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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Shanghai, China |
| Established | 2005 |
| Course(s) | Sheshan Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,261 yards (6,639 m) |
| Organized by | International Federation of PGA Tours |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Asian Tour Sunshine Tour PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$10,500,000 |
| Month played | October |
| Final year | 2019 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 264 Dustin Johnson (2013) |
| To par | −24 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Rory McIlroy | |
| Location map | |
The WGC-HSBC Champions was a professional golf tournament, held annually in China. Inaugurated in 2005, the first seven editions were played at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, then moved to the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen for a single year in 2012. It returned to Sheshan Golf Club in 2013.
Since 2009, it was a World Golf Championship event. Played in November, it was the fourth tournament on the WGC calendar along with the WGC-Dell Match Play, the WGC-Mexico Championship, and the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational events, all in North America.[1] The field consists primarily of players who have won the top rated tournaments since the previous WGC-HSBC tournament, supplemented by other leading players in the world rankings and money lists of the major tours.
The WGC-HSBC Champions had the highest prize money in East Asia. Originally in 2005, it was US$5 million, and grew to $7 million when it obtained WGC status in 2009, $8.5 million in 2013 and in 2019, the prize money was $10.25 million. Only the CIMB Classic, CJ Cup, Zozo Championship and BMW Masters have had similar purses in the region.
- ^ "Asian event joins elite WGC list". BBC Sport. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.