The Hero World Challenge is a golf tournament hosted by Tiger Woods, which takes place each December.

Initially, the tournament had a 16-man field composed of the defending champion, the top 11 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking, and four sponsors exemptions chosen by the Tiger Woods Foundation.

[3] In 2007 the total prize fund was $5.75 million, similar to many official PGA Tour events, which usually have fields of about 150 players.

[citation needed] Hero World Challenge tournament is preceded by a pro-am competition, in which professional golfers play with amateurs.

Hero World Challenge pro-am is usually organized two days before the first round of professional play.

From December 2000 to 2013, the event took place at Sherwood Country Club, a course designed by Jack Nicklaus, in Thousand Oaks, California.

In 2008, Woods did not compete due to knee surgery following his 2008 U.S. Open victory, even though he was the two-time defending champion.