2018 WGC-HSBC Champions

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.

2018 WGC-HSBC Champions
Official chinese poster of the 2018 WGC-HSBC Champions featuring the previous year's champion, Justin Rose.
Tournament information
Dates25–28 October 2018
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)
Field77 players
CutNone
Prize fund$10,000,000
Winner's share$1,700,000
Champion
Xander Schauffele
274 (−14), playoff
Location Map
Sheshan
Golf Club
Location in China
Sheshan
Golf Club
Location in Shanghai

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 is 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 Championship

Brooks Koepka (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4,5), Patrick Reed (3,4,5)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships

Justin Rose (3,4,5)

3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 8 October

An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (5), Keegan Bradley (4), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (5), Patrick Cantlay (4), Paul Casey (4), Jason Day (4), Tony Finau (4), Matthew 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 October

Lucas 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

  • Chris Wood was a late withdrawal with a neck injury and was not replaced in the field.
6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 15 October

Gaganjeet 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 October

Yuta Ikeda, Yuki Inamori

8. The leading two available players from the final 2017 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Adam Bland, Brett Rumford

9. The leading two available players from the final 2017–18 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

George Coetzee, Erik van Rooyen

10. Six players from China

Liang Wenchong, Liu Yanwei, Wu Ashun, Xiao Bowen, 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 8 October
  • Next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 15 October, OWGR as of 8 October, FedEx Cup list
  1. John Catlin (Asian Tour; no alternates available from Japan Golf Tour)
  2. J. C. Ritchie (Sunshine Tour)
  3. Jason Norris (PGA Tour of Australasia)
  4. Andrea Pavan (Race to Dubai)
  5. Pat Perez (OWGR; Zach Johnson and Luke List did not play)
  6. Adam Hadwin (FedEx Cup)
  7. Sihwan Kim (Asian Tour)
  8. Oliver Bekker (Sunshine Tour)
  9. Jason Scrivener (PGA Tour of Australasia)

Nationalities in the field
North America (21)South America (1)Europe (23)Oceania (8)Asia (17)Africa (8)
 Canada (1) Argentina (1) England (9) Australia (7) China (7) South Africa (7)
 United States (20) Northern Ireland (1) New Zealand (1) India (2) Zimbabwe (1)
 Scotland (1) Japan (4)
 Belgium (1) South Korea (2)
 Denmark (2) Taiwan (1)
 France (1) Thailand (1)
 Italy (2)
 Spain (4)
 Sweden (2)

Past champions in the field
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Justin Rose England201769677072278−103
Ian Poulter England201269717474288E21
Dustin Johnson United States201374737371291+3T30
Hideki Matsuyama Japan201672707772291+3T30
Francesco Molinari Italy201076757569295+7T43
Russell Knox Scotland201574777676303+1568
  • Note: the HSBC Champions became a WGC event in 2009; winners before this are not listed.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 25 October 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Patrick Reed United States64−8
T2Tony Finau United States66−6
Xander Schauffele United States
4Matthew Fitzpatrick England67−5
T5Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand68−4
Rafa Cabrera-Bello Spain
Tommy Fleetwood England
Billy Horschel United States
Pan Cheng-tsung Taiwan
T10Keegan Bradley United States69−3
George Coetzee South Africa
Ian Poulter England
Justin Rose England
Adam Scott Australia
Matt Wallace England

Second round

Friday, 26 October 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Finau United States66-67=133−11
T2Tommy Fleetwood England68-68=136−8
Patrick Reed United States64-72=136
Justin Rose England69-67=136
5Xander Schauffele United States66-71=137−7
6Patrick Cantlay United States70-68=138−6
T7Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand68-71=139−5
Keegan Bradley United States69-70=139
Emiliano Grillo Argentina70-69=139
Pat Perez United States70-69=139
Thomas Pieters Belgium75-64=139
Kyle Stanley United States70-69=139

Third round

Saturday, 27 October 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Finau United States66-67-70=203−13
T2Patrick Reed United States64-72-70=206−10
Justin Rose England69-67-70=206
Xander Schauffele United States66-71-69=206
T5Tommy Fleetwood England68-68-72=208−8
Andrew Putnam United States70-71-67=208
T7Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand68-71-70=209−7
Keegan Bradley United States69-70-70=209
9Jason Day Australia71-70-69=210−6
T10Patrick Cantlay United States70-68-73=211−5
Billy Horschel United States68-72-71=211
Thorbjørn Olesen Denmark75-69-67=211

Final round

Sunday, 28 October 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money (US$)
T1Tony Finau United States66-67-70-71=274−14Playoff
Xander Schauffele United States66-71-69-68=274
3Justin Rose England69-67-70-72=278−10587,000
T4Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand68-71-70-71=280−8393,000
Andrew Putnam United States70-71-67-72=280
6Keegan Bradley United States69-70-70-72=281−7289,000
T7Patrick Cantlay United States70-68-73-72=283−5210,563
Tommy Fleetwood England68-68-72-75=283
Thorbjørn Olesen Denmark75-69-67-72=283
Patrick Reed United States64-72-70-77=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

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[4]

Playoff
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Xander Schauffele United States4−11,700,000
2Tony Finau United States5E1,072,000

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

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