WGC HSBC Champions

The HSBC Champions uses qualifying criteria from the WGC series, based primarily on wins in big events and world rankings. The field is 78 golfers and there is no cut.

2011 HSBC Champions
Martin Kaymer tied the tournament 18-hole record with a 63 in the final round, surging to victory. Kaymer's total of 268 also tied the tournament 72-hole record. Kaymer finished three strokes in front of runner-up Fredrik Jacobson.

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• The HSBC Champions tournament was first played in 2005 as a cosanctioned event on the European and Asian tours. It was given WGC status beginning with the 2009 tournament.

• Beginning with the 2010 tournament, the PGA Tour counts the HSBC Champions as an official win on the U.S. tour, as well, although the tournament follows the completion of the PGA Tour's schedule.

• When the tournament was first played in 2005, it was the season-opening event on the 2006 European Tour schedule. The Euro Tour used to follow at November-through-November calendar. Today, the Euro Tour, like other major tours, follows the standard calendar year, so the HSBC Champions - still played in November - is now a late-season tournament.

• David Howell won the inaugural HSBC Champions in 2005, holding off runner-up Tiger Woods.

• Woods was runner-up again in 2006, when Y.E. Yang won. It was Yang's first victory outside of the Asian and Japan tours (although the Asian Tour was a cosponsor at that time). A couple years later, Yang held off Woods again to win the 2009 PGA Championship.

• Phil Mickelson was the first golfer to win the event twice (2007, 2009).