The 2025 Heroes World Challenge begins on Thursday, December 4, with the opening round at Albany GC in the Bahamas. You can find the full Hero World Challenge schedules for Thursday’s first round at the bottom of this post.
Separate training time for round 1
While there is only 20 players on the field In this week’s World Heroes Challenge, star power is high. And for many of the competitors, it’s the first time we’ve seen them on the course in months.
This is true for the world number 1 Scottie Scheffler. Scheffler is the reigning champion and a the big betting favorite to win the Tiger Woods Tour for the third year in a row.
Playing Scheffler on Thursday will be a three-time major champion Jordan Spieth. After a disappointing season, Spieth hopes to begin his comeback this week in the Bahamas.
Scheffler and Spieth tee off for Thursday’s opening round in the final pairing at 12:25 pm ET.
You can watch Thursday’s first round of the 2025 World Hero Challenge from 1:30-4:30pm ET on Golf Channel. You can also stream a live simulcast of Golf Channel’s Thursday coverage through NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.
Check out the full first round times for the World Heroes Challenge below.
2025 Hero World Challenge Group Times for Thursday: Round 1 (ET)
10:46 – Akshay Bhatia, Aaron Rai
10:57 – Andrew Novak, Chris Gotterup
11:08 – Harris English, Brian Harman
11:19 a.m. – Corey Conners, Sepp Straka
11:30 a.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Wyndham Clark
11:41 – Billy Horschel, Alex Noren
11:52 – Sam Burns, JJ Spaun
12:03pm – Justin Rose, Robert MacIntyre
12.14pm – Cameron Young, Keegan Bradley
12:25pm – Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth
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