2013 WGC-HSBC Champions

2013 WGC-HSBC Champions

Tournament information
Dates	31 October – 3 November 2013
Location	Shanghai, China
Course(s)	Sheshan Golf Club
Tour(s)	Asian Tour European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,266 yards (6,644 m)
Field	78 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$8,500,000 €6,145,172
Winner's share	$1,400,000 €1,012,146
Champion
Dustin Johnson
264 (−24)
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The 2013 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 31 October to 3 November at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the fifth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2013 calendar year.

Dustin Johnson broke the tournament scoring record for his first WGC win; he finished three strokes ahead of runner-up Ian Poulter, the defending champion.

Course[]

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	459	550	362	200	456	200	346	603	486	3,662	401	456	217	411	594	487	288	212	538	3,604	7,266
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	36	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	5	36	72

Source:^[1]

Field[]

The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2013 WGC-HSBC Champions.^[2][3][4] 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.

This was the first WGC event for 11 players: , Graham DeLaet, Tommy Fleetwood, , , Jin Jeong, Masahiro Kawamura, Li Haotong, Jordan Spieth, Peter Uihlein and Jimmy Walker.

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

Jason Dufner (12), Phil Mickelson (3,5,12), Justin Rose (12)

• Qualified but did not play: Adam Scott (3,9,12), Tiger Woods (2,3,12)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships

Ian Poulter (12)

• Qualified but did not play: Matt Kuchar (3,12)

3. Winners of the top 20 rated PGA Tour events

Jonas Blixt (12), Ken Duke, Derek Ernst, Brian Gay, Bill Haas (12), Billy Horschel (12), Graeme McDowell (5,12), John Merrick, D. A. Points, Henrik Stenson (8,12), Kevin Streelman (12), Michael Thompson, Boo Weekley (12)

• Qualified but did not play: Zach Johnson (12)

4. Top 5 available players from the FedEx Cup points list

Graham DeLaet (12), Dustin Johnson (12), Brandt Snedeker (12), Jordan Spieth (12), Nick Watney (12)

• Qualified but did not play: Webb Simpson (12), Steve Stricker (12)

5. Winners of the top 20 rated European Tour events

Thomas Bjørn (12), Grégory Bourdy, Paul Casey, Jamie Donaldson (12), Ernie Els (12), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher, David Howell, Raphaël Jacquelin, David Lynn (12), Matteo Manassero (10,12), Rory McIlroy (12), Louis Oosthuizen (12), Brett Rumford (10), Chris Wood

• Qualified but did not play: Joost Luiten

6. Top 5 available players from the Race to Dubai

Sergio García (10,12), Branden Grace (8,12), Mikko Ilonen, Richard Sterne (8,12), Peter Uihlein

• Qualified but did not play: Charl Schwartzel (10,12)

7. Four players - winners of the top Japan Golf Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit

Luke Donald (12), Hiroyuki Fujita, Ryo Ishikawa, Masahiro Kawamura

8. Four players - winners of the top Sunshine Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit

George Coetzee (OoM), Darren Fichardt, Martin Kaymer (12), Jaco van Zyl (OoM)

9. Four players - winners of the top PGA Tour of Australasia events, remainder from Order of Merit

Mark Brown (OoM), Michael Hendry (OoM), Jin Jeong, Daniel Popovic

• Qualified but did not play: Peter Senior

10. Six players - winners of the top Asian Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, (OoM), Gaganjeet Bhullar (OoM), Scott Hend (OoM), Thongchai Jaidee (OoM), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (12)

11. Six players from China

, , Li Haotong, Liang Wenchong, , Wu Ashun

12. Any players, not included in above categories, in the top 50 of the OWGR on 14 October 2013

Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Peter Hanson, Hideki Matsuyama, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore, Scott Piercy, Bo Van Pelt, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood

• Qualified but did not play: Jason Day, Jim Furyk, Hunter Mahan

13. Alternates, if needed to fill the field of 78 players

None needed

• Winner of 21st ranked PGA Tour event
• Winner of 21st ranked European Tour event
• Next available player, not otherwise exempt, from OWGR as of 14 October, Race to Dubai as of 14 October, FedEx Cup list, repeating as necessary

Nationalities in the field[]

North America (25)	South America (0)	Europe (26)	Oceana (5)	Asia (15)	Africa (7)
Canada (1)		England (9)	Australia (3)	China (6)	South Africa (7)
United States (24)		Northern Ireland (2)	New Zealand (2)	India (1)
		Scotland (1)		Japan (4)
		Wales (1)		South Korea (2)
		Denmark (1)		Thailand (2)
		Spain (3)
		Finland (1)
		France (2)
		Germany (1)
		Italy (2)
		Sweden (3)

Past champions in the field[]

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Ian Poulter	England	2012	71	67	63	66	267	−21	2
Martin Kaymer	Germany	2011	70	74	62	68	274	−14	T8
Phil Mickelson	United States	2009	71	68	72	65	276	−12	14
Francesco Molinari	Italy	2010	72	69	70	70	281	−7	T21

• As a WGC event (2009–present)

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, 31 October 2013

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	65	−7
T2	Jamie Donaldson	Wales	67	−5
	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	Spain
T4	Tommy Fleetwood	England	68	−4
	Justin Rose	England
	Jordan Spieth	United States
	Bubba Watson	United States
T8	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	Thailand	69	−3
	Gaganjeet Bhullar	India
	Paul Casey	England
	Ernie Els	South Africa
	Scott Hend	Australia
	Dustin Johnson	United States
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland

Second round[]

Friday, 1 November 2013

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Dustin Johnson	United States	69-63=132	−12
T2	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	65-72=137	−7
	Bubba Watson	United States	68-69=137
	Boo Weekley	United States	70-67=137
T5	Ernie Els	South Africa	69-69=138	−6
	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	Spain	67-71=138
	Tommy Fleetwood	England	68-70=138
	Sergio García	Spain	70-68=138
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	69-69=138
	Ian Poulter	England	71-67=138

Third round[]

Saturday, 2 November 2013

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Dustin Johnson	United States	69-63-66=198	−18
2	Ian Poulter	England	71-67-63=201	−15
3	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	69-69-64=202	−14
T4	Graham DeLaet	Canada	71-68-65=204	−12
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	65-72-67=204
	Justin Rose	England	68-71-65=204
T7	Martin Kaymer	Germany	70-74-62=206	−10
	Bubba Watson	United States	68-69-69=206
	Boo Weekley	United States	70-67-69=206
T10	Keegan Bradley	United States	71-68-68=207	−9
	Jamie Donaldson	Wales	67-74-66=207
	Tommy Fleetwood	England	68-70-69=207
	Sergio García	Spain	70-68-69=207

Final round[]

Sunday, 3 November 2013

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Dustin Johnson	United States	69-63-66-66=264	−24	1,400,000
2	Ian Poulter	England	71-67-63-66=267	−21	850,000
3	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	69-69-64-66=268	−20	480,000
4	Sergio García	Spain	70-68-69-63=270	−18	365,000
5	Justin Rose	England	68-71-65-68=272	−16	300,000
T6	Graham DeLaet	Canada	71-68-65-69=273	−15	231,500
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	65-72-67-69=273
T8	Jamie Donaldson	Wales	67-74-66-67=274	−14	161,667
	Martin Kaymer	Germany	70-74-62-68=274
	Bubba Watson	United States	68-69-69-68=274

Source:^[1][5]

Scorecard[]

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double 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
Johnson	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−18	−19	−19	−19	−19	−20	−21	−21	−23	−24	−24
Poulter	−16	−17	−17	−17	−18	−18	−18	−19	−19	−19	−19	−20	−20	−21	−20	−21	−21	−21
McDowell	−15	−16	−17	−17	−17	−17	−18	−18	−18	−18	−18	−19	−19	−20	−20	−20	−20	−20
García	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−14	−15	−15	−15	−16	−17	−17	−18	−18	−18
Rose	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16
DeLaet	−11	−12	−12	−12	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−15
McIlroy	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[6]

References[]

External links[]

• Coverage on Asian Tour's official site
• Coverage on European Tour's official site
• Coverage on PGA Tour's official site

Coordinates: 31°06′32″N 121°12′58″E / 31.109°N 121.216°E / 31.109; 121.216