Tiger Woods, Pawan Munja of Hero Motocycles and Bubba Watson pose with the trophy after Watson’s three-stroke victory at the Hero World Challenge at Albany, The Bahamas on December 6, 2015 in Nassau, Bahamas (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Scottie Scheffler leads the 2024 Hero World Challenge odds as the prohibitive betting favorite heading into the week in the Bahamas.

Tiger Woods won't be playing in the Bahamas next week at the Hero World Challenge as he recovers from a sixth back surgery he had in September. In announcing Monday on social media he won't be playing,

The Hero World Challenge, hosted by Tiger Woods, is a 20-man event at Albany with some pretty good silly season money on the line. The four-day, 72-hole, stroke-play tournament is contested at Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas, Dec. 5-8. This will be the 10th year that Albany has hosted.

Tiger Woods will enter Sunday at the Hero World Challenge at 1 under after a 1-under 71 in the third round at Albany.

The host won’t be playing but the field includes nine of the top 19 in the world including No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

Tiger Woods will be in the Bahamas this week, and he'll be seen plenty at Albany Golf Club at the Hero World Challenge. But the 15-time major champion isn't playing in the 20-man field. Woods is sidelined by his sixth significant back surgery of his career,