Editing Hero World Challenge (section)

==Format==
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. In 2008, the field was increased to 18 players, consisting of the most recent winners of the four major PGA tournaments, the top 11 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking, the defending champion, and two special exemption players selected by the foundation.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Golf Digest |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/2008/12/20081219chevron |title=Chevron World Challenge - Furyk Keeps Lead, Couples Three Back |date=December 19, 2008 |access-date=October 18, 2012}}</ref>

In 2021, the field was increased to 20 adding an automatic invitation to the winner of [[The Players Championship]] going forward while the rest of the field selection remained the same. However, the 2021 field included automatic invitations to four major winners of both 2020 and 2021 since the 2020 event was not held.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 1, 2021 |title=Hero World Challenge Field increases to 20 players |url=https://heroworldchallenge.com/news/hero-world-challenge-field-increases-20-players/ |access-date=November 28, 2023 |publisher=Hero World Challenge}}</ref>

Prize money won by the players is not included in money rankings on any of the world's [[professional golf tours]], but the tournament is recognized as an unofficial money event by the [[PGA Tour]]. Since 2009, the event offers Official World Golf Ranking points.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/tiger-woods-in-most-events-in-7-years-to-figure-out-how-much-is-too-much |work=Fox News |agency=Associated Press |date=October 17, 2010 |title=Tiger Woods, in most events in 7 years, to figure out how much is too much |access-date=October 18, 2012}}</ref>

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|date=November 2014}} In 2014, the first prize was $1 million, and the total purse was $3.5 million.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tigerwoods.com/news/2014/10/14/98498248/tiger-returns-to-golf-for-2014-hero-world-challenge/ |title=Tiger returns to golf for 2014 Hero World Challenge |publisher=TigerWoods.com |date=October 14, 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2014}}</ref> Woods usually donates his prize money to his foundation.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}

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. "Am-Am outing" takes place on the first day, "Official Pro-Am" on the second day. The access to the pro-am competition is limited only to the tournament partners. The pro-am tournament is closed to public.

The amateur participants of the 2016 pro-am included, for instance, [[Derek Jeter]] and [[Tino Martinez]].<ref>[http://www.pgatour.com/news/2016/12/01/golf-best-photos-gallery-tiger-woods-hero-world-challenge-albany-bahamas-first-round.html/ Photo Gallery: Hero World Challenge, Pro-am & Round 1]</ref>