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Hero World Challenge: Round 2 tee times, TV information

Everything you need to know for the second round of the Hero World Challenge.

The Hero World Challenge continues on Thursday at Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas, with a field packed full of professional golf’s top competitors.

Competing for the first time since earning his 82nd PGA Tour win in October, tournament host Tiger Woods shot an up-and-down even par on Wednesday and enters the second round six shots behind leaders Gary Woodland and Patrick Reed, who has some new irons in the bag. Chez Reavie sits in third at 4 under.

The event will not just go toward satisfying a PGA Tour craving as the seasons takes a break in December, but it will also go toward helping those affected by Hurricane Dorian which devastated the Bahamas in August. For every birdie made during the Hero, $500 will be donated to the ONE Bahamas Fund. Eagles will raise $1,000 and an ace will bring a donation of $2,500.

Below are the tee times for the second round, along with the current leaderboard and TV information.

Hero World Challenge: Gallery

All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time.

Round 2

Tee time Players
10:50 a.m. Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau
11:01 a.m. Patrick Cantlay, Jordan Spieth
11:12 a.m. Xander Schauffele, Webb Simpson
11:23 a.m. Bubba Watson, Tiger Woods
11:34 a.m. Kevin Kisner, Matt Kuchar
11:45 a.m. Henrik Stenson, Jon Rahm
11:56 a.m. Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler
12:07 a.m. Chez Reavie, Justin Rose
12:18 p.m. Gary Woodland, Patrick Reed

Viewing information

Thursday

Golf Channel: 1-4 p.m.
Replay on Golf Channel: 5-8 p.m. and 1-3:30 a.m. on Friday.

Friday

Golf Channel: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Replay on Golf Channel: 6-8 p.m. and 1-2:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Saturday

Golf Channel: 10 a.m. – Noon
NBC: Noon – 3 p.m.
Replay on Golf Channel: 6-11 p.m. on Sunday, 3-6 a.m. and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Monday

Hero World Challenge scores

Position Player Score To par
T-1 Gary Woodland 66 -6
T-1 Patrick Reed 66 -6
3 Chez Reavie 68 -4
T-4 Justin Rose 69 -3
T-4 Justin Thomas 69 -3
T-4 Rickie Fowler 69 -3
T-4 Henrik Stenson 69 -3
8 Jon Rahm 70 -2
T-9 Kevin Kisner 71 -1
T-9 Matt Kuchar 71 -1
T-11 Bubba Watson 72 E
T-11 Tiger Woods 72 E
T-13 Xander Schauffele 73 1
T-13 Webb Simpson 73 1
15 Patrick Cantlay 74 2
16 Jordan Spieth 75 3
17 Bryson DeChambeau 76 4
18 Tony Finau 79 7

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Tiger Woods shoots up-and-down even 72 Wednesday at Hero World Challenge

Tiger Woods caught fire early on the back nine before falling off late in the opening round of the Hero World Challenge.

Tiger Woods’ return to the golf course following his record-tying 82nd PGA Tour victory in October didn’t quite go as planned early on Wednesday in the opening round of the Hero World Challenge.

Battling high winds and struggling to get any approach shots close despite having success off the tee with his driver, Woods made the turn at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas at 2 over, near the back of the pack among the 18-man field.

Then, early on the back nine, he caught fire.

Woods made par on the 10th hole, then shot up the leaderboard on Nos. 11-15, making birdie on three of the four holes, culminating with a chip-in eagle.

Woods finished his last three holes par-bogey-double bogey to walk off the course with a disappointing even par 72. After the first round, Woods sits six shots back of leaders Gary Woodland and Patrick Reed.

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Is Tiger Woods going to need a bigger boat?

Tiger Woods took his yacht “Privacy” to the Bahamas for the Hero World Challenge but it’s getting dwarfed by much bigger boats.

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Tiger Woods traveled by yacht to the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas this week.

Yes, that would be the $20-million luxury vessel dubbed Privacy.

Woods, who bought the boat (which is technically a correct term but it’s clearly so much more than that) in 2004, has taken it around the world, including the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills in New York.

Now, it’s parked in the Bahamas, which is not surprising.

What may be surprising is how this 6,500 sq.-ft. craft is dwarfed by other boats in dock. The one on the far left is Tiger’s:

Tiger Woods’ yacht ‘Privacy’ (far left) is docked in the Bahamas for the 2019 Hero Wold Challenge. Photo: Golf Channel

The Golf Channel’s Dan Hicks quipped that it “might be time for Tiger to trade that in” when comparing Privacy to other absurdly large and much more expensive water craft.

Notah Begay, who’s long been friends with Tiger and admitted he’s been aboard Privacy, joked: “I’m from New Mexico. I don’t see many of these things.”

Big boat

Privacy sleeps between 10 and 12, has a crew of nine and reportedly costs $2 million a year to operate.

It includes:

  • Large deck bar
  • Eight-person Jacuzzi
  • Scuba-tank fill station
  • Inflatable decompression chamber
  • Cherry woodwork in the interior
  • VIP stateroom with two queen size cabin amidships and a twin cabin
  • Gym with a treadmill, exercise bike and free weights
  • Three-person elevator
  • Theater

Privacy has a 4,000-mile range thanks to a 12,000-gallon fuel tank, and can travel at a maximum speed of 17 knots.

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Tiger Woods trolls Justin Thomas after one-upping him with monstrous drive

Woods outdrove the 26-year-old Thomas, then paused to inspect his ball, before confidently striding away.

The only thing better than the Big Cat being back is the Big Cat being back with a little swagger. 

Tiger Woods is paired up with Justin Thomas at the Hero World Championship in the Bahamas today, and after Thomas hit a huge drive during the round, Woods stepped up and smashed one that flew past his.

Thomas is 26 years old, and last year averaged over 300 yards per drive. He’s a big hitter. Woods is 44, but he’s the Big Cat, so it doesn’t matter.

Even better, Woods then walked over to Thomas’ ball on the fairway, and pretended to look down and inspect it to see if it was actually his ball. He then confidently strode away, because he’s Tiger Woods and he gets to do that.

BIG CAT SWAGGER.

What can Thomas do there? There’s nothing you can do. You applaud Woods, and maybe ask him to sign his can of Monster Energy Drink for you later.

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Tracker: Follow Tiger Woods’ Wednesday round at the Hero World Challenge

Follow Tiger Woods’ Wednesday round at the Hero World Challenge with shot-by-shot analysis.

Tiger Woods and company are back in the Bahamas for the sixth playing of his Hero World Challenge, which benefits his TGR Foundation and the ONE Bahamas Fund.

Eighteen of the world’s best are at Albany for the fifth consecutive year (2014’s event was held at Isleworth Country Club), with Woods making his first appearance since winning his record-tying 82nd PGA Tour event in October at the inaugural Zozo Championship in Japan. Eleven of the 18 players will also represent the Team USA next week at the Presidents Cup in Australia.

Woods, a five-time winner of the vent, tees off alongside Justin Thomas at 11:35 a.m. ET. Follow along below for shot-by-shot analysis of Woods’ opening round.

Pre-round

While Tiger’s annual event does satisfy our need for golf during the winter months, it also raises a lot of money for those in need. This year, the event is going the extra mile.

2020 Masters field could be the largest in years

The Masters is all about providing the best experience for the players, one reason it has the smallest field of the four majors.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Seven tournaments from the six largest tours over the next three weeks could shape the field for the Masters, and perhaps pave the way for the largest gathering at Augusta National in more than 50 years.

Augusta National invites the top 50 from the final world ranking of the year, and then the top 50 one week before the Masters.

Among those on the bubble are former PGA champion Keegan Bradley, hanging on at No. 48, and Presidents Cup player Cameron Smith at No. 52. The Australian gets two more tries to get into the top 50.

The Masters already has 77 players who have qualified and are expected to play. From this week’s world ranking, 12 players in the top 50 are not yet eligible, meaning the size of the field could swell to 89 players going into the new year. Still to come are 12 events on the PGA Tour that offer Masters invitations to the winner, along with the top 50 from the April 5 world ranking and the Latin American Amateur champion.

Tiger Woods won against a field of 87 players this year for his fifth green jacket.

The Masters is all about providing the best experience for the players, one reason it has the smallest field of the four majors. It has not had more than 100 players since 103 played in 1966.

Why the increase?

Some of it has to do with the increased fall schedule on the PGA Tour.

A year ago, seven tournaments offered full FedEx Cup points, three of them limited fields in Asia. Only two of those seven winners were outside the top 50 in the world – Kevin Tway at the Safeway Open and Charles Howell III at the RSM Classic.

This year, the PGA Tour had 10 tournaments in the fall that offered a Masters invitation. Six of the winners were outside the top 50. Five of them were not among the top 150 in the world.

The tour had two new tournaments in the summer (between the last two majors), won by Nate Lashley in Detroit and Matthew Wolff in Minnesota. With one fewer event in the FedEx Cup postseason, 11 players who reached the Tour Championship – which comes with a Masters invitation – did not win. Five of them would have made the Masters field through other categories.

The Masters had a strong emphasis on amateurs in 1966, awarding invitations to the U.S. Amateur and British Amateur champions from the previous 10 years, the top eight and ties from the last U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Walker Cup team. That meant 26 amateurs were in the field.

Now there are six.

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Tiger Woods and his caddie recently had beers and watched the final round of the Masters

This must have been a fun time for Tiger and his caddie.

Last April Tiger Woods picked up maybe the most meaningful victory of his legendary career when he turned back the clock a bit and won the Masters for the fifth time.

It was a win that had just about everyone glued to their TVs just like old times, watching the greatest golfer alive chase down his first major since 2008. It was a moment many of us thought might never happen again, which made it all the more incredible to witness.

Tiger was recently glued to his TV watching that very final round as he and his caddie, Joe LaCava, had some beers and had a lot fun time breaking down the legendary day.

Tiger told Martin Dempster of the Scotsman:

“I sat down and watched it with Joe [LaCava],” added Woods of a success that re-ignited his bid to chase down the record 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus after a drought of nearly nine years. “He came down to do a TV spot then he and I just sat there, had a few beers and watched it. We spoke about the conversations that we had over each shot; some of our friends and family who were there were like ‘Oh my God, you guys really talked about that?’

“But that’s what we were talking about, that’s what was going on. We were running through all the scenarios, Joe looking at the boards, I am looking at the boards. We were trying to figure out what was going on; who birdied what, who was 
making a move.

“We were having those discussions in the fairway about what we needed
to do while still staying focussed about executing. So it was a lot of fun seeing it back and sharing it with Joe because he has been through all the tough times with me as well as the good times.”

Oh to be a fly on the wall in that room. What a fun time that must have been for Tiger and LaCava.

Let’s do it all again in a few months.

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Report: Tiger Woods turned down millions to play in controversial Saudi event

Tiger Woods twice turned down appearance fees of around $3 million to play in the Saudi International, according to an ESPN report. 

Tiger Woods twice turned down appearance fees of around $3 million to play in the Saudi International, according to an ESPN report.

Woods told ESPN’s Bob Harig that he was offered the exorbitant amount each of the last two years but declined the invitation.

“I just don’t want to go over there,” Woods told ESPN. “It’s a long way.”

Woods’ disclosure follows the news that Phil Mickelson will play in the European Tour’s Saudi event in late January, skipping the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Mickelson was criticized by some for accepting the invitation from Saudi officials. Last year several PGA Tour players faced backlash for committing to play the Saudi International in the wake of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.

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Monday night Mickelson responded on Twitter to the critics. “After turning down opportunities to go to the Middle East for many years, I’m excited to go play and see a place in the world I’ve never been. I understand those who are upset or disappointed. You’ll be ok. I’m excited to experience this for the first time.”

While Woods won’t be making the trip to Saudi Arabia, he defended Mickelson’s decision to play.

“I understand the politics behind it,” Woods said Tuesday. “But also the game of golf can help heal a lot of that, too. It can help grow it. And also a lot of  top players are going to be playing there that particular week.

“It’s traditionally not a golf hotbed, the Middle East. But it has grown quite a bit. I remember going to Dubai for my very first time and seeing maybe two or three buildings in the skyline. Now there is a New York City skyline. Again, golf has grown. There were only a few courses when I went to Dubai and now they’re everywhere. Same with Abu Dhabi, and maybe eventually in Saudi Arabia.”

Dustin Johnson won the inaugural Saudi event and will return to defend his title.

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