2012 WGC-HSBC Champions


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 on the weekend and broke the tournament scoring record with 267 for his second WGC win. Two strokes back were runners-up Jason Dufner, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, and Scott Piercy.

Field

The following is a list of players who have qualified for the 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions. 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, Bubba Watson
;2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships
Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer, Justin Rose
;3. Winners of the top 23 rated PGA Tour events
Luke Donald, Jason Dufner, Bill Haas, Marc Leishman, Phil Mickelson, Carl Pettersson, Scott Piercy, Brandt Snedeker, Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney
;4. Top 5 available players from the FedEx Cup points list
Robert Garrigus, Dustin Johnson, Louis Oosthuizen, Adam Scott, Lee Westwood
;5. Winners of the top 23 rated European Tour events
Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Nicolas Colsaerts, Jamie Donaldson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Branden Grace, Peter Hanson, 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, Thorbjørn Olesen, Ian Poulter, Bernd Wiesberger
;7. Five players - winners of the top Japan Golf Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit
Hiroyuki Fujita, Yuta Ikeda, Brendan Jones, Toshinori Muto, Tadahiro Takayama
;8. Five players - winners of the top Sunshine Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit
Thomas Aiken, George Coetzee, Garth Mulroy, Hennie Otto, Jaco Van Zyl
;9. Five players - winners of the top PGA Tour of Australasia events, remainder from Order of Merit
Robert Allenby, Greg Chalmers, Marcus Fraser, Brad Kennedy, John Senden
;10. Nine players - winners of the top Asian Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit
Gaganjeet Bhullar, Scott Hend, Masanori Kobayashi, Jbe' Kruger, David Lipsky, Joost Luiten, Prom Meesawat, Siddikur Rahman, Thaworn Wiratchant
;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, 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.
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.

Past champions in the field

First round

Thursday, 1 November 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Louis Oosthuizen65−7
T1Adam Scott65−7
T3Peter Hanson66−6
T3Shane Lowry66−6
T3Phil Mickelson66−6
T3Bubba Watson66−6
T7Dustin Johnson67−5
T7Prom Meesawat67−5
T9Thomas Aiken68−4
T9Luke Donald68−4
T9Jason Dufner68−4
T9Jang Ik-jae68−4
T9Martin Kaymer68−4
T9Scott Piercy68−4
T9Wu Ashun68−4

Second round

Friday, 2 November 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Louis Oosthuizen65-63=128−16
T2Ernie Els70-63=133−11
T2Adam Scott65-68=133−11
T4Jason Dufner68-66=134−10
T4Shane Lowry66-68=134−10
T6Dustin Johnson67-68=135−9
T6Phil Mickelson66-69=135−9
T8Luke Donald68-68=136−8
T8Bill Haas69-67=136−8
T8Thorbjørn Olesen71-65=136−8
T8Scott Piercy68-68=136−8

Third round

Saturday, 3 November 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Louis Oosthuizen65-63-70=198−18
T1Lee Westwood70-67-61=198−18
3Phil Mickelson66-69-66=201−15
T4Ernie Els70-63-69=202−14
T4Bill Haas69-67-66=202−14
T4Ian Poulter69-68-65=202−14
7Brandt Snedeker72-71-60=203−13
T8Gaganjeet Bhullar73-68-63=204−12
T8Martin Kaymer68-69-67=204−12
T8Carl Pettersson70-68-66=204−12
T8Scott Piercy68-68-68=204−12
T8Adam Scott65-68-71=204−12

Final round

Sunday, 4 November 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Ian Poulter69-68-65-65=267−211,200,000
T2Jason Dufner68-66-71-64=269−19417,500
T2Ernie Els70-63-69-67=269−19417,500
T2Phil Mickelson66-69-66-68=269−19417,500
T2Scott Piercy68-68-68-65=269−19417,500
T6Louis Oosthuizen65-63-70-72=270−18190,000
T6Lee Westwood70-67-61-72=270−18190,000
8Adam Scott65-68-71-67=271−17155,000
9Martin Kaymer68-69-67-68=272−16140,000
10Bill Haas69-67-66-71=271−15125,000

Scorecard

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Par435434535454345434
Poulter−14−15−16−16−16−16−17−18−18−19−20−20−20−21−22−22−21−21
Dufner−11−11−12−12−12−12−13−13−14−15−16−15−16−17−17−18−19−19
Els−14−14−15−16−16−16−17−18−19−19−19−19−19−18−19−19−19−19
Mickelson−16−16−17−17−17−17−18−18−19−19−20−19−19−19−20−20−19−19
Piercy−12−12−14−14−14−14−14−15−15−15−16−17−17−16−17−18−19−19
Oosthuizen−17−17−17−17−18−18−19−18−18−17−18−18−18−17−18−18−18−18
Westwood−18−18−19−20−18−19−19−20−20−19−19−18−18−18−17−17−17−18

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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