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 are 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), Matt 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)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 25 October 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Patrick Reed64−8
T2 Tony Finau66−6
Xander Schauffele
4 Matt Fitzpatrick67−5
T5 Kiradech Aphibarnrat68−4
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
Tommy Fleetwood
Billy Horschel
Pan Cheng-tsung
T10 Keegan Bradley69−3
George Coetzee
Ian Poulter
Justin Rose
Adam Scott
Matt Wallace

Second round

Friday, 26 October 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tony Finau66-67=133−11
T2 Tommy Fleetwood68-68=136−8
Patrick Reed64-72=136
Justin Rose69-67=136
5 Xander Schauffele66-71=137−7
6 Patrick Cantlay70-68=138−6
T7 Kiradech Aphibarnrat68-71=139−5
Keegan Bradley69-70=139
Emiliano Grillo70-69=139
Pat Perez70-69=139
Thomas Pieters75-64=139
Kyle Stanley70-69=139

Third round

Saturday, 27 October 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tony Finau66-67-70=203−13
T2 Patrick Reed64-72-70=206−10
Justin Rose69-67-70=206
Xander Schauffele66-71-69=206
T5 Tommy Fleetwood68-68-72=208−8
Andrew Putnam70-71-67=208
T7 Kiradech Aphibarnrat68-71-70=209−7
Keegan Bradley69-70-70=209
9 Jason Day71-70-69=210−6
T10 Patrick Cantlay70-68-73=211−5
Billy Horschel68-72-71=211
Thorbjørn Olesen75-69-67=211

Final round

Sunday, 28 October 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money (US$)
T1 Tony Finau66-67-70-71=274−14Playoff
Xander Schauffele66-71-69-68=274
3 Justin Rose69-67-70-72=278−10587,000
T4 Kiradech Aphibarnrat68-71-70-71=280−8393,000
Andrew Putnam70-71-67-72=280
6 Keegan Bradley69-70-70-72=281−7289,000
T7 Patrick Cantlay70-68-73-72=283−5210,563
Tommy Fleetwood68-68-72-75=283
Thorbjørn Olesen75-69-67-72=283
Patrick Reed64-72-70-77=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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Xander Schauffele4−11,700,000
2 Tony Finau5E1,072,000

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

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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