The new PGA Tour season heads to China for the third leg of its fall Asian Swing at the big-money WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Club’s West course.
As a WGC tournament, the field in Shanghai is loaded with top-level talent, featuring 15 of the top 20 players in the Official World Golf Rankings, and five of the top 10, headlined by No. 1 Dustin Johnson, defending champion Hideki Matsuyama (No. 4), and Jason Day (No. 8).
Here’s a look at the 78-player field, by the numbers.
WORLD TOP 10
Five of the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking will be in the field.
- Dustin Johnson (1)
- Hideki Matsuyama (4)
- Jon Rahm (5)
- Jason Day (8)
- Henrik Stenson (9)
FORMER WGC-HSBC CHAMPIONS WINNERS
There are four former WGC-HSBC Champions in the field this week.
- Hideki Matsuyama (2016)
- Dustin Johnson (2013)
- Francesco Molinari (2010)
- Phil Mickelson (2009)
FORMER WGC WINNERS
There are nine former winners of World Golf Championships in the field.
- Dustin Johnson (5)
- Jason Day (2)
- Hideki Matsuyama (2)
- Adam Scott (2)
- Matt Kuchar (1)
- Phil Mickelson (1)
- Patrick Reed (1)
- Justin Rose (1)
- Henrik Stenson (1)
2016-17 FEDEXCUP TOP 10
The field includes seven of the top 10 from the final 2016-17 FedExCup standings.
- Xander Schauffele (3)
- Dustin Johnson (4)
- Jon Rahm (5)
- Marc Leishman (6)
- Hideki Matsuyama (8)
- Justin Rose (9)
- Brooks Koepka (10)
10 PGA TOUR WINS
There are four players in the field with at least 10 PGA Tour wins.
- Phil Mickelson (42)
- Dustin Johnson (16)
- Adam Scott (12)
- Jason Day (10)
MAJOR CHAMPIONS
The field includes nine major championship winners,
- Phil Mickelson (5)
- Jason Day (1)
- Dustin Johnson (1)
- Brooks Koepka (1)
- Louis Oosthuizen (1)
- Justin Rose (1)
- Charl Schwartzel (1)
- Adam Scott (1)
- Henrik Stenson (1)
INTERNATIONAL FIELD
Of the 78 players teeing it up at the HSBC Championship, 23 nations are represented.
- USA (21)
- England (8)
- China (7)
- Australia (7)
- South Africa (5)
- Japan (4)
- Thailand (3)
- New Zealand (2)
- Korea (2)
- Spain (2)
- Sweden (2)
- France (2)
- Canada (2)
- Italy (1)
- Belgium (1)
- Austria (1)
- Venezuela (1)
- Denmark (1)
- Malaysia (1)
- Paraguay (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Scotland (1)
- India (1)
THE SKINNY
NAME: WGC-HSBC Champions
COURSE: Sheshan International Golf Club (West Course)
WHERE: Shanghai, China
DISTANCE: 7266 yards, Par 72
ARCHITECT: Nelson & Haworth
TOTAL PURSE: $9,750,000
WINNING SHARE: $1,700,000
PLAYOFF POINTS: 550 points
2016 WINNER: Hideki Matsuyama
FULL FIELD: WGC-HSBC CHAMPIONS
Sorted by Field Rank (FR) and Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR)
FR | OWGR | PLAYER |
---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Dustin Johnson |
2 | 4 | Hideki Matsuyama |
3 | 5 | Jon Rahm |
4 | 8 | Jason Day |
5 | 9 | Henrik Stenson |
6 | 11 | Brooks Koepka |
7 | 12 | Marc Leishman |
8 | 13 | Justin Rose |
9 | 14 | Matt Kuchar |
10 | 15 | Paul Casey |
11 | 16 | Alex Noren |
12 | 17 | Tyrrell Hatton |
13 | 18 | Pat Perez |
14 | 19 | Tommy Fleetwood |
15 | 20 | Francesco Molinari |
16 | 21 | Rafael Cabrera Bello |
17 | 22 | Patrick Reed |
18 | 25 | Adam Scott |
19 | 27 | Daniel Berger |
20 | 28 | Brian Harman |
21 | 29 | Xander Schauffele |
22 | 31 | Charl Schwartzel |
23 | 32 | Phil Mickelson |
24 | 33 | Ross Fisher |
25 | 34 | Thomas Pieters |
26 | 35 | Matthew Fitzpatrick |
27 | 39 | Jhonattan Vegas |
28 | 40 | Bernd Wiesberger |
29 | 41 | Siwoo Kim |
30 | 43 | Bill Haas |
31 | 44 | Tony Finau |
32 | 45 | Branden Grace |
33 | 48 | Russell Henley |
34 | 51 | Adam Hadwin |
35 | 53 | Kyle Stanley |
36 | 55 | Wesley Bryan |
37 | 57 | Hideto Tanihara |
38 | 66 | Li Haotong |
39 | 67 | Charles Howell III |
40 | 69 | Peter Uihlein |
41 | 70 | Alexander Levy |
42 | 72 | Patrick Cantlay |
43 | 76 | Jordan L Smith |
44 | 81 | Paul Dunne |
45 | 84 | Lucas Glover |
46 | 85 | Hudson Swafford |
47 | 88 | Thorbjorn Olesen |
48 | 91 | Chez Reavie |
49 | 93 | Scott Hend |
50 | 98 | Shugo Imahira |
51 | 102 | Chan Kim |
52 | 103 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat |
53 | 112 | Fabrizio Zanotti |
54 | 115 | Ryan Fox |
55 | 122 | Richard Sterne |
56 | 125 | Mike Lorenzo-Vera |
57 | 126 | Brandon Stone |
58 | 132 | Matthew Southgate |
59 | 134 | Graeme Storm |
60 | 135 | Richie Ramsay |
61 | 142 | Michael Hendry |
62 | 146 | Daisuke Kataoka |
63 | 147 | David Lipsky |
64 | 153 | Hyunwoo Ryu |
65 | 166 | Gavin Green |
66 | 174 | Andrew Dodt |
67 | 211 | Poom Saksansin |
68 | 214 | Haydn Porteous |
69 | 239 | Phachara Khongwatmai |
70 | 266 | S.S.P. Chawrasia |
71 | 285 | Marty Dou Zecheng |
72 | 300 | Wu Ashun |
73 | 300 | Zhang Xin-jun |
74 | 396 | Liang Wen-chong |
75 | 483 | Ashley Hall |
76 | 503 | Matthew Griffin |
77 | 629 | Liu Yan-wei |
78 | 1066 | Cao Yi |
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