2016 WGC-HSBC Champions explained

2016 WGC-HSBC Champions
Dates:	27–30 October 2016
Location:	Shanghai, China
Course:	Sheshan Golf Club
Tour:	Asian Tour European Tour PGA Tour
Par:	72
Yardage:	7261yd
Field:	78 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$9,500,000
Winners Share:	$1,620,000
Champion:	Hideki Matsuyama
Score:	265 (−23)
Previous:	2015
Next:	2017

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players ChampionshipDustin Johnson (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,5), Jimmy Walker (3,4), Danny Willett (3,5)

• Jason Day (2,3,4) did not play

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf ChampionshipsRussell Knox (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4)

3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 10 OctoberAn 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)

• Jim Furyk, Zach Johnson, William McGirt (4), Phil Mickelson (4), Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker (4), and Jordan Spieth (4) did not play

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

• Jason Dufner did not play

5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 17 OctoberRichard Bland, Grégory Bourdy, Bradley Dredge, Ross Fisher, Scott Hend (6), Andrew Johnston, Rikard Karlberg, Alexander Lévy, Joost Luiten, Bernd Wiesberger

• Andy Sullivan did not play

6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 17 OctoberChan 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 OctoberKim Kyung-tae, Hideto Tanihara

• Yuta Ikeda did not play.

8. The leading two available players from the final 2015 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of MeritNathan Holman, Jordan Zunic

9. The leading two available players from the final 2015 Sunshine Tour Order of MeritJacques Blaauw, George Coetzee

10. Six players from ChinaDou 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		64	−8
2		65	−7
T3		66	−6
Russell Knox
Hideki Matsuyama
T6		67	−5
Bill Haas
Francesco Molinari
T9		68	−4
Dean Burmester
Sergio García
Alex Norén
Zhang Xinjun

Second round

Friday, 28 October 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		66-65=131	−13
T2		67-67=134	−10
	66-68=134
T4		66-70=136	−8
	68-68=136
	67-69=136
T7		67-70=137	−7
	69-68=137
	71-66=137
	68-69=137

Third round

Saturday, 29 October 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		66-65-68=199	−17
2		66-68-68=202	−14
3		66-70-67=203	−13
T4		67-67-70=204	−12
	67-69-68=204
T6		69-68-69=206	−10
	65-73-68=206
T8		73-66-68=207	−9
	74-68-65=207
	71-66-70=207
	71-70-66=207
	69-71-67=207
	68-69-70=207

Final round

Sunday, 30 October 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par	Prize money (US$)
1	Hideki Matsuyama	66-65-68-66=265	−23	1,620,000
T2		66-70-67-69=272	−16	787,000
	69-71-67-65=272
T4		67-67-70-69=273	−15	372,000
	71-66-70-66=273
T6		69-68-69-68=274	−14	235,333
	65-73-68-68=274
	67-69-68-70=274
T9		68-72-69-67=276	−12	170,000
	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
Matsuyama	−18	−18	−18	−18	−19	−19	−20	−20	−20	−20	−20	−20	−21	−22	−23	−23	−23	−23
Berger	−13	−13	−14	−15	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16
Stenson	−9	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−16
Haas	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−14	−14	−14	−15
McIlroy	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15
Fisher	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15	−14
Fowler	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14
Molinari	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14
García	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−12
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:^[3]

External links

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

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Notes and References

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