2016 WGC-HSBC Champions


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.

Field

The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria is 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.
;1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship
Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Jimmy Walker, Danny Willett
;2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships
Russell Knox, Adam Scott
;3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 10 October
An Byeong-hun, Daniel Berger, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey, Kevin Chappell, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler, Sergio García, Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Bill Haas, Tyrrell Hatton, J. B. Holmes, Thongchai Jaidee, Martin Kaymer, Kevin Kisner, Søren Kjeldsen, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Shane Lowry, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Alexander Norén, Louis Oosthuizen, Scott Piercy, Thomas Pieters, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Justin Thomas, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood, Chris Wood, Gary Woodland
;4. Top 30 from the final 2016 FedEx Cup points list
Roberto Castro, Kim Si-woo, Jason Kokrak, Sean O'Hair, Jhonattan Vegas
;5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 17 October
Richard Bland, Grégory Bourdy, Bradley Dredge, Ross Fisher, Scott Hend, Andrew Johnston, Rikard Karlberg, Alexander Lévy, Joost Luiten, Bernd Wiesberger
;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
;8. The leading two available players from the final 2015 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Nathan Holman, Jordan Zunic
;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
  1. Song Young-han
  2. Lee Soo-min
  3. Dean Burmester
  4. Matthew Millar
  5. Richard Sterne

    Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

First round

Thursday, 27 October 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rikard Karlberg64−8
2Rickie Fowler65−7
T3Daniel Berger66−6
T3Russell Knox66−6
T3Hideki Matsuyama66−6
T6Paul Casey67−5
T6Bill Haas67−5
T6Francesco Molinari67−5
T9Richard Bland68−4
T9Dean Burmester68−4
T9Sergio García68−4
T9Alexander Norén68−4
T9Zhang Xinjun68−4

Second round

Friday, 28 October 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hideki Matsuyama66-65=131−13
T2Bill Haas67-67=134−10
T2Russell Knox66-68=134−10
T4Daniel Berger66-70=136−8
T4Richard Bland68-68=136−8
T4Francesco Molinari67-69=136−8
T7Paul Casey67-70=137−7
T7Ross Fisher69-68=137−7
T7Rory McIlroy71-66=137−7
T7Zhang Xinjun68-69=137−7

Third round

Saturday, 29 October 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hideki Matsuyama66-65-68=199−17
2Russell Knox66-68-68=202−14
3Daniel Berger66-70-67=203−13
T4Bill Haas67-67-70=204−12
T4Francesco Molinari67-69-68=204−12
T6Ross Fisher69-68-69=206−10
T6Rickie Fowler65-73-68=206−10
T8Matt Kuchar73-66-68=207−9
T8Shane Lowry74-68-65=207−9
T8Rory McIlroy71-66-70=207−9
T8Thomas Pieters71-70-66=207−9
T8Henrik Stenson69-71-67=207−9
T8Zhang Xinjun68-69-70=207−9

Final round

Sunday, 30 October 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money
1Hideki Matsuyama66-65-68-66=265−231,620,000
T2Daniel Berger66-70-67-69=272−16787,000
T2Henrik Stenson69-71-67-65=272−16787,000
T4Bill Haas67-67-70-69=273−15372,000
T4Rory McIlroy71-66-70-66=273−15372,000
T6Ross Fisher69-68-69-68=274−14235,333
T6Rickie Fowler65-73-68-68=274−14235,333
T6Francesco Molinari67-69-68-70=274−14235,333
T9Sergio García68-72-69-67=276−12170,000
T9Russell Knox66-68-68-74=276−12170,000

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443454435
Matsuyama−18−18−18−18−19−19−20−20−20−20−20−20−21−22−23−23−23−23
Berger−13−13−14−15−15−15−16−16−16−15−15−15−15−15−15−16−16−16
Stenson−9−10−11−11−12−12−13−13−13−13−14−14−14−15−15−15−15−16
Haas−12−12−13−13−13−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−15−14−14−14−15
McIlroy−9−10−10−10−11−11−12−11−11−11−12−12−13−14−14−15−15−15
Fisher−11−12−12−12−11−11−11−11−12−12−13−13−13−14−14−14−15−14
Fowler−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−13−13−13−14
Molinari−12−13−13−14−14−14−14−13−13−13−12−12−12−12−13−13−13−14
García−8−8−8−9−9−10−9−9−9−10−10−10−11−12−12−12−13−12
Knox−14−15−15−15−15−15−15−14−13−12−11−12−11−11−11−12−12−12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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