Tournament information | |
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Dates | 31 October – 3 November 2019 |
Location | Shanghai, China 31°06′32″N 121°12′58″E / 31.109°N 121.216°E |
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 | $10,250,000 |
Winner's share | $1,745,000 |
Champion | |
Rory McIlroy | |
269 (−19), playoff | |
Location map | |
The 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 31 October – 3 November 2019 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the eleventh WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2019 calendar year.
Rory McIlroy beat defending champion Xander Schauffele at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff after making a birdie 4 to Schauffele's par 5. It is his first WGC-HSBC Champions victory, and third World Golf Championship win overall, having already won the WGC Match Play and WGC Invitational.