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2024 Hero World Challenge
PGA Tour
Albany Golf Course
Albany, New Providence, The Bahamas
5-8 December 2024
Josef 'Sepp' Straka will be determined to redeem himself by winning the
Hero World Challenge after narrowly missing out on the 2023 title.
What to know about Straka
The Austrian star turned professional in 2016 after completing college and played a number of tournaments on the PGA Tour Canada in the same year.
Straka has won three professional tournaments including two PGA events and he finished second in The Open Championship in 2023 - his best performance in a golf major.
News
The former University of Georgia student was in action in the recent 2024 RSM Classic in Georgia, USA where he missed the cut.
Straka is currently ranked 39thth in the Official World Golf Ranking and his best overall ranking is 17th.
Why Straka is among the favourites
The man nicknamed Sepp finished as the runner-up in the 2023 Hero World Challenge behind champion Scottie Scheffler who won by three strokes.
Sepp, who surged into second place with eight birdies to finish on 271, will be determined to go one step further and win this weekend's tournament.
Quotes
“It was just a great round of golf,” Straka said after 2023 Hero World Champion.
“I felt like the last two days I hit the ball really well, didn’t make a lot of putts and today I finally made a few putts.”
The last five Hero World Challenge winners
2018 - Jon Rahm (Spain)
2019 - Henrik Stenson (Sweden)
2021 - Viktor Hovland (Norway)
2022 - Viktor Hovland (Norway)
2023 - Scottie Scheffler (USA)
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