Hero World Challenge Fantasy Picks and Sleepers

Tiger Woods hosts the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas this week, so here are your fantasy picks for the field of 18 golfers.

Despite being the 400th-ranked golfer in the world, Tiger Woods will still be in action this week in the Bahamas. Woods will host a field of 18 golfers at the Hero World Challenge at Albany Golf Course.

Defending champion Jordan Spieth will be joined by Champion Golfer of the Year Zach Johnson, 10 other available players from the Official World Golf Ranking and two special exemption players selected by the Tiger Woods Foundation.

It’s undoubtedly a stacked field and very small group of golfers, making it that much more difficult to pick out which golfers to choose from a fantasy perspective. So to help you decide on your fantasy rosters, here are three favorites and three sleeper picks that could make a run at the Hero World Challenge.

Hole-in-One Picks

Jordan Spieth

It’s really hard to go against Jordan Spieth at this point in his career, especially after the season he just had. You would think the 22 year old would slow down during the mini-offseason, but he’s continued his dominance.

Spieth is coming off a runner-up finish at the Australian Open and a T-7 at the WGC-HSBC Champions earlier in November. He may not be winning tournaments every week, but he’s still putting himself in contention. He’s still showing that he can compete and until he hits a decline, I’d continue to ride the hot hand.

Justin Rose

Justin Rose’s season flew under the radar with the performances from Spieth and Jason Day, but Rosey had himself a stellar year. After wrapping up his 2014-15 PGA TOUR season, Rose had more success in the Final Series of the Race to Dubai.

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Rose won the UBS Hong Kong Open in October and finished fourth in the Race to Dubai standings. He finished T-7 at the BMW Masters and T-22 in the season finale at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. His only start for the PGA TOUR’s new season resulted in a T-7 at the Frys.com Open.

The confidence is there for the Englishman and he’s already won two times this year. Rose won’t be intimidated by the field this week.

Adam Scott

Adam Scott had a quiet season, but he’s starting to regain his form. It’s only a matter of time before he rebounds with a victory. The Aussie had a solo second place finish at the CIMB Classic at the end of October and is coming off a tie for second at the Australian Open.

Scott has won an event in his last 15 years and is in trouble of missing out on a 16th consecutive year. He hasn’t won a tournament since the 2014 Crowne Plaza Invitational and is in jeopardy of ending his streak that dates back to 2001.

He put himself in contention last week in Australia and enters the Hero World Challenge with the belief that he can still win golf tournaments. Watch out for the Aussie to keep his streak alive this week in the Bahamas.

Sleeper Picks

Anirban Lahiri

Lahiri had a rough ending to the Presidents Cup by missing a crucial putt on the final hole, but he still played well enough to make the International Team roster so that says something about his year.