. Scott / S. Im | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Sungjae Im | -155 |
| Adam Scott | +130 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - D. McCarthy vs S. Im | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Sungjae Im | -115 |
| Denny McCarthy | -105 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - A. Scott vs S. Burns | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Sam Burns | -130 |
| Adam Scott | +110 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - S. Burns / A. Bhatia | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Akshay Bhatia | -120 |
| Sam Burns | +100 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - C. Kirk / A. Rai | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Aaron Rai | -175 |
| Chris Kirk | +145 |
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| Minjee Lee | +500 |
| Ashleigh Buhai | +550 |
| Ingrid Lindblad | +550 |
| Jeeno Thitikul | +900 |
| Nelly Korda | +1000 |
| Lauren Coughlin | +1200 |
| Miyu Yamashita | +1200 |
| Jin Hee Im | +1800 |
| Sei Young Kim | +1800 |
| Akie Iwai | +3000 |
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| 3rd Round 2-Balls - R. Hisatsune / T. Detry | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Thomas Detry | -115 |
| Ryo Hisatsune | -105 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - J. Spieth / D. Berger | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Daniel Berger | -120 |
| Jordan Spieth | +100 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - D. McCarthy / V. Hovland | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Denny McCarthy | -115 |
| Viktor Hovland | -105 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - X. Schauffele vs V. Hovland | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Xander Schauffele | -145 |
| Viktor Hovland | +120 |
| 3rd Round Score - Collin Morikawa | |
| Type: 3rd Round Score - Status: OPEN | |
| Over 68.5 | -110 |
| Under 68.5 | -120 |
| 3rd Round Score - Xander Schauffele | |
| Type: 3rd Round Score - Status: OPEN | |
| Over 68.5 | -125 |
| Under 68.5 | -105 |
| 3rd Round Score - Scottie Scheffler | |
| Type: 3rd Round Score - Status: OPEN | |
| Over 67.5 | -135 |
| Under 67.5 | +105 |
| 3rd Round Score - Russell Henley | |
| Type: 3rd Round Score - Status: OPEN | |
| Over 68.5 | -150 |
| Under 68.5 | +115 |
| 3rd Round Score - Tommy Fleetwood | |
| Type: 3rd Round Score - Status: OPEN | |
| Over 68.5 | -150 |
| Under 68.5 | +115 |
| 3rd Round Score - Justin Thomas | |
| Type: 3rd Round Score - Status: OPEN | |
| Over 68.5 | -165 |
| Under 68.5 | +125 |
| 3rd Round Score - Si Woo Kim | |
| Type: 3rd Round Score - Status: OPEN | |
| Under 69.5 | -145 |
| Over 69.5 | +110 |
| 3rd Round Score - Brian Harman | |
| Type: 3rd Round Score - Status: OPEN | |
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| Under 69.5 | -155 |
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| Type: 3rd Round Score - Status: OPEN | |
| Over 68.5 | -150 |
| Under 68.5 | +115 |
| 3rd Round Score - Jason Day | |
| Type: 3rd Round Score - Status: OPEN | |
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| Under 69.5 | -170 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - X. Schauffele / M. Kuchar | |
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| Matt Kuchar | +150 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - M. Greyserman / B. Horschel | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
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| Max Greyserman | +105 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - J. Day / S. Jaeger | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
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| Stephan Jaeger | +120 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - J. Day vs W. Clark | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Jason Day | -125 |
| Wyndham Clark | +105 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - A. Baddeley / R. Hoey | |
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| Aaron Baddeley | +220 |
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| 3rd Round Six Shooter - J. Day / W. Clark / M. McNealy / B. Harman / SW Kim / K. Bradley | |
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| Wyndham Clark | +400 |
| Brian Harman | +425 |
| Maverick McNealy | +425 |
| Si Woo Kim | +425 |
| Keegan Bradley | +450 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - M. Fitzpatrick / P. Cantlay | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Patrick Cantlay | -190 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | +155 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - P. Cantlay vs J. Thomas | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Patrick Cantlay | -115 |
| Justin Thomas | -105 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - J.T. Poston vs M. Fitzpatrick | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| J.T. Poston | -120 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | +100 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - B. Martin / C. Ramey | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Chad Ramey | +100 |
| Ben Martin | +110 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round Six Shooter - S. Scheffler / C. Morikawa / P. Cantlay / J. Thomas / R. Henley / T. Fleetwood | |
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| Collin Morikawa | +375 |
| Patrick Cantlay | +450 |
| Justin Thomas | +500 |
| Russell Henley | +550 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | +550 |
| 3rd Round Six Shooter - JT Poston / M. Fitzpatrick / A. Novak / M. Hughes / R. Gerard / B. Campbell | |
| Type: 3rd Round Six Shooter - Status: OPEN | |
| JT Poston | +350 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | +375 |
| Andrew Novak | +425 |
| Mackenzie Hughes | +450 |
| Ryan Gerard | +450 |
| Brian Campbell | +550 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - S. Valimaki / K. Bradley | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Keegan Bradley | -140 |
| Sami Valimaki | +120 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - S.W. Kim vs K. Bradley | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Si Woo Kim | -115 |
| Keegan Bradley | -105 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - H. Hall / A. Tosti | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Harry Hall | -110 |
| Alejandro Tosti | +120 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - C. Davis / B. Campbell | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Brian Campbell | -110 |
| Cam Davis | -110 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - R. Gerard vs B. Campbell | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Ryan Gerard | -120 |
| Brian Campbell | +100 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - K. Vilips vs C. Davis | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Cam Davis | -130 |
| Karl Vilips | +110 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - S. Power / R. Hoshino | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Seamus Power | -125 |
| Rikuya Hoshino | +135 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - D. Skinns / Z. Blair | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Zac Blair | -110 |
| David Skinns | +120 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - K. Vilips / R. Gerard | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Ryan Gerard | -135 |
| Karl Vilips | +115 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - C. Morikawa / M. McNealy | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Collin Morikawa | -185 |
| Maverick McNealy | +150 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - M. McNealy vs B. Harman | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Brian Harman | -110 |
| Maverick McNealy | -110 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - S. Scheffler vs C. Morikawa | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Scottie Scheffler | -145 |
| Collin Morikawa | +120 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - W. Chandler / M. Wallace | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Matt Wallace | -185 |
| Will Chandler | +210 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - J.T. Poston / B. Harman | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| J.T. Poston | -115 |
| Brian Harman | -105 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - K. Mitchell / M. NeSmith | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Keith Mitchell | -170 |
| Matt NeSmith | +185 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - S. Scheffler / W. Clark | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
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| Wyndham Clark | +210 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - C. Kim / D. Wu | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Chan Kim | -135 |
| Dylan Wu | +150 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - T. Fleetwood / M. Hughes | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Tommy Fleetwood | -155 |
| Mackenzie Hughes | +130 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - R. Henley vs T. Fleetwood | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Russell Henley | -115 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | -105 |
| 3rd Round Match-Ups - A. Novak vs M. Hughes | |
| Type: 3rd Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN | |
| Andrew Novak | -115 |
| Mackenzie Hughes | -105 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - C. Hoffman / M. Thorbjornsen | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Charley Hoffman | +105 |
| Michael Thorbjornsen | +105 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - R. Henley / A. Novak | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
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| Andrew Novak | +145 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - J. Dahmen / G. Higgo | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Joel Dahmen | +100 |
| Garrick Higgo | +110 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round 2-Balls - J. Thomas / S.W. Kim | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2-Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Justin Thomas | -150 |
| Si Woo Kim | +125 |
| 3rd Round 2 Balls - N. Korda v M. Katsu | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2 Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Nelly Korda | -190 |
| Minami Katsu | +210 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round 2 Balls - J. Thitikul v P. Delacour | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2 Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Jeeno Thitikul | -275 |
| Perrine Delacour | +290 |
| Tie | +800 |
| 3rd Round 2 Balls - A. Lee v P. Anannarukarn | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2 Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Pajaree Anannarukarn | +100 |
| Andrea Lee | +110 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round 2 Balls - L. Coughlin v Y. Liu | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2 Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Lauren Coughlin | -190 |
| Yan Liu | +210 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round 2 Balls - M. Lee v M. Yamashita | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2 Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Minjee Lee | -105 |
| Miyu Yamashita | +115 |
| Tie | +750 |
| 3rd Round 2 Balls - A. Buhai v I. Lindblad | |
| Type: 3rd Round 2 Balls - Status: OPEN | |
| Ashleigh Buhai | +100 |
| Ingrid Lindblad | +110 |
| Tie | +750 |
| Volvo China Open | |
| Type: Winner - Status: OPEN | |
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| Haotong Li | +225 |
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | +600 |
| Zecheng Dou | +800 |
| Yannik Paul | +1100 |
| Jordan Smith | +1200 |
| Tapio Pulkkanen | +1200 |
| Ashun Wu | +6500 |
| Jacob Skov Olesen | +6500 |
| Sam Bairstow | +6500 |
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| Final Round 2 Ball - E. Smylie v MK Kim | |
| Type: Final Round 2 Ball - Status: OPEN | |
| Minkyu Kim | -105 |
| Elvis Smylie | +115 |
| Tie | +750 |
| Final Round 2 Ball - A. Wu v J. Smith | |
| Type: Final Round 2 Ball - Status: OPEN | |
| Jordan Smith | -150 |
| Ashun Wu | +165 |
| Tie | +750 |
| Final Round 2 Ball - T. Pulkkanen v Z. Dou | |
| Type: Final Round 2 Ball - Status: OPEN | |
| Zecheng Dou | -105 |
| Tapio Pulkkanen | +115 |
| Tie | +750 |
| Final Round 2 Ball - Y. Paul v K. Aphibarnrat | |
| Type: Final Round 2 Ball - Status: OPEN | |
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | +100 |
| Yannik Paul | +110 |
| Tie | +750 |
| Final Round 2 Ball - H. Li v E. Lopez-Chacarra | |
| Type: Final Round 2 Ball - Status: OPEN | |
| Haotong Li | -105 |
| Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra | +115 |
| Tie | +750 |
| Major Specials 2025 | |
| Type: To Win A Major 2025 - Status: OPEN | |
| Scottie Scheffler | +160 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | +350 |
| Xander Schauffele | +350 |
| Ludvig Aberg | +400 |
| Collin Morikawa | +450 |
| Jon Rahm | +450 |
| Brooks Koepka | +700 |
| Justin Thomas | +700 |
| Viktor Hovland | +700 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | +800 |
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| Type: Winner - Status: OPEN | |
| Rory McIlroy | +500 |
| Scottie Scheffler | +500 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | +1400 |
| Ludvig Aberg | +1400 |
| Xander Schauffele | +1400 |
| Jon Rahm | +1800 |
| Collin Morikawa | +2000 |
| Brooks Koepka | +2500 |
| Justin Thomas | +2500 |
| Viktor Hovland | +2500 |
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| Scottie Scheffler | +500 |
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| Xander Schauffele | +1200 |
| Jon Rahm | +1400 |
| Ludvig Aberg | +1400 |
| Collin Morikawa | +1600 |
| Brooks Koepka | +1800 |
| Viktor Hovland | +2000 |
| Justin Thomas | +2500 |
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| The Open 2025 | |
| Type: Winner - Status: OPEN | |
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| Xander Schauffele | +1100 |
| Ludvig Aberg | +1400 |
| Collin Morikawa | +1600 |
| Jon Rahm | +1600 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | +2000 |
| Shane Lowry | +2500 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | +2500 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | +2500 |
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| Ryder Cup 2025 | |
| Type: Winner - Status: OPEN | |
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| Europe | +140 |
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