2017 WGC-HSBC Champions

The 2017 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 26–29 October 2017 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the ninth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2017 calendar year.

2017 WGC-HSBC Champions

Tournament information
Dates	26–29 October 2017
Location	Shanghai, China
Course(s)	Sheshan Golf Club
Tour(s)	Asian Tour European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,261 yards (6,639 m)
Field	78 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$9,750,000
Winner's share	$1,660,000
Champion
Justin Rose
274 (−14)

Sheshan
Golf Club

Location in China

Justin Rose won his first HSBC Champions and second World Golf Championship.[1]

Field

The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2017 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria is towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners. Players who qualify from multiple categories will be 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

Kim Si-woo (3), Brooks Koepka (3,4)

• Sergio García (3,4,5), Jordan Spieth (3,4), and Justin Thomas (3,4) did not play.

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships

Dustin Johnson (3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (3,4)

3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 9 October

Daniel Berger (4), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (5), Paul Casey (4), Jason Day (4), Tony Finau (4), Ross Fisher (5), Matthew Fitzpatrick (5), Tommy Fleetwood (5), Branden Grace, Bill Haas, Adam Hadwin (4), Brian Harman (4), Tyrrell Hatton (5), Russell Henley (4), Matt Kuchar (4), Marc Leishman (4), Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari (5), Alex Norén (5), Pat Perez (4), Thomas Pieters (5), Jon Rahm (4,5), Patrick Reed (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Xander Schauffele (4), Charl Schwartzel (5), Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson (5), Jhonattan Vegas (4), Bernd Wiesberger (5)

• Kevin Chappell (4), Jason Dufner (4), Rickie Fowler (4), Charley Hoffman (4), Zach Johnson, Kevin Kisner (4), Rory McIlroy (5), Ryan Moore, Louis Oosthuizen, Webb Simpson (4), Brandt Snedeker, Brendan Steele, and Gary Woodland (4) did not play.

4. Top 30 from the final 2017 FedEx Cup points list (if there are less than five available players, players beyond 30th will be selected to increase the number to five)

Patrick Cantlay, Charles Howell III, Chez Reavie, Kyle Stanley, Hudson Swafford

• Mackenzie Hughes did not play.

5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 16 October

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Paul Dunne, Ryan Fox, Alexander Lévy, Li Haotong, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Thorbjørn Olesen, Richie Ramsay, Jordan Smith, Matthew Southgate, Hideto Tanihara, Peter Uihlein, Fabrizio Zanotti

• Lee Westwood did not play.

6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 16 October

Shiv Chawrasia, Gavin Green, Scott Hend, David Lipsky

7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 16 October

Chan Kim, Shugo Imahira

• Yuta Ikeda, Satoshi Kodaira, and Yūsaku Miyazato did not play.

8. The leading two available players from the final 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Matthew Griffin, Michael Hendry

9. The leading two available players from the final 2016 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Richard Sterne, Brandon Stone

• Dean Burmester did not play.

10. Six players from China

Cao Yi, Dou Zecheng, Liang Wenchong, Liu Yanwei, 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 9 October
• Next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 16 October, OWGR as of 9 October, FedEx Cup list:

1. Ryu Hyun-woo (Japan Golf Tour; Shingo Katayama did not play)
2. Haydn Porteous (Sunshine Tour; Darren Fichardt did not play)
3. Phachara Khongwatmai (Asian Tour)
4. Ashley Hall (PGA Tour of Australasia)
5. Graeme Storm (Race to Dubai)
6. Wesley Bryan (OWGR; Jimmy Walker did not play)
7. Lucas Glover (FedEx Cup; Billy Horschel did not play)
8. Daisuke Kataoka (Japan Golf Tour)
9. Andrew Dodt (PGA Tour of Australasia)
10. Poom Saksansin (Asian Tour)

Nationalities in the field

North America (23)	South America (2)	Europe (21)	Oceania (9)	Asia (18)	Africa (5)
Canada (1)	Paraguay (1)	England (9)	Australia (7)	China (7)	South Africa (5)
United States (22)	Venezuela (1)	Scotland (1)	New Zealand (2)	India (1)
		Ireland (1)		Japan (4)
		Austria (1)		South Korea (2)
		Belgium (1)		Malaysia (1)
		Denmark (1)		Thailand (3)
		France (2)
		Italy (1)
		Spain (2)
		Sweden (2)

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Dustin Johnson	United States	2013	68	63	68	77	276	−12	T2
Phil Mickelson	United States	2009	71	72	74	67	284	−4	T15
Francesco Molinari	Italy	2010	77	71	72	71	291	+3	T46
Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	2016	74	74	72	72	292	+4	T50

• Note: the HSBC Champions became a WGC event in 2009; winners before this are not listed.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 26 October 2017

Brooks Koepka shot an 8-under-par 64 to take a one-stroke lead over Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Gavin Green.[4]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Brooks Koepka	United States	64	−8
T2	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	Thailand	65	−7
	Gavin Green	Malaysia
T4	Haydn Porteous	South Africa	66	−6
	Patrick Reed	United States
T6	Paul Dunne	Ireland	67	−5
	Tony Finau	United States
	Matt Kuchar	United States
	Justin Rose	England
	Wu Ashun	China

Second round

Friday, 27 October 2017

Dustin Johnson shot a 9-under-par 63 to take a one-stroke lead over first-round leader Brooks Koepka.[5]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Dustin Johnson	United States	68-63=131	−13
2	Brooks Koepka	United States	64-68=132	−12
T3	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	Thailand	65-70=135	−9
	Justin Rose	England	67-68=135
5	Patrick Reed	United States	66-70=136	−8
T6	Matthew Fitzpatrick	England	68-69=137	−7
	Brian Harman	United States	68-69=137
	Matt Kuchar	United States	67-70=137
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	68-69=137
T10	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	Spain	68-70=138	−6
	Tyrrell Hatton	England	68-70=138

Third round

Saturday, 28 October 2017

Dustin Johnson shot a 4-under-par 68 to open a 6-shot lead over Brooks Koepka who was hurt by a triple-bogey on the par-5 8th hole.[6]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Dustin Johnson	United States	68-63-68=199	−17
2	Brooks Koepka	United States	64-68-73=205	−11
3	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	68-69-69=206	−10
T4	Brian Harman	United States	68-69-70=207	−9
	Justin Rose	England	67-68-72=207
T6	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	Spain	68-70-70=208	−8
	Kyle Stanley	United States	71-68-69=208
	Peter Uihlein	United States	72-67-69=208
T9	Matthew Fitzpatrick	England	68-69-72=209	−7
	Tyrrell Hatton	England	68-70-71=209
	Matt Kuchar	United States	67-70-72=209

Final round

Sunday, 29 October 2017

Justin Rose overcame an eight-stroke deficit to win by two strokes over third-round leader Dustin Johnson, as well as Brooks Koepka and Henrik Stenson. Rose shot a 5-under-par 67, tied for the low round with Phil Mickelson, while Johnson shot a 5-over-par 77 in windy conditions.[1]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Prize money (US$)
1	Justin Rose	England	67-68-72-67=274	−14	1,660,000
T2	Dustin Johnson	United States	68-63-68-77=276	−12	679,667
	Brooks Koepka	United States	64-68-73-71=276
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	68-69-69-70=276
T5	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	Spain	68-70-70-72=280	−8	288,000
	Kyle Stanley	United States	71-68-69-72=280
	Peter Uihlein	United States	72-67-69-72=280
8	Brian Harman	United States	68-69-70-74=281	−7	210,000
T9	Matthew Fitzpatrick	England	68-69-72-73=282	−6	176,000
	Bernd Wiesberger	Austria	71-70-70-71=282

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
Rose	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−11	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14
Johnson	−16	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−14	−14	−14	−13	−12	−12	−12
Koepka	−11	−11	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−11	−11	−11	−12
Stenson	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−12	−12

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

References

1. "Justin Rose wins WGC-HSBC with comeback over Dustin Johnson". ESPN. Associated Press. 29 October 2017.
2. "WGC-HSBC Champions – The Field". HSBC Golf. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
3. "WGC-HSBC Champions Entry List". European Tour. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
4. "Brooks Koepka opens with a 64 to lead HSBC Champions". ESPN. Associated Press. 26 October 2017.
5. "Dustin Johnson shoots 63 to take 1-shot lead over Brooks Koepka". ESPN. Associated Press. 27 October 2017.
6. "Dustin Johnson races out to 6-shot lead in HSBC Champions". ESPN. Associated Press. 28 October 2017.
7. "World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions". ESPN. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

External links

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