WGC-HSBC Champions

WGC-HSBC Champions
Tournament information
LocationShanghai, China
Established2005
Course(s)Sheshan Golf Club
Par72
Length7,261 yards (6,639 m)
Organized byInternational Federation of PGA Tours
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Asian Tour
Sunshine Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$10,500,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Dustin Johnson (2013)
To par−24 as above
Final champion
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Location map
Sheshan Golf Club is located in China
Sheshan Golf Club
Sheshan Golf Club
Location in China
Sheshan Golf Club is located in Shanghai
Sheshan Golf Club
Sheshan Golf Club
Location in Shanghai

The WGC-HSBC Champions was a professional golf tournament, held annually in China. Inaugurated in 2005, the first seven editions were played at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, then moved to the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen for a single year in 2012. It returned to Sheshan Golf Club in 2013.

Since 2009, it was a World Golf Championship event. Played in November, it was the fourth tournament on the WGC calendar along with the WGC-Dell Match Play, the WGC-Mexico Championship, and the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational events, all in North America.[1] The field consists primarily of players who have won the top rated tournaments since the previous WGC-HSBC tournament, supplemented by other leading players in the world rankings and money lists of the major tours.

The WGC-HSBC Champions had the highest prize money in East Asia. Originally in 2005, it was US$5 million, and grew to $7 million when it obtained WGC status in 2009, $8.5 million in 2013 and in 2019, the prize money was $10.25 million. Only the CIMB Classic, CJ Cup, Zozo Championship and BMW Masters have had similar purses in the region.

  1. ^ "Asian event joins elite WGC list". BBC Sport. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.

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