WGC-HSBC Champions
October 27th – 30th, 2016
Sheshan International Golf Club
Shanghai, China
Par: 72 / Yardage: 7.199
Purse: $9.5 million
with $1,400,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
Russell Knox
This week’s field includes:
A great field this week, best of the fall events as 40 of the top 50 in the latest Official World Rankings are in China this week. The field consists of eight of the top ten; #2 Dustin Johnson, #3 Rory McIlroy, #5 Henrik Stenson, #6 Adam Scott, #7 Patrick Reed, #8 Bubba Watson, #9 Danny Willett and #10 Hideki Matsuyama. Here are the rest of the top-50: #11 Rickie Fowler, #13 Paul Casey, #14 Sergio Garcia, #16 Branden Grace, #17 Jimmy Walker, #18 Alex Noren, #19 Matt Kuchar, #20 Russell Knox, #21 Justin Thomas, #23 Brooks Koepka, #24 Louis Oosthuizen, #25 J.B. Holmes, #26 Emiliano Grillo, #27 Charl Schwartzel, #28 Kevin Chappell, #31 Rafael Cabrera Bello, #32 Scott Piercy, #33 Ryan Moore, #34 Tyrrell Hatton, #35 Chris Wood, #36 Kevin Na, #37 Kevin Kisner, #38 Daniel Berger, #39 Byeong Hun An, #40 Francesco Molinari, #41 Thomas Pieters, #43 Bill Haas, #44 Shane Lowry, #46 Lee Westwood, #47 Bernd Wiesberger, #48 Martin Kaymer and #50 Soren Kjeldsen
Last year there was 35 of the top-50 in the field, so five more.
The field includes 19 of the Top 25 on this year’s FedEx point standings for 2016. Those players include #1 Rory McIlroy, #2 Dustin Johnson, #3 Patrick Reed, #4 Adam Scott, #5 Paul Casey, #7 Ryan Moore, #8 Kevin Chappell, #10 Russell Knox, #11 Emiliano Grillo, #12 Justin Thomas, #13 Hideki Matsuyama, #14 Jimmy Walker, #17 Si Woo Kim, #18 Matt Kuchar, #20 Gary Woodland, #21 Bubba Watson, #22 Roberto Castro, #23 Kevin Kisner and #25 Charl Schwartzel.
The field includes only 6 of their past champions: Russell Knox (2016), Bubba Watson (2015), Dustin Johnson (2014), Martin Kaymer (2011), Francesco Molinari (2010) and Sergio Garcia (2009, Nov.2008).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the WGC-HSBC Champions field is our performance chart listed by average finish. One last way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at WGC-HSBC Champions in the last five years or check out our sortable 8-year glance at the WGC-HSBC Champions.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the HSBC Champions
Player | CIMB Classic | Portugal Masters | Safeway Open | British Masters | Dunhill Links | Tour Champ. | Porsche Euro | Italian Open | BMW Champ. | European Masters | Deutsche Bank | KLM Open | Barclays |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Casey (308.5 pts) |
T21 (29) |
DNP | T3 (90) |
DNP | DNP | 4 (80) |
DNP | DNP | 2 (50) |
DNP | 2 (50) |
DNP | T31 (9.5) |
Justin Thomas (266 pts) |
Win (132) |
DNP | T8 (50) |
DNP | DNP | T6 (60) |
DNP | DNP | T32 (9) |
DNP | CUT (-5) |
DNP | T10 (20) |
Bernd Wiesberger (238 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 2 (100) |
T7 (55) |
DNP | 5 (46.67) |
DNP | DNP | T41 (3) |
DNP | 2 (33.33) |
DNP |
Alex Noren (233.33 pts) |
DNP | T37 (13) |
DNP | Win (132) |
T11 (39) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | T34 (5.33) |
DNP |
Richard Bland (230 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 (80) |
T18 (32) |
DNP | T7 (36.67) |
T5 (46.67) |
DNP | T5 (23.33) |
DNP | T16 (11.33) |
DNP |
Alexander Levy (220.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 (80) |
T63 (0) |
DNP | Win (88) |
T7 (36.67) |
DNP | T18 (10.67) |
DNP | T34 (5.33) |
DNP |
Rory McIlroy (211.5 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (132) |
DNP | DNP | T42 (4) |
DNP | Win (66) |
DNP | T31 (9.5) |
Adam Scott (210 pts) |
T10 (40) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T8 (50) |
DNP | DNP | T4 (40) |
DNP | 4 (40) |
DNP | T4 (40) |
Hideki Matsuyama (195.5 pts) |
2 (100) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 5 (70) |
DNP | DNP | T24 (13) |
DNP | T15 (17.5) |
DNP | CUT (-5) |
Ryan Moore (185.5 pts) |
T17 (33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (100) |
DNP | DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | T8 (25) |
DNP | T7 (27.5) |
Tyrrell Hatton (177 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T9 (45) |
Win (132) |
DNP | DNP | T45 (3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Ross Fisher (168.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T67 (0) |
T2 (100) |
DNP | 2 (66.67) |
DNP | DNP | T58 (0) |
DNP | T45 (1.67) |
DNP |
Dustin Johnson (167 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T6 (60) |
DNP | DNP | Win (66) |
DNP | T8 (25) |
DNP | T18 (16) |
Emiliano Grillo (164.5 pts) |
T17 (33) |
DNP | T26 (24) |
DNP | DNP | T10 (40) |
DNP | DNP | T32 (9) |
DNP | T33 (8.5) |
DNP | T2 (50) |
Scott Piercy (157 pts) |
T10 (40) |
DNP | T3 (90) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T24 (13) |
DNP | T53 (0) |
DNP | T22 (14) |
Richard Sterne (146 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T9 (45) |
T2 (100) |
DNP | T39 (7.33) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T49 (0.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Patrick Reed (145.5 pts) |
T51 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T24 (26) |
DNP | DNP | T13 (18.5) |
DNP | T5 (35) |
DNP | Win (66) |
Kevin Chappell (139.5 pts) |
T45 (5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (100) |
DNP | DNP | T61 (0) |
DNP | T8 (25) |
DNP | T31 (9.5) |
Kevin Na (126.5 pts) |
T29 (21) |
DNP | 7 (55) |
DNP | DNP | 29 (21) |
DNP | DNP | T20 (15) |
DNP | T11 (19.5) |
DNP | CUT (-5) |
Martin Kaymer (120 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 6 (60) |
DNP | 6 (40) |
T20 (20) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Gary Woodland (110.5 pts) |
T56 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T10 (40) |
DNP | DNP | T24 (13) |
DNP | T15 (17.5) |
DNP | T4 (40) |
Si Woo Kim (107.5 pts) |
T10 (40) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T10 (40) |
DNP | DNP | T20 (15) |
DNP | T15 (17.5) |
DNP | CUT (-5) |
Scott Hend (101.67 pts) |
T7 (55) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | 2 (33.33) |
DNP | T4 (26.67) |
DNP |
Russell Knox (101 pts) |
T10 (40) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 23 (27) |
DNP | DNP | T17 (16.5) |
DNP | T15 (17.5) |
DNP | T60 (0) |
Roberto Castro (101 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T35 (15) |
DNP | DNP | T17 (33) |
DNP | DNP | 3 (45) |
DNP | T24 (13) |
DNP | CUT (-5) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the HSBC Champions
Player | CIMB Classic | Portugal Masters | Safeway Open | British Masters | Dunhill Links | Tour Champ. | Porsche Euro | Italian Open | BMW Champ. | European Masters | Deutsche Bank | KLM Open | Barclays |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wu Ashun (-33.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Nathan Holman (-25 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | WD (-5) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T68 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Dean Burmester (-10 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 72 (0) |
DNP |
Jacques Blaauw (-10 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Matthew Millar (-10 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Chan Shih-chang (0.33 pts) |
T69 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T49 (0.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Soomin Lee (1.67 pts) |
77 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T28 (14.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T49 (0.33) |
DNP | T10 (13.33) |
DNP |
Henrik Stenson (2 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T41 (4.5) |
DNP | WD (-2.5) |
Marcus Fraser (4.67 pts) |
T60 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T61 (0) |
DNP | T36 (4.67) |
DNP | T66 (0) |
DNP |
Miguel Tabuena (9 pts) |
T45 (5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T28 (7.33) |
DNP |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the HSBC Champions
Best Bets:
Rory McIlroy
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T11 | T6 | T4 | 5 | 4 |
Look for his hot hand to continue, has played well on this course and can score well
Dustin Johnson
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T5 | Win | T39 |
Has won on this course so if he can repeat what he did in the FedEx Cup playoffs he will be contending on Sunday.
Hideki Matsuyama
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WD | T41 | WD |
When he gets on a roll he does well for weeks on in. Played well at the CIMB and even though he hasn’t had a great record in this event, think he will change things this week.
Best of the rest:
Russell Knox
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win |
Can he do what Thomas did last week, win the same event back to back? Played well last year and has had a good run of late, look for a good week.
Sergio Garcia
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T11 | T28 | 4 | T23 | T46 |
Past winning of this event, his game is in good shape and he could win here again.
Patrick Reed
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T7 | T22 |
He will be playing a lot in the coming weeks and I can see him starting up on the right foot this weekend with a top finish.
Adam Scott
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 | T12 | 8 | T11 | T25 |
You never know when he is going to get things going and start winning again.
Solid contenders
Paul Casey
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T23 | 20 | T4 | T6 | WD | T9 | T6 | 7 |
Just have to think that his very hot game could be cooling off for this week.
Rickie Fowler
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T17 | T3 | T55 | T25 |
After a good Ryder Cup he could be in good sprints to play well this week.
Branden Grace
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T5 | T39 | T62 |
Played well last year and could carry on the good play.
Thomas Pieters
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T23 |
Is starting to play better in these type of events with very good field of players competing.
Alex Noren
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T54 | T49 | T19 |
His game has been great the last six weeks
Long shots that could come through:
Scott Piercy
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T35 | T21 | T2 |
Has played very well the last two weeks.
Ross Fisher
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T3 | T16 | T28 | T2 |
Don’t forget the fact that he was T-3rd last year and has a pair of runner-up finishes in the last six weeks.
Francesco Molinari
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T21 | T39 | T23 | Win | T10 | T9 |
Past champion at this event, he could surprise a lot of folks with a good run.
I was in Portugal last week Pieters hit it really poor and was struggling to get motivated. Think hes burnt out myself and needs a break.