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
Hideki Matsuyama
265 (−23)
Sheshan
Golf Club
Location in China

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 is 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), Matthew 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)

Nationalities in the field
North America (20)South America (2)Europe (26)Oceania (6)Asia (17)Africa (7)
 United States (20) Argentina (1) England (9) Australia (6) China (6) South Africa (7)
 Venezuela (1) Northern Ireland (1) Japan (2)
 Scotland (1) South Korea (6)
 Wales (1) Philippines (1)
 Ireland (1) Taiwan (1)
 Austria (1) Thailand (1)
 Belgium (1)
 Denmark (1)
 France (2)
 Germany (1)
 Italy (1)
 Netherlands (1)
 Spain (2)
 Sweden (3)

Past champions in the field
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Francesco Molinari Italy201067696870274−14T6
Russell Knox Scotland201566686874276−12T9
Dustin Johnson United States201374747069287−1T35
Martin Kaymer Germany201172687474288ET40
Bubba Watson United States201471737673293+5T54
  • Note: the HSBC Champions became a WGC event in 2009; winners before this are not listed.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 27 October 2016

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rikard Karlberg Sweden64−8
2Rickie Fowler United States65−7
T3Daniel Berger United States66−6
Russell Knox Scotland
Hideki Matsuyama Japan
T6Paul Casey England67−5
Bill Haas United States
Francesco Molinari Italy
T9Richard Bland England68−4
Dean Burmester South Africa
Sergio García Spain
Alex Norén Sweden
Zhang Xinjun China

Second round

Friday, 28 October 2016

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hideki Matsuyama Japan66-65=131−13
T2Bill Haas United States67-67=134−10
Russell Knox Scotland66-68=134
T4Daniel Berger United States66-70=136−8
Richard Bland England68-68=136
Francesco Molinari Italy67-69=136
T7Paul Casey England67-70=137−7
Ross Fisher England69-68=137
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland71-66=137
Zhang Xinjun China68-69=137

Third round

Saturday, 29 October 2016

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hideki Matsuyama Japan66-65-68=199−17
2Russell Knox Scotland66-68-68=202−14
3Daniel Berger United States66-70-67=203−13
T4Bill Haas United States67-67-70=204−12
Francesco Molinari Italy67-69-68=204
T6Ross Fisher England69-68-69=206−10
Rickie Fowler United States65-73-68=206
T8Matt Kuchar United States73-66-68=207−9
Shane Lowry Ireland74-68-65=207
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland71-66-70=207
Thomas Pieters Belgium71-70-66=207
Henrik Stenson Sweden69-71-67=207
Zhang Xinjun China68-69-70=207

Final round

Sunday, 30 October 2016

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money (US$)
1Hideki Matsuyama Japan66-65-68-66=265−231,620,000
T2Daniel Berger United States66-70-67-69=272−16787,000
Henrik Stenson Sweden69-71-67-65=272
T4Bill Haas United States67-67-70-69=273−15372,000
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland71-66-70-66=273
T6Ross Fisher England69-68-69-68=274−14235,333
Rickie Fowler United States65-73-68-68=274
Francesco Molinari Italy67-69-68-70=274
T9Sergio García Spain68-72-69-67=276−12170,000
Russell Knox Scotland66-68-68-74=276

Scorecard
Birdie Bogey
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443454435
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
  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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