2019 WGC-HSBC Champions


The 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 31 October – 3 November 2019 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the eleventh WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2019 calendar year.
Rory McIlroy beat defending champion Xander Schauffele at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff after making a birdie 4 to Schauffele's par 5. It is his first WGC-HSBC Champions victory, and third World Golf Championship win overall, having already won the WGC Match Play and WGC Invitational.

Field

The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria is towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners. Players who qualified from multiple categories are 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
Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy
;2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships
Kevin Kisner, Xander Schauffele
;3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 14 October
An Byeong-hun, Abraham Ancer, Keegan Bradley, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey, Tony Finau, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Sergio García, Adam Hadwin, Tyrrell Hatton, Billy Horschel, Im Sung-jae, Hideki Matsuyama, Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, Ian Poulter, Andrew Putnam, Chez Reavie, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Matt Wallace, Bubba Watson, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett
;4. Top 30 from the final 2019 FedEx Cup Playoffs points list
Corey Conners, Lucas Glover, Charles Howell III, Jason Kokrak, Kevin Tway
;5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 21 October
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Jorge Campillo, Justin Harding, Benjamin Hébert, Kurt Kitayama, Romain Langasque, Li Haotong, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Joost Luiten, Robert MacIntyre, Andrea Pavan, Victor Perez, Richard Sterne, Erik van Rooyen, Paul Waring
;6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour HSBC Qualification Standings as of 21 October
Scott Hend, Jazz Janewattananond, Masahiro Kawamura, Jbe' Kruger
;7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 21 October
Ryo Ishikawa, Chan Kim
;8. The leading two available players from the final 2018 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Jake McLeod, Matthew Millar
;9. The leading two available players from the final 2018–19 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
Bryce Easton, Zander Lombard
;10. Six players from China
Bai Zhengkai, Dou Zecheng, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Yuan Yechun, Zhang Xinjun
;11. Alternates, if needed to fill the field of 78 players

Past champions in the field

First round

Thursday, 31 October 2019
Li Haotong took a one-shot lead over Victor Perez by shooting an 8-under-par 64. Defending champion Xander Schauffele was two strokes back in a tied for third.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Li Haotong64−8
2Victor Perez65−7
T3Matthew Fitzpatrick66−6
T3Im Sung-jae66−6
T3Xander Schauffele66−6
T3Adam Scott66−6
T7Corey Conners67−5
T7Rory McIlroy67−5
T7Matthias Schwab67−5
T10Abraham Ancer68−4
T10Louis Oosthuizen68−4
T10Danny Willett68−4
T10Zhang Xinjun68−4

Second round

Friday, 1 November 2019
Matthew Fitzpatrick shot a 5-under-par 67 to take a one shot lead over Rory McIlroy. First round leader Li Haotong shot 72 to drop into a tied for sixth place. Defending champion Xander Schauffele remained in a tied for third place with a second round 69.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Matthew Fitzpatrick66-67=133−11
2Rory McIlroy67-67=134−10
T3Im Sung-jae66-69=135−9
T3Xander Schauffele66-69=135−9
T3Adam Scott66-69=135−9
T6Li Haotong64-72=136−8
T6Victor Perez65-71=136−8
8Louis Oosthuizen68-69=137−7
T9Matthias Schwab67-71=138−6
T9Paul Waring73-65=138−6

Third round

Saturday, 2 November 2019
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rory McIlroy67-67-67=201−15
2Louis Oosthuizen68-69-65=202−14
T3Matthew Fitzpatrick66-67-70=203−13
T3Xander Schauffele66-69-68=203−13
5Paul Waring73-65-66=204−12
T6Im Sung-jae66-69-70=205−11
T6Jason Kokrak69-70-66=205−11
T8Abraham Ancer68-71-67=206−10
T8Kevin Kisner72-67-67=206−10
T10Christiaan Bezuidenhout69-72-66=207−9
T10Victor Perez65-71-71=207−9
T10Matthias Schwab67-71-69=207−9

Final round

Sunday, 3 November 2019

Final leaderboard

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Rory McIlroy67-67-67-68=269−191,745,000
2Xander Schauffele 66-69-68-66=269−191,095,000
3Louis Oosthuizen68-69-65-69=271−17602,000
T4Abraham Ancer68-71-67-67=273−15370,000
T4Victor Perez65-71-71-66=273−15370,000
T4Matthias Schwab67-71-69-66=273−15370,000
7Matthew Fitzpatrick66-67-70-71=274−14256,000
T8Jason Kokrak69-70-66-71=276−12200,333
T8Patrick Reed72-69-69-66=276−12200,333
T8Paul Waring73-65-66-72=276−12200,333

Playoff

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