2014 WGC-HSBC Champions

2014 WGC-HSBC Champions
Tournament information
Dates	6–9 November 2014
Location	Shanghai, China
Course(s)	Sheshan Golf Club
Tour(s)	Asian Tour; European Tour; PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,261 yards (6,639 m)
Field	80 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$8,500,000; €6,825,000
Winner's share	$1,400,000; €1,124,000
Champion
	Bubba Watson
	277 (−11), playoff
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Sheshan
Golf Club

Location in China

The 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played 6–9 November 2014 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the sixth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2014 calendar year.

Bubba Watson won the tournament at the first playoff hole, holing a 20-foot (6 m) putt for a birdie at the 18th hole while Tim Clark took a par 5. Watson and Clark had tied for the lead at 277 after 72 holes. Watson seemed to have ruined his chance of winning by bogeying the 16th hole of the final round and taking a double bogey at the 17th. However he then holed out from a greenside bunker for an eagle at the last hole to take the lead. Clark then holed a 4-foot (1.2 m) putt for a birdie at the last to force a playoff. In the final group, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, and Hiroshi Iwata all needed a birdie at the last to join the playoff but none of the three made it.

Field[]

The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions.^[1]^[2]^[3] "Top rated" means tournaments with the highest "strength of field" rating (SOF)^[4] in the Official World Golf Ranking (these tournaments were pre-determined based on OWGR from 2012 to 2013 HSBC Champions). Players who qualify 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. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship

Martin Kaymer (12), Bubba Watson (3,12)

Qualified but did not play: Rory McIlroy (2,5,9,12)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships

Patrick Reed (12)

Qualified but did not play: Jason Day (12), Dustin Johnson (12)

3. Winners of the top 20 rated PGA Tour events

Tim Clark, Matt Every, Russell Henley, J. B. Holmes, Billy Horschel (12), Matt Jones, Chris Kirk (12), Hunter Mahan (12), Hideki Matsuyama (12), Ryan Moore (12), Justin Rose (5,12), Adam Scott (9,12), John Senden, Kevin Stadler, Scott Stallings, Kevin Streelman (12)

Qualified but did not play: Zach Johnson (12), Matt Kuchar (12)

4. Top 5 available players from the 2013–14 FedEx Cup points list

Rickie Fowler (12), Sergio García (5,10,12), Ryan Palmer (12), Jordan Spieth (12), Jimmy Walker (12)

Qualified but did not play: Jim Furyk (12)

5. Winners of the top 10 rated European Tour events

Victor Dubuisson (12), Pablo Larrazábal, Graeme McDowell (12), Louis Oosthuizen, Marcel Siem, Henrik Stenson (12), Oliver Wilson

6. Top 15 available players from the Race to Dubai

Thomas Bjørn (8,12), Jonas Blixt, George Coetzee (8), Jamie Donaldson (12), Ernie Els (12), Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher (12), Mikko Ilonen (12), Thongchai Jaidee (12), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (12), Alexander Lévy, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten (12), Charl Schwartzel (8,12), Marc Warren

7. Four players - winners of the top 3 Japan Golf Tour events, remainder from 2014 Order of Merit

Luke Donald (12), Hiroshi Iwata (OoM), Kim Hyung-sung (OoM), Yoshitaka Takeya

Qualified but did not play: Hiroyuki Fujita (OoM), Yuta Ikeda (OoM), Yūsaku Miyazato, Koumei Oda (OoM)

8. Four players - winners of the top 3 Sunshine Tour events, remainder from 2013 Order of Merit

Darren Fichardt (OoM), Hennie Otto (OoM), Dawie van der Walt (OoM), Jaco van Zyl (OoM)

9. Four players - winners of the top 3 PGA Tour of Australasia events, remainder from 2013 Order of Merit

Michael Hendry (OoM), Jin Jeong (OoM), (OoM), Thorbjørn Olesen

10. Six players - winners of the top 3 Asian Tour events, remainder from 2014 Order of Merit

Felipe Aguilar, Jason Knutzon (OoM), Anirban Lahiri (OoM), Antonio Lascuña (OoM), David Lipsky (OoM), Lee Westwood (12)

11. Six players from China

Dou Zecheng, , Li Haotong, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Zhang Lianwei

12. Any players, not included in above categories, in the top 50 of the OWGR on 20 October 2014

Keegan Bradley, Graham DeLaet, Jason Dufner, Bill Haas, Marc Leishman, Kevin Na, Ian Poulter, Brandt Snedeker, Brendon Todd, Gary Woodland

Qualified but did not play: Phil Mickelson, Webb Simpson, Steve Stricker, Tiger Woods

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

None needed: 80 players competed

Winner of 21st ranked PGA Tour event
Next ranked player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 20 October, OWGR as of 20 October, 2013–14 FedEx Cup list, repeating as necessary

Nationalities in the field[]

North America (26)	South America (1)	Europe (24)	Oceania (6)	Asia (14)	Africa (9)
Canada (1)	Chile (1)	England (6)	Australia (5)	China (6)	South Africa (9)
United States (25)		Northern Ireland (1)	New Zealand (1)	India (1)
		Scotland (2)		Japan (3)
		Wales (1)		South Korea (2)
		Ireland (1)		Philippines (1)
		Denmark (2)		Thailand (1)
		Spain (3)
		Finland (1)
		France (2)
		Germany (2)
		Netherlands (1)
		Sweden (2)

Past champions in the field[]

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Martin Kaymer	Germany	2011	69	72	66	73	280	−8	T6
Ian Poulter	England	2012	70	67	72	71	280	−8	T6

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Graeme McDowell shot a 5-under-par 67 to take a two-stroke lead over six players, including 2011 champion Martin Kaymer. A strong wind, thick rough and narrow fairways made scoring difficult with only 27 players breaking par.^[5]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	67	−5
T2	Tim Clark	South Africa	69	−3
	Tommy Fleetwood	England
	Rickie Fowler	United States
	Martin Kaymer	Germany
	Chris Kirk	United States
	Brandt Snedeker	United States
T8	Bill Haas	United States	70	−2
	J. B. Holmes	United States
	Kim Hyung-sung	South Korea
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa
	Ian Poulter	England
	Adam Scott	Australia
	Jordan Spieth	United States
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden
	Dawie van der Walt	South Africa
	Jaco van Zyl	South Africa
	Lee Westwood	England

Second round[]

Friday, 7 November 2014

Graeme McDowell shot a second straight round of 67 to take a three-stroke lead over Ian Poulter.^[6]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	67-67=134	−10
2	Ian Poulter	England	70-67=137	−7
T3	Hiroshi Iwata	Japan	73-65=138	−6
T3	Bubba Watson	United States	71-67=138	−6
T5	Jonas Blixt	Sweden	71-68=139	−5
	Tim Clark	South Africa	69-70=139
	Rickie Fowler	United States	69-70=139
	Kevin Na	United States	71-68=139
T9	Thorbjørn Olesen	Denmark	72-68=140	−4
T9	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	70-70=140	−4

Third round[]

Saturday, 8 November 2014

Graeme McDowell maintained a one-stroke lead over Hiroshi Iwata. Martin Kaymer shot the low round of the day, 66, to climb to a third place tie with Bubba Watson.^[7]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	67-67-71=205	−11
2	Hiroshi Iwata	Japan	73-65-68=206	−10
T3	Martin Kaymer	Germany	69-72-66=207	−9
T3	Bubba Watson	United States	71-67-69=207	−9
T5	Tim Clark	South Africa	69-70-69=208	−8
T5	Rickie Fowler	United States	69-70-69=208	−8
T7	Thorbjørn Olesen	Denmark	72-68-69=209	−7
T7	Ian Poulter	England	70-67-72=209	−7
9	Jonas Blixt	Sweden	71-68-71=210	−6
T10	Chris Kirk	United States	69-74-69=212	−4
	Marc Leishman	Australia	72-71-69=212
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	70-70-72=212
	Brandt Snedeker	United States	69-74-69=212
	Lee Westwood	England	70-73-69=212

Final round[]

Sunday, 9 November 2014

Bubba Watson and Tim Clark finished the round tied at 277 to force a playoff, with Watson scoring an eagle on the final hole. Watson made birdie on the first playoff hole to Clark's par to win the tournament, his first World Golf Championship. The leader from the first three rounds, Graeme McDowell, shot a 73 to fall into a tie for third.^[8]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
T1	Tim Clark	South Africa	69-70-69-69=277	−11	Playoff
T1	Bubba Watson	United States	71-67-69-70=277	−11	Playoff
T3	Rickie Fowler	United States	69-70-69-70=278	−10	381,666
	Hiroshi Iwata	Japan	73-65-68-72=278
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	67-67-71-73=278
T6	Martin Kaymer	Germany	69-72-66-73=280	−8	213,666
	Thorbjørn Olesen	Denmark	72-68-69-71=280
	Ian Poulter	England	70-67-72-71=280
9	Marc Leishman	Australia	72-71-69-69=281	−7	158,000
T10	Jason Dufner	United States	72-70-72-68=282	−6	135,500
T10	Brandt Snedeker	United States	69-74-69-70=282	−6	135,500

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
Watson	−8	−9	−9	−10	−9	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−11	−9	−11
Clark	−8	−9	−9	−8	−7	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11
Fowler	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10
Iwata	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10
McDowell	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[9]

Playoff[]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Bubba Watson	United States	4	−1	1,400,000
2	Tim Clark	South Africa	5	E	850,000

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

References[]

^ "Who has qualified for WGC-HSBC Champions". PGA Tour. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.
^ "Qualifiers for 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions". PGA Tour. 2 September 2014.
^ Detlefsen, Anne (3 November 2014). "Inside the field: HSBC Champions". PGA Tour.
^ The "Strength of Field Rating" is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the "Total Rating Value" (see Event ranking).
^ "Graeme McDowell on top in Shanghai". ESPN. Associated Press. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
^ "Graeme McDowell builds 3-shot lead". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
^ "Graeme McDowell has 1-shot lead". ESPN. Associated Press. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
^ "Bubba Watson wins in Shanghai". ESPN. Associated Press. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
^ "2014 WGC- HSBC Champions". Golf Channel. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

External links[]

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

[1] "Who has qualified for WGC-HSBC Champions". PGA Tour. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.

[2] "Qualifiers for 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions". PGA Tour. 2 September 2014.

[3] Detlefsen, Anne (3 November 2014). "Inside the field: HSBC Champions". PGA Tour.

[4] The "Strength of Field Rating" is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the "Total Rating Value" (see Event ranking).

[5] "Graeme McDowell on top in Shanghai". ESPN. Associated Press. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

[6] "Graeme McDowell builds 3-shot lead". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

[7] "Graeme McDowell has 1-shot lead". ESPN. Associated Press. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

[8] "Bubba Watson wins in Shanghai". ESPN. Associated Press. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

[ldr-9] "2014 WGC- HSBC Champions". Golf Channel. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

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