2016 WGC-HSBC Champions#Final round
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions
| image =
| dates = 27–30 October 2016
| course = Sheshan Golf Club
| tour = Asian Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour
| par = 72
| yardage = {{convert|7261|yd|m}}
| field = 78 players
| cut = None
| purse = $9,500,000
| winners_share = $1,620,000
| champion = {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Matsuyama
| score = 265 (−23)
| previous = 2015
| next = 2017
}}
{{Location map
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|label = Sheshan
Golf Club
|lat = 31.109
|long = 121.216
|caption = Location in China
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The 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 27–30 October 2016 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the eighth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2016 calendar year.
Hideki Matsuyama won by 7 strokes from Daniel Berger and Henrik Stenson. Matsuyama became the first Japanese golfer to win an individual World Golf Championship.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/17924745/hideki-matsuyama-closes-6-66-7-shot-victory-hsbc-champions |title=Hideki Matsuyama soars to 7-shot victory in HSBC Champions |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=31 October 2016 | accessdate=18 October 2018 }}
Field
The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria are towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners. 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.hsbcgolf.com/who-is-qualifying/ |title=The Field |publisher=HSBC Champions |accessdate=12 September 2016}}
;1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship
Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,5), Jimmy Walker (3,4), Danny Willett (3,5)
- Jason Day (2,3,4) did not play
;2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships
Russell Knox (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4)
;3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 10 October
An Byeong-hun, Daniel Berger (4), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (5), Paul Casey (4), Kevin Chappell (4), Matt Fitzpatrick (5), Rickie Fowler, Sergio García (5), Branden Grace (5), Emiliano Grillo (4), Bill Haas, Tyrrell Hatton (5), J. B. Holmes (4), Thongchai Jaidee (5), Martin Kaymer (5), Kevin Kisner (4), Søren Kjeldsen (5), Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar (4), Shane Lowry (5), Hideki Matsuyama (4), Rory McIlroy (4,5), Francesco Molinari (5), Ryan Moore (4), Kevin Na (4), Alex Norén (5), Louis Oosthuizen (5), Scott Piercy, Thomas Pieters (5), Patrick Reed (4), Charl Schwartzel (4,5,9), Justin Thomas (4), Bubba Watson (4), Lee Westwood (5), Chris Wood (5), Gary Woodland (4)
- Jim Furyk, Zach Johnson, William McGirt (4), Phil Mickelson (4), Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker (4), and Jordan Spieth (4) did not play
;4. Top 30 from the final 2016 FedEx Cup points list (if there are less than five available players, players beyond 30th will be selected to increase the number to five)
Roberto Castro, Kim Si-woo, Jason Kokrak, Sean O'Hair, Jhonattan Vegas
- Jason Dufner did not play
;5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 17 October
Richard Bland, Grégory Bourdy, Bradley Dredge, Ross Fisher, Scott Hend (6), Andrew Johnston, Rikard Karlberg, Alexander Lévy, Joost Luiten, Bernd Wiesberger
- Andy Sullivan did not play
;6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 17 October
Chan Shih-chang, Marcus Fraser, Miguel Tabuena, Wang Jeung-hun
;7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 17 October
Kim Kyung-tae, Hideto Tanihara
- Yuta Ikeda did not play.
;8. The leading two available players from the final 2015 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
;9. The leading two available players from the final 2015 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
Jacques Blaauw, George Coetzee
;10. Six players from China
Dou Zecheng, Li Haotong, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Zhang Huilin, 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 10 October
- Next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 17 October, OWGR as of 10 October, FedEx Cup list:
- Song Young-han (Japan)
- Lee Soo-min (Asia)
- Dean Burmester (Sunshine)
- Matthew Millar (Australasia)
- Richard Sterne (Race to Dubai)
Round summaries
=First round=
Thursday, 27 October 2016
| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
| align=center|1 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Rikard Karlberg | align=center|64 | align=center|−8 |
| align=center|2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Rickie Fowler | align=center|65 | align=center|−7 |
| rowspan=3 align=center|T3 | {{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Berger | rowspan=3 align=center|66 | rowspan=3 align=center|−6 |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Russell Knox | |||
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Matsuyama | |||
| rowspan=3 align=center|T6 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Casey | rowspan=3 align=center|67 | rowspan=3 align=center|−5 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas | |||
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Molinari | |||
| rowspan=5 align=center|T9 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Richard Bland | rowspan=5 align=center|68 | rowspan=5 align=center|−4 |
| {{flagicon|ZAF}} Dean Burmester | |||
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio García | |||
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Alex Norén | |||
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Xinjun |
=Second round=
Friday, 28 October 2016
| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
| align=center|1 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Matsuyama | 66-65=131 | align=center|−13 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|T2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas | 67-67=134 | rowspan=2 align=center|−10 |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Russell Knox | 66-68=134 | ||
| rowspan=3 align=center|T4 | {{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Berger | 66-70=136 | rowspan=3 align=center|−8 |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Richard Bland | 68-68=136 | ||
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Molinari | 67-69=136 | ||
| rowspan=4 align=center|T7 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Casey | 67-70=137 | rowspan=4 align=center|−7 |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ross Fisher | 69-68=137 | ||
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy | 71-66=137 | ||
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Xinjun | 68-69=137 |
=Third round=
Saturday, 29 October 2016
| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
| align=center|1 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Matsuyama | 66-65-68=199 | align=center|−17 |
| align=center|2 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Russell Knox | 66-68-68=202 | align=center|−14 |
| align=center|3 | {{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Berger | 66-70-67=203 | align=center|−13 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|T4 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas | 67-67-70=204 | rowspan=2 align=center|−12 |
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Molinari | 67-69-68=204 | ||
| rowspan=2 align=center|T6 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ross Fisher | 69-68-69=206 | rowspan=2 align=center|−10 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rickie Fowler | 65-73-68=206 | ||
| rowspan=6 align=center|T8 | {{flagicon|USA}} Matt Kuchar | 73-66-68=207 | rowspan=6 align=center|−9 |
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Shane Lowry | 74-68-65=207 | ||
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy | 71-66-70=207 | ||
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Thomas Pieters | 71-70-66=207 | ||
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Henrik Stenson | 69-71-67=207 | ||
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Xinjun | 68-69-70=207 |
=Final round=
Sunday, 30 October 2016
| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Prize money (US$) | ||||
| align=center|1 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Matsuyama | 66-65-68-66=265 | align=center|−23 | align=center|1,620,000 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|T2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Berger | 66-70-67-69=272 | rowspan=2 align=center|−16 | rowspan=2 align=center|787,000 |
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Henrik Stenson | 69-71-67-65=272 | |||
| rowspan=2 align=center|T4 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas | 67-67-70-69=273 | rowspan=2 align=center|−15 | rowspan=2 align=center|372,000 |
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy | 71-66-70-66=273 | |||
| rowspan=3 align=center|T6 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ross Fisher | 69-68-69-68=274 | rowspan=3 align=center|−14 | rowspan=3 align=center|235,333 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rickie Fowler | 65-73-68-68=274 | |||
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Molinari | 67-69-68-70=274 | |||
| rowspan=2 align=center|T9 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio García | 68-72-69-67=276 | rowspan=2 align=center|−12 | rowspan=2 align=center|170,000 |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Russell Knox | 66-68-68-74=276 |
==Scorecard==
| class="wikitable" span = 50 |
| style="background:Pink; width:10px;"|
| Birdie | style="background:PaleGreen; width:10px;"| | 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 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|JPN}} Matsuyama | style="background: Pink;"|−18 | −18 | −18 | −18 | style="background: Pink;"|−19 | −19 | style="background: Pink;"|−20 | −20 | −20 | −20 | −20 | −20 | style="background: Pink;"|−21 | style="background: Pink;"|−22 | style="background: Pink;"|−23 | −23 | −23 | −23 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Berger | −13 | −13 | style="background: Pink;"|−14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 | −15 | −15 | style="background: Pink;"|−16 | −16 | −16 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | style="background: Pink;"|−16 | −16 | −16 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Stenson | −9 | style="background: Pink;"|−10 | style="background: Pink;"|−11 | −11 | style="background: Pink;"|−12 | −12 | style="background: Pink;"|−13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | style="background: Pink;"|−14 | −14 | −14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | style="background: Pink;"|−16 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Haas | −12 | −12 | style="background: Pink;"|−13 | −13 | −13 | style="background: Pink;"|−14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−14 | −14 | −14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|NIR}} McIlroy | −9 | style="background: Pink;"|−10 | −10 | −10 | style="background: Pink;"|−11 | −11 | style="background: Pink;"|−12 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−11 | −11 | −11 | style="background: Pink;"|−12 | −12 | style="background: Pink;"|−13 | style="background: Pink;"|−14 | −14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 | −15 | −15 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Fisher | style="background: Pink;"|−11 | style="background: Pink;"|−12 | −12 | −12 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | style="background: Pink;"|−12 | −12 | style="background: Pink;"|−13 | −13 | −13 | style="background: Pink;"|−14 | −14 | −14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−14 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Fowler | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | style="background: Pink;"|−11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | style="background: Pink;"|−12 | −12 | style="background: Pink;"|−13 | −13 | −13 | style="background: Pink;"|−14 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Molinari | −12 | style="background: Pink;"|−13 | −13 | style="background: Pink;"|−14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−13 | −13 | −13 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | style="background: Pink;"|−13 | −13 | −13 | style="background: Pink;"|−14 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} García | style="background: Pink;"|−8 | −8 | −8 | style="background: Pink;"|−9 | −9 | style="background: Pink;"|−10 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9 | −9 | −9 | style="background: Pink;"|−10 | −10 | −10 | style="background: Pink;"|−11 | style="background: Pink;"|−12 | −12 | −12 | style="background: Pink;"|−13 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} Knox | −14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−14 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−13 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−11 | style="background: Pink;"|−12 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−11 | −11 | −11 | style="background: Pink;"|−12 | −12 | −12 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.hsbcgolf.com/mens}}
- [http://www.asiantour.com/tournaments/544/ Coverage on Asian Tour's official site]
- [http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2016/tournamentid=2016084/index.html Coverage on European Tour's official site]
- [http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/hsbc-champions.html Coverage on PGA Tour's official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328104359/http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/hsbc-champions.html |date=28 March 2013 }}
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