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.
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.

Field

The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2018 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria is 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.
;1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship
Brooks Koepka, Francesco Molinari, Patrick Reed
;2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships
Justin Rose
;3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 8 October
An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Keegan Bradley, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Patrick Cantlay, Paul Casey, Jason Day, Tony Finau, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Branden Grace, Brian Harman, Tyrrell Hatton, Charley Hoffman, Billy Horschel, Dustin Johnson, Satoshi Kodaira, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, Kevin Na, Alex Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen, Ian Poulter, Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele, Adam Scott, Cameron Smith, Brandt Snedeker, Kyle Stanley
;4. Top 30 from the final 2018 FedEx Cup points list
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
;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

Past champions in the field

First round

Thursday, 25 October 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Patrick Reed64−8
T2Tony Finau66−6
T2Xander Schauffele66−6
4Matthew Fitzpatrick67−5
T5Kiradech Aphibarnrat68−4
T5Rafa Cabrera-Bello68−4
T5Tommy Fleetwood68−4
T5Billy Horschel68−4
T5Pan Cheng-tsung68−4
T10Keegan Bradley69−3
T10George Coetzee69−3
T10Ian Poulter69−3
T10Justin Rose69−3
T10Adam Scott69−3
T10Matt Wallace69−3

Second round

Friday, 26 October 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Finau66-67=133−11
T2Tommy Fleetwood68-68=136−8
T2Patrick Reed64-72=136−8
T2Justin Rose69-67=136−8
5Xander Schauffele66-71=137−7
6Patrick Cantlay70-68=138−6
T7Kiradech Aphibarnrat68-71=139−5
T7Keegan Bradley69-70=139−5
T7Emiliano Grillo70-69=139−5
T7Pat Perez70-69=139−5
T7Thomas Pieters75-64=139−5
T7Kyle Stanley70-69=139−5

Third round

Saturday, 27 October 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Finau66-67-70=203−13
T2Patrick Reed64-72-70=206−10
T2Justin Rose69-67-70=206−10
T2Xander Schauffele66-71-69=206−10
T5Tommy Fleetwood68-68-72=208−8
T5Andrew Putnam70-71-67=208−8
T7Kiradech Aphibarnrat68-71-70=209−7
T7Keegan Bradley69-70-70=209−7
9Jason Day71-70-69=210−6
T10Patrick Cantlay70-68-73=211−5
T10Billy Horschel68-72-71=211−5
T10Thorbjørn Olesen75-69-67=211−5

Final round

Sunday, 28 October 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money
T1Tony Finau66-67-70-71=274−14Playoff
T1Xander Schauffele66-71-69-68=274−14Playoff
3Justin Rose69-67-70-72=278−10587,000
T4Kiradech Aphibarnrat68-71-70-71=280−8393,000
T4Andrew Putnam70-71-67-72=280−8393,000
6Keegan Bradley69-70-70-72=281−7289,000
T7Patrick Cantlay70-68-73-72=283−5210,563
T7Tommy Fleetwood68-68-72-75=283−5210,563
T7Thorbjørn Olesen75-69-67-72=283−5210,563
T7Patrick Reed64-72-70-77=283−5210,563

Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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Playoff

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