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2015 WGC-HSBC Champions
Tournament information
Dates5–8 November 2015
LocationShanghai, China
Course(s)Sheshan Golf Club
Tour(s)Asian Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,261 yards (6,639 m)
Field78 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,500,000
Winner's share$1,400,000
Champion
Scotland Russell Knox
268 (−20)
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The 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 5–8 November 2015 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the seventh WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in 2015.

Russell Knox won by 2 strokes from Kevin Kisner. Danny Willett had a last round 62 to finish joint third with Ross Fisher, a further stroke behind. Knox was playing in his first WGC event and became the first Scot to win a World Golf Championship. Knox had only earned entry as third alternate.[1]

Field

The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria for invitation differed from 2014, with a move towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners. Players who qualify 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.[2][3]

1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship

Rickie Fowler (3,4), Jordan Spieth (3,4)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships

Dustin Johnson (3,4), Shane Lowry (3,5), Rory McIlroy (3,4,5), Bubba Watson (3,4)

3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 19 October

Kiradech Aphibarnrat (5), Daniel Berger (4), Paul Casey (4), Sergio García (5), Branden Grace (5), Emiliano Grillo, Thongchai Jaidee (5), Martin Kaymer (5), Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (4), Søren Kjeldsen (5), Anirban Lahiri (5), Danny Lee (4), Marc Leishman, David Lingmerth, Hunter Mahan, Hideki Matsuyama (4), Kevin Na (4), Louis Oosthuizen (4,5), Scott Piercy (4), Patrick Reed (4), Charl Schwartzel (5), Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson (4,5), Robert Streb (4), Andy Sullivan (5), Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger (5), Danny Willett (5), Gary Woodland

4. Top 30 from the final 2015 FedEx Cup points list (if there are less than five available players, players beyond 30th will be selected to increase the number to five)

Steven Bowditch, Harris English, Matt Jones, Daniel Summerhays, Justin Thomas

5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 26 October

An Byeong-hun, Luke Donald, Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, David Howell, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, James Morrison, Alexander Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thomas Pieters, Marc Warren, Chris Wood

6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 26 October

Shiv Chawrasia, Andrew Dodt, Scott Hend, Richard T. Lee

7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 26 October

Kim Kyung-tae, Satoshi Kodaira

8. The leading two available players from the final 2014 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Greg Chalmers, Steven Jeffress

9. The leading two available players from the final 2014 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Thomas Aiken, Daniel van Tonder

10. Six players from China

Cao Yi, Dou Zecheng, Li Haotong, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Zhang Xinjun

11. Alternates, if needed to fill the field of 78 players
  • The next available player on the Orders of Merit of the Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Sunshine Tour, and PGA Tour of Australasia, ranked in order of their position in the OWGR as of 19 October
  • Next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 26 October, OWGR as of 19 October, FedEx Cup list:
  1. Hiroshi Iwata (Japan)
  2. Danny Chia (Asia)
  3. Trevor Fisher Jnr (Sunshine)
  4. Nick Cullen (Australasia)
  5. Tyrrell Hatton (Race to Dubai; replaced George Coetzee)
  6. Ian Poulter (OWGR; replaced Brandt Snedeker)
  7. Russell Knox (FedEx Cup; replaced J. B. Holmes)
  8. Cameron Smith (Asia; replaced Billy Horschel)

Nationalities in the field

North America (17) South America (1) Europe (27) Oceania (11) Asia (16) Africa (6)
 Canada (1)  Argentina (1)  England (13)  Australia (10)  China (6)  South Africa (6)
 United States (16)  Northern Ireland (1)  New Zealand (1)  India (2)
 Scotland (2)  Japan (3)
 Ireland (1)  South Korea (2)
 Austria (1)  Malaysia (1)
 Belgium (1)  Thailand (2)
 Denmark (2)
 Germany (1)
 Spain (2)
 Sweden (3)

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Dustin Johnson  United States 2013 65 71 65 71 272 −16 T5
Martin Kaymer  Germany 2011 69 71 73 67 280 −8 T30
Ian Poulter  England 2012 72 71 70 67 280 −8 T30
Bubba Watson  United States 2014 68 73 68 72 281 −7 T35
  • Note: the HSBC Champions became a WGC event in 2009; winners before this are not listed.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 5 November 2015

Branden Grace shot a 9-under-par 63 to take a one-stroke lead over Steven Bowditch, Kevin Kisner, and Thorbjørn Olesen.[4]

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Branden Grace  South Africa 63 −9
T2 Steven Bowditch  Australia 64 −8
Kevin Kisner  United States
Thorbjørn Olesen  Denmark
T5 Dustin Johnson  United States 65 −7
Patrick Reed  United States
Danny Willett  England
8 Li Haotong  China 66 −6
T9 Paul Casey  England 67 −5
Harris English  United States
Trevor Fisher Jnr  South Africa
Tommy Fleetwood  England
Russell Knox  Scotland
Thomas Pieters  Belgium
Zhang Xin-jun  China

Second round

Friday, 6 November 2015

Kevin Kisner shot a second-round 66 to take a two stroke lead over Russell Knox, who shot the low round of the day, 65. First-round leader Branden Grace shot a 71 to fall to third place, four strokes behind Kisner. Li Haotong, of China, moved up the leaderboard to a tie for 4th with a second-round 69.[5]

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Kevin Kisner  United States 64-66=130 −14
2 Russell Knox  Scotland 67-65=132 −12
3 Branden Grace  South Africa 63-71=134 −10
T4 Li Haotong  China 66-69=135 −9
Patrick Reed  United States 66-70=135
T6 Dustin Johnson  United States 65-71=136 −8
Hunter Mahan  United States 68-68=136
Bernd Wiesberger  Austria 70-66=136
T9 An Byeong-hun  South Korea 69-68=137 −7
Matthew Fitzpatrick  England 68-69=137
Scott Hend  Australia 68-69=137
Louis Oosthuizen  South Africa 68-69=137


Third round

Saturday, 7 November 2015
Sunday, 8 November 2015

Third round play did not finish Saturday due to Russell Knox choosing not to play the last hole due to darkness.[6] When he finished his hole on Sunday, he was tied for the lead with Kevin Kisner at 16-under-par. They were one stroke ahead of Dustin Johnson and Li Haotong.

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Kevin Kisner  United States 64-66-70=200 −16
Russell Knox  Scotland 67-65-68=200
T3 Dustin Johnson  United States 65-71-65=201 −15
Li Haotong  China 66-69-66=201
T5 Ross Fisher  England 69-69-65=203 −13
Patrick Reed  United States 65-70-68=203
Jordan Spieth  United States 68-72-63=203
T8 Branden Grace  South Africa 63-71-70=204 −12
Scott Hend  Australia 68-69-67=204
Thorbjørn Olesen  Denmark 64-74-66=204

Final round

Sunday, 8 November 2015

Russell Knox shot a final round 68 to beat Kevin Kisner by two strokes. Li Haotong's T7 finish was the highest PGA Tour finish for a Chinese player.[1]

Place Player Country Score To par Prize money (US$)
1 Russell Knox  Scotland 67-65-68-68=268 −20 1,400,000
2 Kevin Kisner  United States 64-66-70-70=270 −18 850,000
T3 Ross Fisher  England 69-69-65-68=271 −17 422,500
Danny Willett  England 65-74-70-62=271
T5 Branden Grace  South Africa 63-71-70-68=272 −16 276,500
Dustin Johnson  United States 65-71-65-71=272
T7 Matthew Fitzpatrick  England 68-69-69-67=273 −15 173,750
Li Haotong  China 66-69-66-72=273
Patrick Reed  United States 65-70-68-70=273
Jordan Spieth  United States 68-72-63-70=273

Scorecard

Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 5
Scotland Knox −16 −17 −18 −17 −17 −18 −18 −18 −17 −18 −19 −19 −19 −19 −19 −20 −20 −20
United States Kisner −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18
England Fisher −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −16 −16 −17 −17
England Willett −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17
South Africa Grace −12 −13 −14 −14 −13 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 −17 −16 −16 −17 −16 −16 −15 −16
United States Johnson −15 −16 −17 −16 −16 −16 −17 −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16
England Fitzpatrick −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15
China Li −14 −12 −13 −12 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15
United States Reed −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15
United States Spieth −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Russell Knox shoots 68 to win first PGA Tour title at HSBC Champions". ESPN. Associated Press. 8 November 2015.
  2. ^ "The Field". HSBC Champions. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. ^ "WGC-HSBC Champions: Entry List". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Branden Grace leads; Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson shoot 68". ESPN. Associated Press. 5 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Kevin Kisner opens 2-shot lead at HSBC Champions". ESPN. Associated Press. 6 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Jordan Spieth eyes Shanghai prize as Rory McIlroy battles on". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 November 2015.
  7. ^ "World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions". ESPN. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

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