2010 WGC-HSBC Champions explained

2010 WGC-HSBC Champions
Dates:	4–7 November 2010
Location:	Shanghai, China
Course:	Sheshan Golf Club
Tour:	Asian Tour European Tour PGA Tour (unofficial)
Par:	72
Yardage:	7266yd
Field:	78 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$7,000,000
Winners Share:	$1,200,000
Score:	269 (−19)
Previous:	2009
Next:	2011

The 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament contested from 4–7 November 2010 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the second WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in 2010. It was won by Francesco Molinari of Italy who completed a wire-to-wire one stroke victory over Lee Westwood to win his first WGC event.^{[1] [2]}

Field

The following is a list of players for the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions.^{[3] [4]} Players who have qualified from multiple categories are listed in the first category in which they are eligible. The numbers of other qualifying categories are in parentheses next to the player's name.

1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players ChampionshipTim Clark, Martin Kaymer (5,12), Graeme McDowell (5,12), Phil Mickelson (2,12), Louis Oosthuizen (5,12)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf ChampionshipsErnie Els (3,12), Hunter Mahan (3,12), Ian Poulter (12)

3. Winners of the 23 top rated PGA Tour events (35 events met rating)Ben Crane, Anthony Kim (12), Rory McIlroy (12), Ryan Palmer, Camilo Villegas, Lee Westwood (5,12)

• Qualified but did not play: Jonathan Byrd, Jason Day, Jim Furyk (12), Charley Hoffman, Dustin Johnson (12), Zach Johnson (12), Matt Kuchar (12), Geoff Ogilvy, Justin Rose (12), Steve Stricker (12), Bubba Watson (12)

• Qualified but did not play: Martin Laird

5. Winners of the 23 top rated European Tour events (25 events met rating)Fredrik Andersson Hed, Ross Fisher, Richard Green, Peter Hanson, David Horsey, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Richard S. Johnson, Robert Karlsson, Simon Khan, Matteo Manassero, Edoardo Molinari (8,12), Álvaro Quirós, Yang Yong-eun

6. Top 5 available players from the Race to DubaiRhys Davies, Pádraig Harrington (12), Francesco Molinari, Charl Schwartzel (9), Danny Willett

7. Nine players - winners of the top rated Asian Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (4 events met rating)Kiradech Aphibarnrat (OoM), Grégory Bourdy, Andrew Dodt, Marcus Fraser, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (OoM), Pariya Junhasavasdikul (OoM), Mardan Mamat (OoM), Noh Seung-yul, Thaworn Wiratchant (OoM)

8. Five players - winners of the top rated Japan Golf Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (21 events met rating)Hiroyuki Fujita (OoM), Kim Kyung-tae, Shigeki Maruyama, Michio Matsumura (OoM), Katsumasa Miyamoto

• Qualified but did not play: Yasuharu Imano

9. Five players - winners of the top rated Sunshine Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (4 events met rating)Darren Fichardt (OoM), Anders Hansen (OoM), Pablo Martín, Richie Ramsay, Jaco van Zyl (OoM)

10. Five players - winners of the top rated PGA Tour of Australasia events, remainder from Order of Merit (3 events met rating)Robert Allenby (12), Alistair Presnell (OoM), Adam Scott, Michael Sim (OoM), Tiger Woods (12)

11. Four players from ChinaLi Chao, Liang Wenchong, Wu Kangchun, Yuan Hao

12. Any players, not included in above categories, in the top 25 of the OWGR on September 27, 2010

• Qualified but did not play: Sean O'Hair

13. If needed to fill the field of 78 players, winners of additional tournaments, ordered by field strength (14 from PGA Tour, 4 from European Tour, 16 from Japan Golf Tour), alternating with those players ranked after the top 25 in OWGR on September 27, 2010Players in bold were added to the field through this category. Players listed in "" already qualified in a previous category. Players listed with their name stricken did not play.

Tournament winners		From OWGR
Tournament	Winner	Ranked player
	Jason Bohn	(Miguel Ángel Jiménez)
	Carl Pettersson	(Ross Fisher)
	(Steve Stricker)	(Camilo Villegas)
	Arjun Atwal	(Tim Clark)
	Stuart Appleby	(Nick Watney)
	Stephen Ames	(Geoff Ogilvy)
	Bill Haas	(Francesco Molinari)
	Heath Slocum	Rickie Fowler
	Bill Lunde	(Charl Schwartzel)
	Rocco Mediate	Stewart Cink
	(Adam Scott)	(Adam Scott)
	Ryo Ishikawa	Lucas Glover
	Yuta Ikeda	Henrik Stenson
	(Bill Haas)	(Jason Day)
	(Kim Kyung-tae)	(Robert Karlsson)
	Brendan Jones	(Yang Yong-eun)
	(Michio Matsumura)	(Peter Hanson)
	(Ryo Ishikawa)	(K. J. Choi)
	Shunsuke Sonoda

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Francesco Molinari	align=center	65	−7
2	Lee Westwood	align=center	66	−6
T3	Yuta Ikeda	67	−5
	Noh Seung-yul
	Henrik Stenson
T6	Luke Donald	68	−4
	Pablo Martín
	Tiger Woods
T9	Fredrik Andersson Hed	69	−3
	Ross Fisher
	Phil Mickelson
	Katsumasa Miyamoto
	Louis Oosthuizen
	Ryan Palmer
	Richie Ramsay
	Adam Scott
	Yang Yong-eun

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Francesco Molinari	align=center	65-70=135	−9
2	Lee Westwood	align=center	66-70=136	−8
T3	Ernie Els	align=center	72-65=137	−7
	Richie Ramsay	align=center	69-68=137
	Jaco van Zyl	align=center	71-66=137
6	Luke Donald	68-70=138	−6
T7	Ross Fisher	align=center	69-70=139	−5
	Noh Seung-yul	align=center	67-72=139
T9	Robert Allenby	align=center	72-68=140	−4
	Fredrik Andersson Hed	align=center	69-71=140
	Richard Green	align=center	72-68=140
	Pádraig Harrington	align=center	70-70=140
	Richard S. Johnson	align=center	70-70=140
	Phil Mickelson	align=center	69-71=140
	Ian Poulter	align=center	70-70=140
	Nick Watney	align=center	72-68=140
	Tiger Woods	align=center	68-72=140

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Francesco Molinari	align=center	65-70-67=202	−14
2	Lee Westwood	align=center	66-70-67=203	−13
3	Luke Donald	align=center	68-70-68=206	−10
T4	Ernie Els	align=center	72-65-71=208	−8
	Ross Fisher	align=center	69-70-69=208
	Richie Ramsay	align=center	69-68-71=208
7	Jaco van Zyl	align=center	71-66-72=209	−7
T8	Pádraig Harrington	align=center	70-70-70=210	−6
	Noh Seung-yul	align=center	67-72-71=210
T10	Fredrik Andersson Hed	align=center	69-71-71=211	−5
	Paul Casey	align=center	73-71-67=211
	Charl Schwartzel	align=center	74-70-67=211

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Francesco Molinari	align=center	65-70-67-67=269	−19	1,200,000
2	Lee Westwood	align=center	66-70-67-67=270	−18	675,000
T3	Luke Donald	align=center	68-70-68-73=279	−9	372,500
	Richie Ramsay	align=center	69-68-71-71=279
5	Rory McIlroy	align=center	71-71-71-67=280	−8	250,000
T6	Fredrik Andersson Hed	align=center	69-71-71-70=281	−7	145,714
	Paul Casey	align=center	73-71-67-70=281
	Ernie Els	align=center	72-65-71-73=281
	Retief Goosen	align=center	70-74-69-68=281
	Richard Green	align=center	72-68-73-68=281
	Peter Hanson	align=center	73-69-70-69=281
	Tiger Woods	align=center	68-72-73-68=281

Scorecard

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
Molinari	−14	−15	−16	−16	−17	−17	−17	−18	−18	−18	−18	−18	−18	−18	−18	−19	−19	−19
Westwood	−13	−13	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−16	−16	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−18
Donald	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9
Ramsay	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9
McIlroy	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Source:^[5]

External links

• Coverage on European Tour's official site
• Coverage on PGA Tour's official site

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Francesco Molinari pips Lee Westwood to Shanghai title . 7 November 2010 . BBC Sport . 14 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101109040858/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/9164358.stm . 9 November 2010 . live.
2. Web site: Francesco Molinari wins tussle with world No 1 Lee Westwood to win HSBC Champions . 7 November 2010 . Telegraph . Kevin . Garside . 14 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101110222858/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/europeantour/8115934/Francesco-Molinari-wins-tussle-with-world-No-1-Lee-Westwood-to-win-HSBC-Champions.html . 10 November 2010 . live.
3. http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r489/qualify/index.html HSBC Champions - 2010 Qualification Procedures
4. Web site: Entry List – WGC-HSBC Champions 2010 . Asian Tour . 14 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322012237/http://www.asiantour.com/news.aspx?sid=20101101352063475103 . 22 March 2012 .
5. Web site: World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions. ESPN. 17 August 2018.