| 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions | |
| Dates: | 6–9 November 2014 |
| Location: | Shanghai, China |
| Course: | Sheshan Golf Club |
| Tour: | Asian Tour European Tour PGA Tour |
| Par: | 72 |
| Field: | 80 players |
| Cut: | None |
| Purse: | $8,500,000 €6,825,000 |
| Winners Share: | $1,400,000 €1,124,000 |
| Champion: |  Bubba Watson |
| Score: | 277 (−11), playoff |
| Previous: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played 6–9 November 2014 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the sixth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2014 calendar year.
Bubba Watson won the tournament at the first playoff hole, holing a 20feet putt for a birdie at the 18th hole while Tim Clark took a par 5. Watson and Clark had tied for the lead at 277 after 72 holes. Watson seemed to have ruined his chance of winning by bogeying the 16th hole of the final round and taking a double bogey at the 17th. However he then holed out from a greenside bunker for an eagle at the last hole to take the lead. Clark then holed a 4feet putt for a birdie at the last to force a playoff. In the final group, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, and Hiroshi Iwata all needed a birdie at the last to join the playoff but none of the three made it.
The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions.[1] [2] [3] "Top rated" means tournaments with the highest "strength of field" rating (SOF)[4] in the Official World Golf Ranking (these tournaments were pre-determined based on OWGR from 2012 to 2013 HSBC Champions). Players who qualify from multiple categories are listed in the first category in which they are eligible with the other qualifying categories in parentheses next to the player's name.
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Graeme McDowell shot a 5-under-par 67 to take a two-stroke lead over six players, including 2011 champion Martin Kaymer. A strong wind, thick rough and narrow fairways made scoring difficult with only 27 players breaking par.[5]
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67 | −5 | ||||
| align=center rowspan=6 | T2 | align=center rowspan=6 | 69 | align=center rowspan=6 | −3 | |
| Tommy Fleetwood | ||||||
| Rickie Fowler | ||||||
 Martin Kaymer | ||||||
| Chris Kirk | ||||||
| Brandt Snedeker | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=11 | T8 | align=center rowspan=11 | 70 | align=center rowspan=11 | −2 | |
| J. B. Holmes | ||||||
 Kim Hyung-sung | ||||||
 Louis Oosthuizen | ||||||
| Ian Poulter | ||||||
 Adam Scott | ||||||
| Jordan Spieth | ||||||
 Henrik Stenson | ||||||
| Dawie van der Walt | ||||||
| Jaco van Zyl | ||||||
| Lee Westwood |
Friday, 7 November 2014
Graeme McDowell shot a second straight round of 67 to take a three-stroke lead over Ian Poulter.[6]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67-67=134 | −10 | |
| 2 | 70-67=137 | −7 | |
| T3 | 73-65=138 | −6 | |
| 71-67=138 | |||
| T5 | 71-68=139 | −5 | |
| 69-70=139 | |||
| 69-70=139 | |||
| 71-68=139 | |||
| T9 | 72-68=140 | −4 | |
| 70-70=140 |
Saturday, 8 November 2014
Graeme McDowell maintained a one-stroke lead over Hiroshi Iwata. Martin Kaymer shot the low round of the day, 66, to climb to a third place tie with Bubba Watson.[7]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67-67-71=205 | −11 | |
| 2 | 73-65-68=206 | −10 | |
| T3 | 69-72-66=207 | −9 | |
| 71-67-69=207 | |||
| T5 | 69-70-69=208 | −8 | |
| 69-70-69=208 | |||
| T7 | 72-68-69=209 | −7 | |
| 70-67-72=209 | |||
| 9 | 71-68-71=210 | −6 | |
| T10 | 69-74-69=212 | −4 | |
| 72-71-69=212 | |||
| 70-70-72=212 | |||
| 69-74-69=212 | |||
| 70-73-69=212 |
Sunday, 9 November 2014
Bubba Watson and Tim Clark finished the round tied at 277 to force a playoff, with Watson scoring an eagle on the final hole. Watson made birdie on the first playoff hole to Clark's par to win the tournament, his first World Golf Championship. The leader from the first three rounds, Graeme McDowell, shot a 73 to fall into a tie for third.[8]
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | 69-70-69-69=277 | −11 | Playoff | |
| 71-67-69-70=277 | ||||
| T3 | 69-70-69-70=278 | −10 | 381,666 | |
| 73-65-68-72=278 | ||||
| 67-67-71-73=278 | ||||
| T6 | 69-72-66-73=280 | −8 | 213,666 | |
| 72-68-69-71=280 | ||||
| 70-67-72-71=280 | ||||
| 9 | 72-71-69-69=281 | −7 | 158,000 | |
| T10 | 72-70-72-68=282 | −6 | 135,500 | |
| 69-74-69-70=282 |
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double 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 | |
| Watson | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −9 | −11 | |
| Clark | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | |
| Fowler | −7 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | |
 Iwata | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | |
| McDowell | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bubba Watson | 4 | −1 | 1,400,000 | |
| 2 | 5 | E | 850,000 |