2014 WGC-HSBC Champions

2014 WGC-HSBC Champions
Tournament information
Dates6–9 November 2014
LocationShanghai, China
Course(s)Sheshan Golf Club
Tour(s)Asian Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,261 yards (6,639 m)
Field80 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,500,000
€6,825,000
Winner's share$1,400,000
€1,124,000
Champion
United States Bubba Watson
277 (−11), playoff
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Sheshan  Golf Club is located in China
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Location in China

The 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played 6–9 November 2014 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the sixth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2014 calendar year.

Bubba Watson won the tournament at the first playoff hole, holing a 20-foot (6 m) putt for a birdie at the 18th hole while Tim Clark took a par 5. Watson and Clark had tied for the lead at 277 after 72 holes. Watson seemed to have ruined his chance of winning by bogeying the 16th hole of the final round and taking a double bogey at the 17th. However he then holed out from a greenside bunker for an eagle at the last hole to take the lead. Clark then holed a 4-foot (1.2 m) putt for a birdie at the last to force a playoff. In the final group, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, and Hiroshi Iwata all needed a birdie at the last to join the playoff but none of the three made it.

Field

The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions.[1][2][3] "Top rated" means tournaments with the highest "strength of field" rating (SOF)[4] in the Official World Golf Ranking (these tournaments were pre-determined based on OWGR from 2012 to 2013 HSBC Champions). 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.

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

Martin Kaymer (12), Bubba Watson (3,12)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships

Patrick Reed (12)

3. Winners of the top 20 rated PGA Tour events

Tim Clark, Matt Every, Russell Henley, J. B. Holmes, Billy Horschel (12), Matt Jones, Chris Kirk (12), Hunter Mahan (12), Hideki Matsuyama (12), Ryan Moore (12), Justin Rose (5,12), Adam Scott (9,12), John Senden, Kevin Stadler, Scott Stallings, Kevin Streelman (12)

4. Top 5 available players from the 2013–14 FedEx Cup points list

Rickie Fowler (12), Sergio García (5,10,12), Ryan Palmer (12), Jordan Spieth (12), Jimmy Walker (12)

5. Winners of the top 10 rated European Tour events

Victor Dubuisson (12), Pablo Larrazábal, Graeme McDowell (12), Louis Oosthuizen, Marcel Siem, Henrik Stenson (12), Oliver Wilson

6. Top 15 available players from the Race to Dubai

Thomas Bjørn (8,12), Jonas Blixt, George Coetzee (8), Jamie Donaldson (12), Ernie Els (12), Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher (12), Mikko Ilonen (12), Thongchai Jaidee (12), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (12), Alexander Lévy, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten (12), Charl Schwartzel (8,12), Marc Warren

7. Four players - winners of the top 3 Japan Golf Tour events, remainder from 2014 Order of Merit

Luke Donald (12), Hiroshi Iwata (OoM), Kim Hyung-sung (OoM), Yoshitaka Takeya

8. Four players - winners of the top 3 Sunshine Tour events, remainder from 2013 Order of Merit

Darren Fichardt (OoM), Hennie Otto (OoM), Dawie van der Walt (OoM), Jaco van Zyl (OoM)

9. Four players - winners of the top 3 PGA Tour of Australasia events, remainder from 2013 Order of Merit

Michael Hendry (OoM), Jin Jeong (OoM), Brody Ninyette (OoM), Thorbjørn Olesen

10. Six players - winners of the top 3 Asian Tour events, remainder from 2014 Order of Merit

Felipe Aguilar, Jason Knutzon (OoM), Anirban Lahiri (OoM), Antonio Lascuña (OoM), David Lipsky (OoM), Lee Westwood (12)

11. Six players from China

Dou Zecheng, Hu Mu, Li Haotong, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Zhang Lianwei

12. Any players, not included in above categories, in the top 50 of the OWGR on 20 October 2014

Keegan Bradley, Graham DeLaet, Jason Dufner, Bill Haas, Marc Leishman, Kevin Na, Ian Poulter, Brandt Snedeker, Brendon Todd, Gary Woodland

13. Alternates, if needed to fill the field to 78 players

None needed: 80 players competed

  • Winner of 21st ranked PGA Tour event
  • Next ranked player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 20 October, OWGR as of 20 October 2013–14 FedEx Cup list, repeating as necessary

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Graeme McDowell shot a 5-under-par 67 to take a two-stroke lead over six players, including 2011 champion Martin Kaymer. A strong wind, thick rough and narrow fairways made scoring difficult with only 27 players breaking par.[5]

Place Player Score To par
1 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 67 −5
T2 South Africa Tim Clark 69 −3
England Tommy Fleetwood
United States Rickie Fowler
Germany Martin Kaymer
United States Chris Kirk
United States Brandt Snedeker
T8 United States Bill Haas 70 −2
United States J. B. Holmes
South Korea Kim Hyung-sung
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen
England Ian Poulter
Australia Adam Scott
United States Jordan Spieth
Sweden Henrik Stenson
South Africa Dawie van der Walt
South Africa Jaco van Zyl
England Lee Westwood

Second round

Friday, 7 November 2014

Graeme McDowell shot a second straight round of 67 to take a three-stroke lead over Ian Poulter.[6]

Place Player Score To par
1 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 67-67=134 −10
2 England Ian Poulter 70-67=137 −7
T3 Japan Hiroshi Iwata 73-65=138 −6
United States Bubba Watson 71-67=138
T5 Sweden Jonas Blixt 71-68=139 −5
South Africa Tim Clark 69-70=139
United States Rickie Fowler 69-70=139
United States Kevin Na 71-68=139
T9 Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen 72-68=140 −4
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 70-70=140

Third round

Saturday, 8 November 2014

Graeme McDowell maintained a one-stroke lead over Hiroshi Iwata. Martin Kaymer shot the low round of the day, 66, to climb to a third place tie with Bubba Watson.[7]

Place Player Score To par
1 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 67-67-71=205 −11
2 Japan Hiroshi Iwata 73-65-68=206 −10
T3 Germany Martin Kaymer 69-72-66=207 −9
United States Bubba Watson 71-67-69=207
T5 South Africa Tim Clark 69-70-69=208 −8
United States Rickie Fowler 69-70-69=208
T7 Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen 72-68-69=209 −7
England Ian Poulter 70-67-72=209
9 Sweden Jonas Blixt 71-68-71=210 −6
T10 United States Chris Kirk 69-74-69=212 −4
Australia Marc Leishman 72-71-69=212
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 70-70-72=212
United States Brandt Snedeker 69-74-69=212
England Lee Westwood 70-73-69=212

Final round

Sunday, 9 November 2014

Bubba Watson and Tim Clark finished the round tied at 277 to force a playoff, with Watson scoring an eagle on the final hole. Watson made birdie on the first playoff hole to Clark's par to win the tournament, his first World Golf Championship. The leader from the first three rounds, Graeme McDowell, shot a 73 to fall into a tie for third.[8]

Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
T1 South Africa Tim Clark 69-70-69-69=277 −11 Playoff
United States Bubba Watson 71-67-69-70=277
T3 United States Rickie Fowler 69-70-69-70=278 −10 381,666
Japan Hiroshi Iwata 73-65-68-72=278
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 67-67-71-73=278
T6 Germany Martin Kaymer 69-72-66-73=280 −8 213,666
Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen 72-68-69-71=280
England Ian Poulter 70-67-72-71=280
9 Australia Marc Leishman 72-71-69-69=281 −7 158,000
T10 United States Jason Dufner 72-70-72-68=282 −6 135,500
United States Brandt Snedeker 69-74-69-70=282

Scorecard

Eagle 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
United States Watson −8 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −12 −11 −9 −11
South Africa Clark −8 −9 −9 −8 −7 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11
United States Fowler −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10
Japan Iwata −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10
Northern Ireland McDowell −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[9]

Playoff

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Bubba Watson  United States 4 −1 1,400,000
2 South Africa Tim Clark 5 E 850,000

The sudden-death playoff started at the 18th hole.

References

  1. ^ "Who has qualified for WGC-HSBC Champions". PGA Tour. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Qualifiers for 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions". PGA Tour. 2 September 2014.
  3. ^ Detlefsen, Anne (3 November 2014). "Inside the field: HSBC Champions". PGA Tour.
  4. ^ The "Strength of Field Rating" is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the "Total Rating Value" (see Event ranking).
  5. ^ "Graeme McDowell on top in Shanghai". ESPN. Associated Press. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Graeme McDowell builds 3-shot lead". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Graeme McDowell has 1-shot lead". ESPN. Associated Press. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Bubba Watson wins in Shanghai". ESPN. Associated Press. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  9. ^ "2014 WGC- HSBC Champions". Golf Channel. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

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