2019 WGC-HSBC Champions

The 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 31 October – 3 November 2019 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the eleventh WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2019 calendar year.

2019 WGC-HSBC Champions
Tournament information
Dates31 October – 3 November 2019
LocationShanghai, China
31.109°N 121.216°E / 31.109; 121.216
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$10,250,000
Winner's share$1,745,000
Champion
Rory McIlroy
269 (−19), playoff
Location Map
Sheshan
Golf Club
Location in China
Sheshan
Golf Club
Location in Shanghai

Rory McIlroy beat defending champion Xander Schauffele at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff after making a birdie 4 to Schauffele's par 5. It is his first WGC-HSBC Champions victory, and third World Golf Championship win overall, having already won the WGC Match Play and WGC Invitational.

Field

The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria is towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners. Players who qualified 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.[1][2]

1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship

Shane Lowry (3,5), Rory McIlroy (3,4)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships

Kevin Kisner (3,4), Xander Schauffele (3,4)

3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 14 October

An Byeong-hun, Abraham Ancer (4), Keegan Bradley, Rafa Cabrera-Bello (5), Paul Casey (4,5), Tony Finau (4,5), Matthew Fitzpatrick (5), Tommy Fleetwood (4,5), Sergio García (5), Adam Hadwin, Tyrrell Hatton, Billy Horschel, Im Sung-jae (4), Hideki Matsuyama (4), Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari (5), Louis Oosthuizen (4,5), Ian Poulter (5), Andrew Putnam, Chez Reavie (4), Patrick Reed (4), Justin Rose (4,5), Adam Scott (4), Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Matt Wallace (5), Bubba Watson, Bernd Wiesberger (5), Danny Willett (5)

4. Top 30 from the final 2019 FedEx Cup Playoffs points list (if there are less than five available players, players beyond 30th will be selected to increase the number to five)

Corey Conners, Lucas Glover, Charles Howell III, Jason Kokrak, Kevin Tway

5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 21 October

Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Jorge Campillo, Justin Harding (9), Benjamin Hébert, Kurt Kitayama, Romain Langasque, Li Haotong, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Joost Luiten, Robert MacIntyre, Andrea Pavan, Victor Perez, Richard Sterne, Erik van Rooyen, Paul Waring

6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour HSBC Qualification Standings as of 21 October

Scott Hend, Jazz Janewattananond, Masahiro Kawamura, Jbe' Kruger

7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 21 October

Ryo Ishikawa, Chan Kim

8. The leading two available players from the final 2018 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Jake McLeod, Matthew Millar

9. The leading two available players from the final 2018–19 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Bryce Easton, Zander Lombard

10. Six players from China

Bai Zhengkai, Dou Zecheng, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Yuan Yechun, 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 14 October
  • Next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 21 October, OWGR as of 14 October, final 2019 FedEx Cup list
  1. Mikumu Horikawa (Japan Golf Tour; Shaun Norris did not play)
  2. Neil Schietekat (Sunshine Tour)
  3. Lee Tae-hee (Asian Tour)
  4. Daniel Nisbet (PGA Tour of Australasia)
  5. Matthias Schwab (Race to Dubai)
  6. Cameron Smith (OWGR)
  7. J. T. Poston (FedEx Cup)
  8. Yosuke Asaji (Japan Golf Tour)
  9. Chang Yi-keun (Asian Tour)

Nationalities in the field
North America (21)South America (0)Europe (25)Oceania (6)Asia (17)Africa (9)
 Canada (2) England (9) Australia (6) China (7) South Africa (9)
 Mexico (1) Northern Ireland (1) Japan (5)
 United States (18) Scotland (1) South Korea (4)
 Ireland (1) Thailand (1)
 Austria (2)
 France (4)
 Italy (2)
 Netherlands (1)
 Spain (3)
 Sweden (1)

Past champions in the field
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Xander Schauffele United States201866696866269−192
Hideki Matsuyama Japan201675676867277−11T11
Francesco Molinari Italy201074677169281−7T22
Phil Mickelson United States200971697568283−5T28
Justin Rose England201769707173283−5T28
Bubba Watson United States201470697272283−5T28
Ian Poulter England20127374147+3WD
  • Note: the HSBC Champions became a WGC event in 2009; winners before this are not listed.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 31 October 2019

Li Haotong took a one-shot lead over Victor Perez by shooting an 8-under-par 64. Defending champion Xander Schauffele was two strokes back in a tied for third.[3]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Li Haotong China64−8
2Victor Perez France65−7
T3Matthew Fitzpatrick England66−6
Im Sung-jae South Korea
Xander Schauffele United States
Adam Scott Australia
T7Corey Conners Canada67−5
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland
Matthias Schwab Austria
T10Abraham Ancer Mexico68−4
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa
Danny Willett England
Zhang Xinjun China

Second round

Friday, 1 November 2019

Matthew Fitzpatrick shot a 5-under-par 67 to take a one shot lead over Rory McIlroy. First round leader Li Haotong shot 72 to drop into a tied for sixth place. Defending champion Xander Schauffele remained in a tied for third place with a second round 69.[4]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Matthew Fitzpatrick England66-67=133−11
2Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland67-67=134−10
T3Im Sung-jae South Korea66-69=135−9
Xander Schauffele United States66-69=135
Adam Scott Australia66-69=135
T6Li Haotong China64-72=136−8
Victor Perez France65-71=136
8Louis Oosthuizen South Africa68-69=137−7
T9Matthias Schwab Austria67-71=138−6
Paul Waring England73-65=138

Third round

Saturday, 2 November 2019

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland67-67-67=201−15
2Louis Oosthuizen South Africa68-69-65=202−14
T3Matthew Fitzpatrick England66-67-70=203−13
Xander Schauffele United States66-69-68=203
5Paul Waring England73-65-66=204−12
T6Im Sung-jae South Korea66-69-70=205−11
Jason Kokrak United States69-70-66=205
T8Abraham Ancer Mexico68-71-67=206−10
Kevin Kisner United States72-67-67=206
T10Christiaan Bezuidenhout South Africa69-72-66=207−9
Victor Perez France65-71-71=207
Matthias Schwab Austria67-71-69=207

Final round

Sunday, 3 November 2019

Final leaderboard
Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland67-67-67-68=269−191,745,000
2Xander Schauffele (c) United States66-69-68-66=269−191,095,000
3Louis Oosthuizen South Africa68-69-65-69=271−17602,000
T4Abraham Ancer Mexico68-71-67-67=273−15370,000
Victor Perez France65-71-71-66=273
Matthias Schwab Austria67-71-69-66=273
7Matthew Fitzpatrick England66-67-70-71=274−14256,000
T8Jason Kokrak United States69-70-66-71=276−12200,333
Patrick Reed United States72-69-69-66=276
Paul Waring England73-65-66-72=276

Playoff
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland4−11,745,000
2Xander Schauffele United States5E1,095,000

The sudden-death playoff started at the 18th hole.

References
  1. "Entry List - WGC-HSBC Champions 2019". European Tour. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. "World Golf Championships - HSBC Champions: Qualifying Criteria 2019". HSBC Golf. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. "Li Haotong delights home crowd, takes lead in Shanghai". ESPN. Associated Press. 31 October 2019.
  4. "Matthew Fitzpatrick takes 1-shot lead over Rory McIlroy in Shanghai". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 November 2019.
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