Last week witnessed the Hero World Challenge and the the Australian Open garnering fan attention with big stalwarts. Despite being a non-official event, the Hero World Challenge ended up offering more ranking points than Australian Open.
On Sunday, December 7, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen posted a one-shot win over Cameron Smith to claim the Australian Open. On the other hand, Hideki Matsuyama clinched the Hero World Challenge in a thrilling playoff against Alex Noren.
Billy Horschel, who finished 15th in the 20-man field at Albany bagged 2.34871 points. On the other hand, Rory McIlroy earned just 1.9 points despite tying for 14th in the bigger field at Royal Melbourne.
The @OWGRltd awarded @BillyHo_Golf more ranking points for finishing 15th in a 20-man field at the @TigerWoods @PGATOUR “tournament” than it did @McIlroyRory for T14 at the @AusOpenGolf.
This was the case for most names in the field of both the events, as Hideki Matsuyama bagged 30.30595 points and moved up three spots to 17th for winning the non-official event. On the other hand Australian Open champ Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen earned just 20.70118 points but moved to 51st from 82nd.
OWGR after Australian Open 2025 and Hero World Challenge 2025 explored
Here’s a look at the current OWGR after Australian Open 2025 and Hero World Challenge 2025:
- 1. Scottie Scheffler: 17.3662
- 2. Rory McIlroy: 9.6216
- 3. Tommy Fleetwood: 5.6923
- 4. Xander Schauffele: 5.5804
- 5. Russell Henley: 5.1977
- 6. J.J. Spaun: 4.9772
- 7. Robert MacIntyre: 4.8614
- 8. Justin Thomas: 4.7723
- 9. Ben Griffin: 4.7262
- 10. Justin Rose: 4.2185
- 11. Sepp Straka: 4.0861
- 12. Alex Noren: 4.0827
- 13. Harris English: 3.9904
- 14. Viktor Hovland: 3.9870
- 15. Collin Morikawa: 3.9411
- 16. Keegan Bradley: 3.9252
- 17. Hideki Matsuyama: 3.8885
- 18. Ludvig Åberg: 3.8232
- 19. Cameron Young: 3.4681
- 20. Tyrrell Hatton: 3.4125
- 21. Maverick McNealy: 3.2564
- 22. Matt Fitzpatrick: 3.1287
- 23. Aaron Rai: 3.0639
- 24. Patrick Cantlay: 3.0323
- 25. Sam Burns: 2.9771
- 26. Bryson DeChambeau: 2.9416
- 27. Shane Lowry: 2.9410
- 28. Chris Gotterup: 2.7576
- 29. Marco Penge: 2.6603
- 30. Corey Conners: 2.6376
- 31. Max Greyserman: 2.3444
- 32. Andrew Novak: 2.3402
- 33. Kristoffer Reitan: 2.3377
- 34. Brian Harman: 2.3255
- 35. Michael Brennan: 2.2668
- 36. Michael Kim: 2.2425
- 37. Kurt Kitayama: 2.2413
- 38. Ryan Fox: 2.1882
- 39. Wyndham Clark: 2.1841
- 40. Rasmus Højgaard: 2.1775
- 41. Sami Välimäki: 2.1689
- 42. Sungjae Im: 2.1509
- 43. Akshay Bhatia: 2.1291
- 44. Min Woo Lee: 2.1219
- 45. Patrick Reed: 2.1012
- 46. Billy Horschel: 2.0595
- 47. Si Woo Kim: 2.0574
- 48. Taylor Pendrith: 2.0419
- 49. John Keefer: 2.0413
- 50. Samuel Stevens: 2.0121
- 51. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen: 1.9935
- 52. Nicolás Echavarría: 1.9933
- 53. Jason Day: 1.9881
- 54. Nick Taylor: 1.9531
- 55. Thomas Detry: 1.9526
- 56. Matt McCarty: 1.9516
- 57. Ryan Gerard: 1.9233
- 58. J.T. Poston: 1.9185
- 59. Harry Hall: 1.8722
- 60. Adam Scott: 1.8717