2018 WGC-HSBC Champions explained

2018 WGC-HSBC Champions
Dates:25–28 October 2018
Location:Shanghai, China
Course:Sheshan Golf Club
Tour:Asian Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:7261yd
Field:77 players
Cut:None
Purse:$10,000,000
Winners Share:$1,700,000
Champion: Xander Schauffele
Score:274 (−14), playoff
Previous:2017
Next:2019
Map:China#China Shanghai
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Sheshan
Golf Club
Coordinates:31.109°N 121.216°W

The 2018 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 25–28 October 2018 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the tenth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2018 calendar year.

Xander Schauffele beat Tony Finau at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff after making a birdie 4 to Finau's par 5. Defending champion Justin Rose finished third, four strokes behind.[1]

Field

The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2018 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria are towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners. Players who qualified 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] [3]

1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players ChampionshipBrooks Koepka (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4,5), Patrick Reed (3,4,5)
2. Winners of the previous four World Golf ChampionshipsJustin Rose (3,4,5)
3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 8 OctoberAn Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (5), Keegan Bradley (4), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (5), Patrick Cantlay (4), Paul Casey (4), Jason Day (4), Tony Finau (4), Matt Fitzpatrick (5), Tommy Fleetwood (4,5), Branden Grace, Brian Harman, Tyrrell Hatton (5), Charley Hoffman, Billy Horschel (4), Dustin Johnson (4), Satoshi Kodaira, Hideki Matsuyama (4), Rory McIlroy (4,5), Kevin Na (4), Alex Norén (5), Thorbjørn Olesen (5), Ian Poulter (5), Jon Rahm (4,5), Xander Schauffele (4,5), Adam Scott, Cameron Smith (4), Brandt Snedeker, Kyle Stanley (4)
4. Top 30 from the final 2018 FedEx Cup points list (if there are fewer than five available players, players beyond 30th will be selected to increase the number to five)Emiliano Grillo, Patton Kizzire, Pan Cheng-tsung, Andrew Putnam, Chez Reavie
5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 15 OctoberLucas Bjerregaard, Alexander Björk, Jorge Campillo, Ryan Fox, Russell Knox, Alexander Lévy, Li Haotong, Adrián Otaegui, Thomas Pieters, Shubhankar Sharma, Brandon Stone, Andy Sullivan, Julian Suri, Matt Wallace
6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 15 OctoberGaganjeet Bhullar, Justin Harding, Park Sang-hyun, Scott Vincent
7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 15 OctoberYuta Ikeda, Yuki Inamori
8. The leading two available players from the final 2017 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of MeritAdam Bland, Brett Rumford
9. The leading two available players from the final 2017–18 Sunshine Tour Order of MeritGeorge Coetzee, Erik van Rooyen
10. Six players from ChinaLiang Wenchong, Liu Yanwei, Wu Ashun, Xiao Bowen, Yuan Yechun, Zhang Xinjun
11. Alternates, if needed to fill the field of 78 players
  1. John Catlin (Asian Tour; no alternates available from Japan Golf Tour)
  1. J. C. Ritchie (Sunshine Tour)
  1. Jason Norris (PGA Tour of Australasia)
  1. Andrea Pavan (Race to Dubai)
  1. Pat Perez (OWGR; Zach Johnson and Luke List did not play)
  1. Adam Hadwin (FedEx Cup)
  1. Sihwan Kim (Asian Tour)
  1. Oliver Bekker (Sunshine Tour)
  1. Jason Scrivener (PGA Tour of Australasia)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 25 October 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 64 −8
T2 66 −6
Xander Schauffele
4 67 −5
T5 68 −4
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
Tommy Fleetwood
Billy Horschel
Pan Cheng-tsung
T10 69 −3
George Coetzee
Ian Poulter
Justin Rose
Adam Scott
Matt Wallace

Second round

Friday, 26 October 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 66-67=133 −11
T2 68-68=136 −8
64-72=136
69-67=136
5 66-71=137 −7
6 70-68=138 −6
T7 68-71=139 −5
69-70=139
70-69=139
70-69=139
75-64=139
70-69=139

Third round

Saturday, 27 October 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 66-67-70=203 −13
T2 64-72-70=206 −10
69-67-70=206
66-71-69=206
T5 68-68-72=208 −8
70-71-67=208
T7 68-71-70=209 −7
69-70-70=209
9 71-70-69=210 −6
T10 70-68-73=211 −5
68-72-71=211
75-69-67=211

Final round

Sunday, 28 October 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money (US$)
T1 66-67-70-71=274 −14 Playoff
66-71-69-68=274
3 69-67-70-72=278 −10 587,000
T4 68-71-70-71=280 −8 393,000
70-71-67-72=280
6 69-70-70-72=281 −7 289,000
T7 70-68-73-72=283 −5 210,563
68-68-72-75=283
75-69-67-72=283
64-72-70-77=283

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443454435
Schauffele −10 −11 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −12 −12 −13 −14
Finau −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14
Rose −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −10
Aphibarnrat −6 −7 −7 −6 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8
Putnam −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8
Bradley −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −6 −6 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7
Reed −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6 −6 −5 −5
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
BirdieBogeyDouble bogey
Source:[4]

Playoff

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Xander Schauffele 4 −1 1,700,000
2 5 E 1,072,000
The sudden-death playoff started at the 18th hole.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: WGC-HSBC Champions: Xander Schauffele beats Tony Finau in play-off . 28 October 2018 . BBC Sport . 1 November 2018.
  2. Web site: WGC-HSBC Champions – The Field . HSBC Golf . 7 August 2018.
  3. Web site: WGC-HSBC Champions Entry List . European Tour . 15 October 2018.
  4. Web site: WGC-HSBC CHAMPIONS . ESPN . 28 October 2018.

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