2012 WGC-HSBC Champions
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{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions
| image =
| dates = 1–4 November 2012
| course = Mission Hills Golf Club
Olazabal Course
| tour = Asian Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour (unofficial)
| par = 72
| yardage = {{convert|7251|yd}}
| field = 78 players
| cut = None
| purse = $7,000,000
€5,374,693
| winners_share = $1,200,000
€921,376
| champion = {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulter
| score = 267 (−21)
| previous = 2011
| next = 2013
}}
{{Location map
|China
|relief = 1
|label = Mission Hills GC
|position = top
|lat = 22.785
|long = 114.004
|caption = Location in China
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|width = 240
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The 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played 1–4 November 2012 at the Olazabal Course of Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the fourth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in 2012. The event was won by Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter who shot consecutive rounds of 65 (−7) on the weekend and broke the tournament scoring record with 267 (−21) for his second WGC win.{{cite web |url=http://www.pga.com/news/european-tour/ian-poulter-roars-four-shots-back-win-wgc-hsbc-champions-two |publisher=PGA of America |agency=Associated Press |last=Bergman |first=Justin |title=Poulter roars from four shots back to win WGC-HSBC Champions by two |date=4 November 2012 |accessdate=6 August 2014}} Two strokes back were runners-up Jason Dufner, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, and Scott Piercy.{{cite web |url=http://www1.skysports.com/golf/news/12230/8224000/englishman-ian-poulter-wins-wgc-hsbc-champions-at-mission-hill-golf-club |publisher=Sky Sports |title=Englishman Ian Poulter wins WGC HSBC Champions at Mission Hill Golf Club |date=4 November 2012 |accessdate=6 August 2014}}
Field
The following is a list of players who have qualified for the 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions.[http://www.hsbcgolf.com/who-is-qualifying HSBC Champions - Who's Qualifying] Players who have qualified from multiple categories are listed in the first category in which they are eligible. The numbers of other qualifying categories are in parentheses next to the player's name.
;1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship
Ernie Els (12), Bubba Watson (12)
- Qualified but did not play: Matt Kuchar (12), Rory McIlroy (3,10,12), Webb Simpson (12)
;2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships
Keegan Bradley (12), Martin Kaymer, Justin Rose (12)
- Qualified but did not play: Hunter Mahan (3,12)
;3. Winners of the top 23 rated PGA Tour events (32 events met rating)
Luke Donald (5,12), Jason Dufner (12), Bill Haas, Marc Leishman, Phil Mickelson (12), Carl Pettersson, Scott Piercy, Brandt Snedeker (12), Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney (12)
- Qualified but did not play: Rickie Fowler, Tommy Gainey, Zach Johnson (12), Steve Stricker (12), Tiger Woods (12)
;4. Top 5 available players from the FedEx Cup points list
Robert Garrigus, Dustin Johnson (12), Louis Oosthuizen (8,10,12), Adam Scott (12), Lee Westwood (5,8,12)
- Qualified but did not play: Jim Furyk (12), Sergio García (12), Ryan Moore, Bo Van Pelt (9,12)
;5. Winners of the top 23 rated European Tour events (22 events met rating)
Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Nicolas Colsaerts, Jamie Donaldson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (10), Branden Grace (8), Peter Hanson (12), Paul Lawrie, Shane Lowry, Francesco Molinari, Julien Quesne, Álvaro Quirós, Richie Ramsay, Robert Rock, Marcel Siem, Jeev Milkha Singh, Thongchai Jaidee, Danny Willett
;6. Top 5 available players from the Race to Dubai
David Lynn, Graeme McDowell (12), Thorbjørn Olesen, Ian Poulter (9), Bernd Wiesberger (10)
;7. Five players - winners of the top Japan Golf Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (14 events met rating)
Hiroyuki Fujita, Yuta Ikeda (OoM), Brendan Jones (OoM), Toshinori Muto, Tadahiro Takayama
- Qualified but did not play: Toru Taniguchi
;8. Five players - winners of the top Sunshine Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (5 events met rating)
Thomas Aiken (OoM), George Coetzee (OoM), Garth Mulroy, Hennie Otto, Jaco van Zyl (OoM)
;9. Five players - winners of the top PGA Tour of Australasia events, remainder from Order of Merit (4 events met rating)
Robert Allenby (OoM), Greg Chalmers, Marcus Fraser (OoM), Brad Kennedy (OoM), John Senden (OoM)
;10. Nine players - winners of the top Asian Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (8 events met rating)
Gaganjeet Bhullar (OoM), Scott Hend (OoM), Masanori Kobayashi (OoM), Jbe' Kruger, David Lipsky (OoM), Joost Luiten, Prom Meesawat (OoM), Siddikur Rahman (OoM), Thaworn Wiratchant (OoM)
;11. Four players from China
Hu Mu, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Zhang Xinjun
;12. Any players, not included in above categories, in the top 25 of the OWGR on October 15, 2012
;13. If needed to fill the field of 78 players, winners of additional tournaments, ordered by field strength (9 from PGA Tour, 9 from Japan Golf Tour), alternating with those players ranked after the top 25 in OWGR on October 15, 2012
Players in bold were added to the field through this category. Players listed in "()" already qualified in a previous category. Players listed with their name stricken did not play or were not listed as alternates when the field was announced.[http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r489/field.html WGC-HSBC Champions field]{{dead link|date=March 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012086/teetimes/index.html |title=WGC-HSBC Champions - Entry list |publisher=European Tour |accessdate=14 March 2013}}
12 players were appearing in their first WGC event: Robert Garrigus, Scott Hend, Hu Mu, Jang Ik-jae, Brad Kennedy, Kim Hyung-sung, Masanori Kobayashi, Han Lee, David Lipsky, David Lynn, Thorbjørn Olesen and Julien Quesne.
Round summaries
=First round=
Thursday, 1 November 2012
| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
| align=center rowspan=2|T1 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen | align=center rowspan=2|65 | align=center rowspan=2|−7 |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Scott | |||
| align=center rowspan=4|T3 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Hanson | align=center rowspan=4|66 | align=center rowspan=4|−6 |
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Shane Lowry | |||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelson | |||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Bubba Watson | |||
| align=center rowspan=2|T7 | {{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnson | align=center rowspan=2|67 | align=center rowspan=2|−5 |
| {{flagicon|THA}} Prom Meesawat | |||
| align=center rowspan=7|T9 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Thomas Aiken | align=center rowspan=7|68 | align=center rowspan=7|−4 |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Donald | |||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jason Dufner | |||
| {{flagicon|KOR}} Jang Ik-jae | |||
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Martin Kaymer | |||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Piercy | |||
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Wu Ashun |
=Second round=
Friday, 2 November 2012
| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
| align=center|1 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen | 65-63=128 | align=center|−16 |
| align=center rowspan=2|T2 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Ernie Els | 70-63=133 | align=center rowspan=2|−11 |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Scott | 65-68=133 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2|T4 | {{flagicon|USA}} Jason Dufner | 68-66=134 | align=center rowspan=2|−10 |
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Shane Lowry | 66-68=134 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2|T6 | {{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnson | 67-68=135 | align=center rowspan=2|−9 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelson | 66-69=135 | ||
| align=center rowspan=4|T8 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Donald | 68-68=136 | align=center rowspan=4|−8 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas | 69-67=136 | ||
| {{flagicon|DNK}} Thorbjørn Olesen | 71-65=136 | ||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Piercy | 68-68=136 |
=Third round=
Saturday, 3 November 2012
| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
| align=center rowspan=2|T1 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen | 65-63-70=198 | align=center rowspan=2|−18 |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Westwood | 70-67-61=198 | ||
| align=center|3 | {{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelson | 66-69-66=201 | align=center|−15 |
| align=center rowspan=3|T4 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Ernie Els | 70-63-69=202 | align=center rowspan=3|−14 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas | 69-67-66=202 | ||
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulter | 69-68-65=202 | ||
| align=center|7 | {{flagicon|USA}} Brandt Snedeker | 72-71-60=203 | align=center|−13 |
| align=center rowspan=5|T8 | {{flagicon|IND}} Gaganjeet Bhullar | 73-68-63=204 | align=center rowspan=5|−12 |
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Martin Kaymer | 68-69-67=204 | ||
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Carl Pettersson | 70-68-66=204 | ||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Piercy | 68-68-68=204 | ||
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Scott | 65-68-71=204 |
=Final round=
Sunday, 4 November 2012
| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ($) | ||||
| align=center|1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulter | 69-68-65-65=267 | align=center|−21 | align=center|1,200,000 |
| align=center rowspan=4|T2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Jason Dufner | 68-66-71-64=269 | align=center rowspan=4|−19 | align=center rowspan=4|417,500 |
| {{flagicon|ZAF}} Ernie Els | 70-63-69-67=269 | |||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelson | 66-69-66-68=269 | |||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Piercy | 68-68-68-65=269 | |||
| align=center rowspan=2|T6 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen | 65-63-70-72=270 | align=center rowspan=2|−18 | align=center rowspan=2|190,000 |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Westwood | 70-67-61-72=270 | |||
| align=center|8 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Scott | 65-68-71-67=271 | align=center|−17 | align=center|155,000 |
| align=center|9 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Martin Kaymer | 68-69-67-68=272 | align=center|−16 | align=center|140,000 |
| align=center|10 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas | 69-67-66-71=271 | align=center|−15 | align=center|125,000 |
==Scorecard==
| class="wikitable" span = 50 |
| style="background:Red; width:10px;"|
| Eagle | style="background:Pink; width:10px;"| | Birdie | style="background:PaleGreen; width:10px;"| | Bogey | style="background:Green; width:10px;"| | Double bogey |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Poulter | −14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 | style="background: Pink;"|−16 | −16 | −16 | −16 | style="background: Pink;"|−17 | style="background: Pink;"|−18 | −18 | style="background: Pink;"|−19 | style="background: Pink;"|−20 | −20 | −20 | style="background: Pink;"|−21 | style="background: Pink;"|−22 | −22 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−21 | −21 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Dufner | −11 | −11 | style="background: Pink;"|−12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | style="background: Pink;"|−13 | −13 | style="background: Pink;"|−14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 | style="background: Pink;"|−16 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−15 | style="background: Pink;"|−16 | style="background: Pink;"|−17 | −17 | style="background: Pink;"|−18 | style="background: Pink;"|−19 | −19 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ZAF}} Els | −14 | −14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 | style="background: Pink;"|−16 | −16 | −16 | style="background: Pink;"|−17 | style="background: Pink;"|−18 | style="background: Pink;"|−19 | −19 | −19 | −19 | −19 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−18 | style="background: Pink;"|−19 | −19 | −19 | −19 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Mickelson | style="background: Pink;"|−16 | −16 | style="background: Pink;"|−17 | −17 | −17 | −17 | style="background: Pink;"|−18 | −18 | style="background: Pink;"|−19 | −19 | style="background: Pink;"|−20 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−19 | −19 | −19 | style="background: Pink;"|−20 | −20 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−19 | −19 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Piercy | −12 | −12 | style="background: Red;"|−14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 | −15 | −15 | style="background: Pink;"|−16 | style="background: Pink;"|−17 | −17 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−16 | style="background: Pink;"|−17 | style="background: Pink;"|−18 | style="background: Pink;"|−19 | −19 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ZAF}} Oosthuizen | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−17 | −17 | −17 | −17 | style="background: Pink;"|−18 | −18 | style="background: Pink;"|−19 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−18 | −18 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−17 | style="background: Pink;"|−18 | −18 | −18 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−17 | style="background: Pink;"|−18 | −18 | −18 | −18 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Westwood | −18 | −18 | style="background: Pink;"|−19 | style="background: Pink;"|−20 | style="background: Green;"|−18 | style="background: Pink;"|−19 | −19 | style="background: Pink;"|−20 | −20 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−19 | −19 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−18 | −18 | −18 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−17 | −17 | −17 | style="background: Pink;"|−18 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Video
- [http://www.golfchannel.com/media/sunday-charge-poulter-surges-hsbc-victory/ Golf Channel] – 2012 WGC-HSBC – final round highlights
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120819194245/http://www.asiantour.com/event.aspx?event_sid=20120201764598472625 Coverage on Asian Tour's official site]
- [http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012086/index.html Coverage on European Tour's official site]
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