2010 WGC-HSBC Champions

2010 WGC-HSBC Champions

Tournament information
Dates	November 4–7, 2010
Location	Shanghai, China
Course(s)	Sheshan Golf Club
Tour(s)	Asian Tour PGA European Tour PGA Tour (unofficial)
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,266 yards (6,644 m)
Field	78 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$7,000,000
Winner's share	$1,200,000
Champion
Francesco Molinari
269 (-19)

The 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament contested from November 4–7, 2010 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the second WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in 2010. It was won by Francesco Molinari of Italy who completed a wire-to-wire one stroke victory over Lee Westwood to win his first WGC event.^[1][2]

Field

The following is a list of players for the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions.^[3][4][5] Players who have qualified from multiple categories are listed in the first category in which they are eligible. The numbers of other qualifying categories are in parentheses next to the player's name.

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

Tim Clark, Martin Kaymer (5,12), Graeme McDowell (5,12), Phil Mickelson (2,12), Louis Oosthuizen (5,12)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships.

Ernie Els (3,12), Hunter Mahan (3,12), Ian Poulter (12)

3. Winners of the top 23 rated PGA Tour events (35 events met rating).

Ben Crane, Anthony Kim (12), Rory McIlroy (12), Ryan Palmer, Camilo Villegas, Lee Westwood (5,12)

Qualified but did not play: Jonathan Byrd, Jason Day, Jim Furyk (12), Charley Hoffman, Dustin Johnson (12), Zach Johnson (12), Matt Kuchar (12), Geoff Ogilvy, Justin Rose (12), Steve Stricker (12), Bubba Watson (12)

4. Top 5 available players from the FedEx Cup points list.

Paul Casey (12), Luke Donald (5,12), Retief Goosen (12), Nick Watney, K. J. Choi,

Qualified but did not play: Martin Laird

5. Winners of the top 23 rated European Tour events (25 events met rating).

Fredrik Andersson Hed, Ross Fisher, Richard Green, Peter Hanson, David Horsey, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Richard S. Johnson, Robert Karlsson, Simon Khan, Matteo Manassero, Edoardo Molinari (8,12), Álvaro Quirós, Yang Yong-eun

6. Top 5 available players from the Race to Dubai.

Rhys Davies, Pádraig Harrington (12), Francesco Molinari, Charl Schwartzel (9), Danny Willett

7. Nine players - winners of the top Asian Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (4 events met rating).

Kiradech Aphibarnrat (OoM), Grégory Bourdy, Andrew Dodt, Marcus Fraser, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (OoM), Pariya Junhasavasdikul (OoM), Mardan Mamat (OoM), Noh Seung-yul, Thaworn Wiratchant (OoM)

8. Five players - winners of the top Japan Golf Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (21 events met rating).

Hiroyuki Fujita (OoM), Kim Kyung-tae, Shigeki Maruyama, Michio Matsumura (OoM), Katsumasa Miyamoto

Qualified but did not play: Yasuharu Imano

9. Five players - winners of the top Sunshine Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (4 events met rating).

Darren Fichardt (OoM), Anders Hansen (OoM), Pablo Martín, Richie Ramsay, Jaco van Zyl (OoM)

10. Five players - winners of the top PGA Tour of Australasia events, remainder from Order of Merit (3 events met rating).

Robert Allenby (12), Alistair Presnell (OoM), Adam Scott, Michael Sim (OoM), Tiger Woods (12)

11. Four players from China.

Li Chao, Liang Wen-chong, Wu Kang-chun, Yuan Hao

12. Any players, not included in above categories, in the top 25 of the OWGR on September 27, 2010.

Qualified but did not play: Sean O'Hair

13. If needed to fill the field of 78 players: Winners of additional tournaments, ordered by field strength (14 from PGA Tour, 4 from European Tour, 16 from Japan Golf Tour), alternating with those players ranked after the top 25 in OWGR on September 27, 2010 Players listed in "()" already qualified in previous category, players list with name stricken did not play.

Alternates

Round summaries

First round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Francesco Molinari	Italy	65	-7
2	Lee Westwood	England	66	-6
T3	Yuta Ikeda	Japan	67	-5
	Noh Seung-yul	South Korea
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden
T6	Luke Donald	England	68	-4
	Pablo Martín	Spain
	Tiger Woods	United States
T9	Fredrik Andersson Hed	Sweden	69	-3
	Ross Fisher	England
	Phil Mickelson	United States
	Katsumasa Miyamoto	Japan
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa
	Ryan Palmer	United States
	Richie Ramsay	Scotland
	Adam Scott	Australia
	Yang Yong-eun	South Korea

Second round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Francesco Molinari	Italy	65-70=135	-9
2	Lee Westwood	England	66-70=136	-8
T3	Ernie Els	South Africa	72-65=137	-7
	Richie Ramsay	Scotland	69-68=137
	Jaco van Zyl	South Africa	71-66=137
6	Luke Donald	England	68-70=138	-6
T7	Ross Fisher	England	69-70=139	-5
	Noh Seung-yul	South Korea	67-72=139
T9	Robert Allenby	Australia	72-68=140	-4
	Fredrik Andersson Hed	Sweden	69-71=140
	Richard Green	Australia	72-68=140
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	70-70=140
	Richard S. Johnson	Sweden	70-70=140
	Phil Mickelson	United States	69-71=140
	Ian Poulter	England	70-70=140
	Nick Watney	United States	72-68=140
	Tiger Woods	United States	68-72=140

Third round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Francesco Molinari	Italy	65-70-67=202	-14
2	Lee Westwood	England	66-70-67=203	-13
3	Luke Donald	England	68-70-68=206	-10
T4	Ernie Els	South Africa	72-65-71=208	-8
	Ross Fisher	England	69-70-69=208
	Richie Ramsay	Scotland	69-68-71=208
7	Jaco van Zyl	South Africa	71-66-72=209	-7
T8	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	70-70-70=210	-6
	Noh Seung-yul	South Korea	67-72-71=210
T10	Fredrik Andersson Hed	Sweden	69-71-71=211	-5
	Paul Casey	England	73-71-67=211
	Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	74-70-67=211

Final leaderboard

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Francesco Molinari	Italy	65-70-67-67=269	-19	1,200,000
2	Lee Westwood	England	66-70-67-67=270	-18	675,000
T3	Luke Donald	England	68-70-68-73=279	-9	372,500
	Richie Ramsay	Scotland	69-68-71-71=279
5	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	71-71-71-67=280	-8	250,000
T6	Fredrik Andersson Hed	Sweden	69-71-71-70=281	-7	145,714
	Paul Casey	England	73-71-67-70=281
	Ernie Els	South Africa	72-65-71-73=281
	Retief Goosen	South Africa	70-74-69-68=281
	Richard Green	Australia	72-68-73-68=281
	Peter Hanson	Sweden	73-69-70-69=281
	Tiger Woods	United States	68-72-73-68=281

References

External links

• Coverage on European Tour's official site
• Coverage on PGA Tour's official site