Albany Golf Course
Albany Golf Course: Ernie Els (2010). Par 72, 7,309 yards. Hideki Matsuyama won the 2025 Hero World Challenge here with 266 (−22).
Albany Golf Course: Ernie Els (2010). Par 72, 7,309 yards. Hideki Matsuyama won the 2025 Hero World Challenge here with 266 (−22).
Albany Golf Course: Ernie Els (2010). Par 72, 7,309 yards. Hideki Matsuyama won the 2025 Hero World Challenge here with 266 (−22).
Updated October 24, 2026
10 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
PGA Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hideki Matsuyama | 266 (−22) | won in a playoff |
| 2024 | Scottie Scheffler | 263 (−25) | lowest winning score in this event · by 6 strokes |
| 2023 | Scottie Scheffler | 268 (−20) | by 3 strokes |
| 2022 | Viktor Hovland | 272 (−16) | by 2 strokes |
| 2021 | Viktor Hovland | 270 (−18) | by 1 stroke |
| 2019 | Henrik Stenson | 270 (−18) | by 1 stroke |
| 2018 | Jon Rahm | 268 (−20) | by 4 strokes |
| 2017 | Rickie Fowler | 270 (−18) | by 4 strokes |
PGA Tour (unofficial event)
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hideki Matsuyama | 270 (−18) | by 2 strokes |
| 2015 | Bubba Watson | 263 (−25) | by 3 strokes |
Albany House, the property's original residence, appears in the beachfront scene of the James Bond film Casino Royale.
Source: GCSAA Hero World Challenge 2024
Ernie Els gave Albany five par 5s and five par 3s, with dunes up to 30 feet high.
Scottie Scheffler defended his Hero World Challenge title in 2024 at 263 (-25), six strokes ahead of Tom Kim, the widest margin of any Hero at Albany.
Source: ESPN 2024 leaderboard · Wikipedia: Hero World Challenge (cross-check)
Ernie Els blended links and desert features, building dunes up to 30 feet high around the par-72, 7,309-yard course.
The course is watered from a reverse-osmosis plant, according to the 2024 Hero World Challenge fact sheet.
Source: GCSAA tournament fact sheet: Hero World Challenge 2024
Albany's greens average 4,500 sq ft, among the five smallest on the 2023 PGA Tour schedule alongside Pebble Beach, Harbour Town and Southwind.
Source: GCSAA tournament fact sheet: Texas Children's Houston Open 2024 (2023 course notes) · GCSAA tournament fact sheet: Hero World Challenge 2024
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hero World Challenge 3–6 December 2026 | scheduled · PGA Tour | |
| 2025 | Hero World Challenge 4–7 December 2025 | Hideki Matsuyama | PGA Tour |
| 2024 | Hero World Challenge 5–8 December 2024 | Scottie Scheffler | PGA Tour |
| 2023 | Hero World Challenge 30 November – 3 December 2023 | Scottie Scheffler | PGA Tour |
| 2022 | Hero World Challenge 1–4 December 2022 | Viktor Hovland | PGA Tour |
| 2021 | Hero World Challenge 2–5 December 2021 | Viktor Hovland | PGA Tour |
| 2020 | Hero World Challenge 3–6 December 2020 | canceled · PGA Tour | |
| 2019 | Hero World Challenge 4–7 December 2019 | Henrik Stenson | PGA Tour |
| 2018 | Hero World Challenge 29 November – 2 December 2018 | Jon Rahm | PGA Tour |
| 2017 | Hero World Challenge 30 November – 3 December 2017 | Rickie Fowler | PGA Tour |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
The routing and ground are drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The clubhouse is drawn by GNN from reference photographs; the photographs stay private.
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