2011 WGC-HSBC Champions explained

2011 WGC-HSBC Champions
Dates:	3–6 November 2011
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
Champion:	Martin Kaymer
Score:	268 (−20)
Previous:	2010
Next:	2012

The 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 3–6 November 2011 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the third WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in 2011. Former PGA Champion Martin Kaymer surged through the final day field to claim his first WGC win.^[1] ^[2]

Kaymer's 268 (−20) winning total was the lowest since the tournament became a World Golf Championship, and matched the lowest in the history of the HSBC Champions, set by David Howell in 2005, before WGC status was awarded.^[3]

Field

The following is a list of players who have qualified for the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions.^[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 Championship Keegan Bradley (3,13), K. J. Choi (12), Darren Clarke (13), Rory McIlroy (12), Charl Schwartzel (8,12)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships Francesco Molinari (13), Adam Scott (10,12), Nick Watney (3,12)

Qualified but did not play: Luke Donald (5,12,13)

3. Winners of the top 23 rated PGA Tour events (35 events met rating)Aaron Baddeley (13), Jonathan Byrd (13), Harrison Frazar, Lucas Glover, Bill Haas (12), Freddie Jacobson (13), D. A. Points, Justin Rose (12), Rory Sabbatini, David Toms (12), Mark Wilson (13)

Qualified but did not play: Dustin Johnson (12), Martin Laird (13), Phil Mickelson (12), Sean O'Hair, Webb Simpson (12,13), Brandt Snedeker (13), Steve Stricker (12,13), Bubba Watson (12,13), Gary Woodland (13)

4. Top 5 available players from the FedEx Cup points listHunter Mahan (12), Geoff Ogilvy (9,13), Chez Reavie, John Senden, Bo Van Pelt

Qualified but did not play: Jason Day (12), Charles Howell III, Matt Kuchar (12)

5. Winners of the top 23 rated European Tour events (26 events met rating)Thomas Aiken (8), Thomas Bjørn (13), Paul Casey (12), Nicolas Colsaerts, Simon Dyson (13), Michael Hoey, Robert Karlsson (12), Martin Kaymer (12), Pablo Larrazábal, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lewis, Alex Norén, Álvaro Quirós (13), Robert Rock, Lee Slattery

Qualified but did not play: Sergio García (13), Thomas Levet

6. Top 5 available players from the Race to DubaiAnders Hansen (13), Peter Hanson (13), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (13), Ian Poulter (10,12), Lee Westwood (8,10,12)

7. Five players - winners of the top Japan Golf Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (23 events met rating)Hiroyuki Fujita, Yuta Ikeda (13), Hwang Jung-gon, Michio Matsumura, Tetsuji Hiratsuka

8. Five players - winners of the top Sunshine Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (4 events met rating)Ernie Els (13), Keith Horne (OoM), Jbe' Kruger (OoM), Pablo Martín, Louis Oosthuizen (OoM)

9. Five players - winners of the top PGA Tour of Australasia events, remainder from Order of Merit (3 events met rating)Stuart Appleby, Adam Bland (OoM), Bobby Gates (OoM), Jim Herman (OoM), Alistair Presnell (OoM)

Qualified but did not play: Peter Senior

10. Nine players - winners of the top Asian Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (5 events met rating)Kiradech Aphibarnrat (OoM), Chan Yih-shin (OoM), Chinnarat Phadungsil (OoM), Shiv Chawrasia, David Gleeson (OoM), Matteo Manassero (13), Siddikur Rahman (OoM), Jeev Milkha Singh (OoM), Thongchai Jaidee (OoM)

11. Four players from ChinaLiang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Yuan Hao, Zhang Xinjun

12. Any players, not included in above categories, in the top 25 of the OWGR on October 17, 2011Kim Kyung-tae, Graeme McDowell

Qualified but did not play: Rickie Fowler

13. If needed to fill the field of 78 players, winners of additional tournaments, ordered by field strength (12 from PGA Tour, 3 from European Tour, 18 from Japan Golf Tour), alternating with those players ranked after the top 25 in OWGR on October 17, 2011Players 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 or were not listed as alternates when the field was announced.^[5] ^[6] .

Tournament winners		From OWGR
Tournament	Winner	Ranked player
	~~(Steve Stricker)~~	(Keegan Bradley)
	Scott Stallings	(Thomas Bjørn)
	Jhonattan Vegas	~~(Brandt Snedeker)~~
	Ben Crane	Jim Furyk

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Keegan Bradley	align=center	65	−7
T2	Freddie Jacobson	67	−5
	Alex Norén
	Bo Van Pelt
T5	K. J. Choi	68	−4
	Thongchai Jaidee
	Justin Rose
	David Toms
T9	Aaron Baddeley	69	−3
	Simon Dyson
	Peter Hanson
	Martin Kaymer
	Graeme McDowell
	Rory Sabbatini
	Adam Scott
	Jhonattan Vegas
	Lee Westwood

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Freddie Jacobson	align=center	67-66=133	−11
T3	Louis Oosthuizen	align=center	71-63=134	−10
T3	Adam Scott	align=center	69-65=134	−10
4	Keegan Bradley	65-70=135	−9
T5	Paul Casey	align=center	70-66=136	−8
T5	Bo Van Pelt	align=center	67-69=136	−8
T7	Aaron Baddeley	align=center	69-68=137	−7
	Thongchai Jaidee	align=center	68-69=137
	Martin Kaymer	align=center	69-68=137
	Lee Westwood	align=center	69-68=137

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		67-66-67=200	−16
2		71-63-68=202	−14
3		69-65-69=203	−13
align=center rowspan=2	T4		70-69-65=204	align=center rowspan=2	−12
	69-68-67=204
align=center rowspan=2	T6		69-68-68=205	align=center rowspan=2	−11
	69-69-67=205
align=center rowspan=3	T8		70-66-70=206	align=center rowspan=3	−10
	67-69-70=206
	74-68-64=206

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Martin Kaymer	align=center	69-68-68-63=268	−20	1,200,000
2	Freddie Jacobson	align=center	67-66-67-71=271	−17	675,000
3	Graeme McDowell	align=center	69-69-67-67=272	−16	430,000
T4	Paul Casey	align=center	70-66-70-67=273	−15	258,333
	Rory McIlroy	align=center	70-69-65-69=273
	Charl Schwartzel	align=center	70-69-69-65=273
T7	Hunter Mahan	align=center	71-67-69-67=274	−14	155,000
	Louis Oosthuizen	align=center	71-63-68-72=274
	Justin Rose	align=center	68-70-70-66=274
10	Jhonattan Vegas	align=center	69-73-65-68=275	−13	125,000

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
Kaymer	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−13	−14	−15	−16	−17	−17	−18	−18	−19	−20
Jacobson	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−17	−17	−16	−16	−16	−16	−17	−17	−18	−18	−18	−17	−17
McDowell	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−15	−16	−16	−16
Casey	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−13	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15
McIlroy	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−12	−13	−14	−14	−15
Schwartzel	−8	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−13	−14	−15
Mahan	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14
Oosthuizen	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14
Rose	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[7]

External links

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Notes and References

News: Martin Kaymer birdies 9 of last 12 to win . ESPN . Associated Press . 6 November 2013 . 14 March 2013.
News: Martin Kaymer wins in Shanghai and Rory McIlroy climbs to world No2 . Lawrence . Donegan . 6 November 2011 . The Guardian . 14 March 2013.
News: Kaymer shoots 63 to win HSBC Champions . 8 November 2011 . USA Today . Associated Press . 14 March 2013.
http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r489/qualify/index.html HSBC Champions - 2011 Qualification Procedures
http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r489/field.html WGC-HSBC Champions field
Web site: WGC-HSBC Champions - Entry list . European Tour . 14 March 2013.
Web site: World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions. ESPN. September 21, 2015.