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2016 WGC-HSBC Champions

The 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 27–30 October 2016 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the eighth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2016 calendar year.

Hideki Matsuyama won by 7 strokes from Daniel Berger and Henrik Stenson. Matsuyama became the first Japanese golfer to win an individual World Golf Championship.

Field

The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria are towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners. Players who qualify from multiple categories will be listed in the first category in which they are eligible with the other qualifying categories in parentheses next to the player's name.

1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship

Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,5), Jimmy Walker (3,4), Danny Willett (3,5)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships

Russell Knox (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4)

3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 10 October

An Byeong-hun, Daniel Berger (4), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (5), Paul Casey (4), Kevin Chappell (4), Matt Fitzpatrick (5), Rickie Fowler, Sergio García (5), Branden Grace (5), Emiliano Grillo (4), Bill Haas, Tyrrell Hatton (5), J. B. Holmes (4), Thongchai Jaidee (5), Martin Kaymer (5), Kevin Kisner (4), Søren Kjeldsen (5), Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar (4), Shane Lowry (5), Hideki Matsuyama (4), Rory McIlroy (4,5), Francesco Molinari (5), Ryan Moore (4), Kevin Na (4), Alex Norén (5), Louis Oosthuizen (5), Scott Piercy, Thomas Pieters (5), Patrick Reed (4), Charl Schwartzel (4,5,9), Justin Thomas (4), Bubba Watson (4), Lee Westwood (5), Chris Wood (5), Gary Woodland (4)

4. Top 30 from the final 2016 FedEx Cup points list (if there are less than five available players, players beyond 30th will be selected to increase the number to five)

Roberto Castro, Kim Si-woo, Jason Kokrak, Sean O'Hair, Jhonattan Vegas

5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 17 October

Richard Bland, Grégory Bourdy, Bradley Dredge, Ross Fisher, Scott Hend (6), Andrew Johnston, Rikard Karlberg, Alexander Lévy, Joost Luiten, Bernd Wiesberger

6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 17 October

Chan Shih-chang, Marcus Fraser, Miguel Tabuena, Wang Jeung-hun

7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 17 October

Kim Kyung-tae, Hideto Tanihara

8. The leading two available players from the final 2015 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Nathan Holman, Jordan Zunic

9. The leading two available players from the final 2015 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Jacques Blaauw, George Coetzee

10. Six players from China

Dou Zecheng, Li Haotong, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Zhang Huilin, Zhang Xinjun

11. Alternates, if needed to fill the field of 78 players
  • The next available player on the Orders of Merit of the Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Sunshine Tour, and PGA Tour of Australasia, ranked in order of their position in the OWGR as of 10 October
  • Next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 17 October, OWGR as of 10 October, FedEx Cup list:
  1. Song Young-han (Japan)
  2. Lee Soo-min (Asia)
  3. Dean Burmester (Sunshine)
  4. Matthew Millar (Australasia)
  5. Richard Sterne (Race to Dubai)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 27 October 2016

Place Player Score To par
1 Sweden Rikard Karlberg 64 −8
2 United States Rickie Fowler 65 −7
T3 United States Daniel Berger 66 −6
Scotland Russell Knox
Japan Hideki Matsuyama
T6 England Paul Casey 67 −5
United States Bill Haas
Italy Francesco Molinari
T9 England Richard Bland 68 −4
South Africa Dean Burmester
Spain Sergio García
Sweden Alex Norén
China Zhang Xinjun

Second round

Friday, 28 October 2016

Place Player Score To par
1 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 66-65=131 −13
T2 United States Bill Haas 67-67=134 −10
Scotland Russell Knox 66-68=134
T4 United States Daniel Berger 66-70=136 −8
England Richard Bland 68-68=136
Italy Francesco Molinari 67-69=136
T7 England Paul Casey 67-70=137 −7
England Ross Fisher 69-68=137
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 71-66=137
China Zhang Xinjun 68-69=137

Third round

Saturday, 29 October 2016

Place Player Score To par
1 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 66-65-68=199 −17
2 Scotland Russell Knox 66-68-68=202 −14
3 United States Daniel Berger 66-70-67=203 −13
T4 United States Bill Haas 67-67-70=204 −12
Italy Francesco Molinari 67-69-68=204
T6 England Ross Fisher 69-68-69=206 −10
United States Rickie Fowler 65-73-68=206
T8 United States Matt Kuchar 73-66-68=207 −9
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 74-68-65=207
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 71-66-70=207
Belgium Thomas Pieters 71-70-66=207
Sweden Henrik Stenson 69-71-67=207
China Zhang Xinjun 68-69-70=207

Final round

Sunday, 30 October 2016

Place Player Score To par Prize money (US$)
1 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 66-65-68-66=265 −23 1,620,000
T2 United States Daniel Berger 66-70-67-69=272 −16 787,000
Sweden Henrik Stenson 69-71-67-65=272
T4 United States Bill Haas 67-67-70-69=273 −15 372,000
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 71-66-70-66=273
T6 England Ross Fisher 69-68-69-68=274 −14 235,333
United States Rickie Fowler 65-73-68-68=274
Italy Francesco Molinari 67-69-68-70=274
T9 Spain Sergio García 68-72-69-67=276 −12 170,000
Scotland Russell Knox 66-68-68-74=276

Scorecard

Birdie Bogey
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 5
Japan Matsuyama −18 −18 −18 −18 −19 −19 −20 −20 −20 −20 −20 −20 −21 −22 −23 −23 −23 −23
United States Berger −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16
Sweden Stenson −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16
United States Haas −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −14 −14 −15
Northern Ireland McIlroy −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15
England Fisher −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14
United States Fowler −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14
Italy Molinari −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14
Spain García −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12
Scotland Knox −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −13 −12 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:

References

  1. ^ "Hideki Matsuyama soars to 7-shot victory in HSBC Champions". ESPN. Associated Press. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. ^ "The Field". HSBC Champions. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. ^ "World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions". ESPN. Retrieved 2 November 2016.

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