The 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 27–30 October 2016 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the eighth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2016 calendar year.

Hideki Matsuyama won by 7 strokes from Daniel Berger and Henrik Stenson. Matsuyama became the first Japanese golfer to win an individual World Golf Championship.

Field The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria are 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.

1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,5), Jimmy Walker (3,4), Danny Willett (3,5) Jason Day (2,3,4) did not play

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships Russell Knox (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4)

3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 10 October An Byeong-hun, Daniel Berger (4), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (5), Paul Casey (4), Kevin Chappell (4), Matt Fitzpatrick (5), Rickie Fowler, Sergio García (5), Branden Grace (5), Emiliano Grillo (4), Bill Haas, Tyrrell Hatton (5), J. B. Holmes (4), Thongchai Jaidee (5), Martin Kaymer (5), Kevin Kisner (4), Søren Kjeldsen (5), Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar (4), Shane Lowry (5), Hideki Matsuyama (4), Rory McIlroy (4,5), Francesco Molinari (5), Ryan Moore (4), Kevin Na (4), Alex Norén (5), Louis Oosthuizen (5), Scott Piercy, Thomas Pieters (5), Patrick Reed (4), Charl Schwartzel (4,5,9), Justin Thomas (4), Bubba Watson (4), Lee Westwood (5), Chris Wood (5), Gary Woodland (4) Jim Furyk, Zach Johnson, William McGirt (4), Phil Mickelson (4), Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker (4), and Jordan Spieth (4) did not play

4. Top 30 from the final 2016 FedEx Cup points list (if there are less than five available players, players beyond 30th will be selected to increase the number to five) Roberto Castro, Kim Si-woo, Jason Kokrak, Sean O'Hair, Jhonattan Vegas Jason Dufner did not play

5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 17 October Richard Bland, Grégory Bourdy, Bradley Dredge, Ross Fisher, Scott Hend (6), Andrew Johnston, Rikard Karlberg, Alexander Lévy, Joost Luiten, Bernd Wiesberger Andy Sullivan did not play

6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 17 October Chan Shih-chang, Marcus Fraser, Miguel Tabuena, Wang Jeung-hun

7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 17 October Kim Kyung-tae, Hideto Tanihara Yuta Ikeda did not play.

8. The leading two available players from the final 2015 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit Nathan Holman, Jordan Zunic

9. The leading two available players from the final 2015 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit Jacques Blaauw, George Coetzee

10. Six players from China Dou Zecheng, Li Haotong, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Zhang Huilin, 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 10 October Next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 17 October, OWGR as of 10 October, FedEx Cup list: Song Young-han (Japan) Lee Soo-min (Asia) Dean Burmester (Sunshine) Matthew Millar (Australasia) Richard Sterne (Race to Dubai)

Round summaries First round Thursday, 27 October 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Rikard Karlberg 64 −82 Rickie Fowler 65 −7T3 Daniel Berger 66 −6 Russell Knox Hideki MatsuyamaT6 Paul Casey 67 −5 Bill Haas Francesco MolinariT9 Richard Bland 68 −4 Dean Burmester Sergio García Alex Norén Zhang Xinjun

Second round Friday, 28 October 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hideki Matsuyama 66-65=131 −13T2 Bill Haas 67-67=134 −10 Russell Knox 66-68=134 T4 Daniel Berger 66-70=136 −8 Richard Bland 68-68=136 Francesco Molinari 67-69=136 T7 Paul Casey 67-70=137 −7 Ross Fisher 69-68=137 Rory McIlroy 71-66=137 Zhang Xinjun 68-69=137

Third round Saturday, 29 October 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hideki Matsuyama 66-65-68=199 −172 Russell Knox 66-68-68=202 −143 Daniel Berger 66-70-67=203 −13T4 Bill Haas 67-67-70=204 −12 Francesco Molinari 67-69-68=204 T6 Ross Fisher 69-68-69=206 −10 Rickie Fowler 65-73-68=206T8 Matt Kuchar 73-66-68=207 −9 Shane Lowry 74-68-65=207 Rory McIlroy 71-66-70=207 Thomas Pieters 71-70-66=207 Henrik Stenson 69-71-67=207 Zhang Xinjun 68-69-70=207

Final round Sunday, 30 October 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money (US$)1 Hideki Matsuyama 66-65-68-66=265 −23 1,620,000T2 Daniel Berger 66-70-67-69=272 −16 787,000 Henrik Stenson 69-71-67-65=272T4 Bill Haas 67-67-70-69=273 −15 372,000 Rory McIlroy 71-66-70-66=273T6 Ross Fisher 69-68-69-68=274 −14 235,333 Rickie Fowler 65-73-68-68=274 Francesco Molinari 67-69-68-70=274T9 Sergio García 68-72-69-67=276 −12 170,000 Russell Knox 66-68-68-74=276

Scorecard Birdie Bogey Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454343454 443454435 Matsuyama −18 −18 −18 −18 −19 −19 −20 −20 −20 −20 −20 −20 −21 −22 −23 −23 −23 −23 Berger −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 Stenson −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 Haas −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −14 −14 −15 McIlroy −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 Fisher −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 Fowler −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 Molinari −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 García −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 Knox −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −13 −12 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:

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