2016 WGC-HSBC Champions

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.

2016 WGC-HSBC Champions
Tournament information
Dates27–30 October 2016
LocationShanghai, China
Course(s)Sheshan Golf Club
Tour(s)Asian Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,261 yards (6,639 m)
Field78 players
CutNone
Prize fund$9,500,000
Winner's share$1,620,000
Champion
Japan Hideki Matsuyama
265 (−23)
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Sheshan Golf Club is located in China
Sheshan Golf Club
Sheshan
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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

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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 Championship

Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,5), Jimmy Walker (3,4), Danny Willett (3,5)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships

Russell Knox (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4)

3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 10 October

An 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)

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

5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 17 October

Richard Bland, Grégory Bourdy, Bradley Dredge, Ross Fisher, Scott Hend (6), Andrew Johnston, Rikard Karlberg, Alexander Lévy, Joost Luiten, Bernd Wiesberger

6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 17 October

Chan 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 October

Kim Kyung-tae, Hideto Tanihara

8. The leading two available players from the final 2015 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Nathan Holman, Jordan Zunic

9. The leading two available players from the final 2015 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Jacques Blaauw, George Coetzee

10. Six players from China

Dou 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

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First round

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Thursday, 27 October 2016

Place Player Score To par
1   Rikard Karlberg 64 −8
2   Rickie Fowler 65 −7
T3   Daniel Berger 66 −6
  Russell Knox
  Hideki Matsuyama
T6   Paul Casey 67 −5
  Bill Haas
  Francesco Molinari
T9   Richard Bland 68 −4
  Dean Burmester
  Sergio García
  Alex Norén
  Zhang Xinjun

Second round

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Friday, 28 October 2016

Place Player Score To par
1   Hideki Matsuyama 66-65=131 −13
T2   Bill Haas 67-67=134 −10
  Russell Knox 66-68=134
T4   Daniel Berger 66-70=136 −8
  Richard Bland 68-68=136
  Francesco Molinari 67-69=136
T7   Paul Casey 67-70=137 −7
  Ross Fisher 69-68=137
  Rory McIlroy 71-66=137
  Zhang Xinjun 68-69=137

Third round

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Saturday, 29 October 2016

Place Player Score To par
1   Hideki Matsuyama 66-65-68=199 −17
2   Russell Knox 66-68-68=202 −14
3   Daniel Berger 66-70-67=203 −13
T4   Bill Haas 67-67-70=204 −12
  Francesco Molinari 67-69-68=204
T6   Ross Fisher 69-68-69=206 −10
  Rickie Fowler 65-73-68=206
T8   Matt Kuchar 73-66-68=207 −9
  Shane Lowry 74-68-65=207
  Rory McIlroy 71-66-70=207
  Thomas Pieters 71-70-66=207
  Henrik Stenson 69-71-67=207
  Zhang Xinjun 68-69-70=207

Final round

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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   Daniel Berger 66-70-67-69=272 −16 787,000
  Henrik Stenson 69-71-67-65=272
T4   Bill Haas 67-67-70-69=273 −15 372,000
  Rory McIlroy 71-66-70-66=273
T6   Ross Fisher 69-68-69-68=274 −14 235,333
  Rickie Fowler 65-73-68-68=274
  Francesco Molinari 67-69-68-70=274
T9   Sergio García 68-72-69-67=276 −12 170,000
  Russell Knox 66-68-68-74=276

Scorecard

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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]

References

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