Did Hero World Challenge hand out more ranking points than the Australian Open 2025? Points payout compared

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.

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

Edited by Shobhit Kukreti