2012 WGC-HSBC Champions

2012 WGC-HSBC Champions

Tournament information
Dates	1–4 November 2012
Location	Shenzhen, China
Course(s)	Mission Hills Golf Club Olazabal Course
Tour(s)	Asian Tour European Tour PGA Tour (unofficial)
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,251 yards (6,630 m)
Field	78 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$7,000,000 €5,374,693
Winner's share	$1,200,000 €921,376
Champion
Ian Poulter
267 (−21)
«2011 2013»

Mission Hills GC

Location in China

Ian Poulter after the winning the tournament

The 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played 1–4 November 2012 at the Olazabal Course of Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the fourth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in 2012. The event was won by Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter who shot consecutive rounds of 65 (−7) on the weekend and broke the tournament scoring record with 267 (−21) for his second WGC win.^[1][2] Two strokes back were runners-up Jason Dufner, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, and Scott Piercy.^[3]

Field

The following is a list of players who have qualified for the 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions.^[4] Players who have qualified from multiple categories are listed in the first category in which they are eligible. The numbers of other qualifying categories are in parentheses next to the player's name.

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

Ernie Els (12), Bubba Watson (12)

• Qualified but did not play: Matt Kuchar (12), Rory McIlroy (3,10,12), Webb Simpson (12)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships

Keegan Bradley (12), Martin Kaymer, Justin Rose (12)

• Qualified but did not play: Hunter Mahan (3,12)

3. Winners of the top 23 rated PGA Tour events (32 events met rating)

Luke Donald (5,12), Jason Dufner (12), Bill Haas, Marc Leishman, Phil Mickelson (12), Carl Pettersson, Scott Piercy, Brandt Snedeker (12), Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney (12)

• Qualified but did not play: Rickie Fowler, Tommy Gainey, Zach Johnson (12), Steve Stricker (12), Tiger Woods (12)

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

Robert Garrigus, Dustin Johnson (12), Louis Oosthuizen (8,10,12), Adam Scott (12), Lee Westwood (5,8,12)

• Qualified but did not play: Jim Furyk (12), Sergio García (12), Ryan Moore, Bo Van Pelt (9,12)

5. Winners of the top 23 rated European Tour events (22 events met rating)

Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Nicolas Colsaerts, Jamie Donaldson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (10), Branden Grace (8), Peter Hanson (12), Paul Lawrie, Shane Lowry, Francesco Molinari, Julien Quesne, Álvaro Quirós, Richie Ramsay, Robert Rock, Marcel Siem, Jeev Milkha Singh, Thongchai Jaidee, Danny Willett

6. Top 5 available players from the Race to Dubai

David Lynn, Graeme McDowell (12), Thorbjørn Olesen, Ian Poulter (9), Bernd Wiesberger (10)

7. Five players - winners of the top Japan Golf Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (14 events met rating)

Hiroyuki Fujita, Yuta Ikeda (OoM), Brendan Jones (OoM), Toshinori Muto, Tadahiro Takayama

• Qualified but did not play: Toru Taniguchi

8. Five players - winners of the top Sunshine Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (5 events met rating)

Thomas Aiken (OoM), George Coetzee (OoM), Garth Mulroy, Hennie Otto, Jaco Van Zyl (OoM)

9. Five players - winners of the top PGA Tour of Australasia events, remainder from Order of Merit (4 events met rating)

Robert Allenby (OoM), Greg Chalmers, Marcus Fraser (OoM), Brad Kennedy (OoM), John Senden (OoM)

10. Nine players - winners of the top Asian Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (8 events met rating)

Gaganjeet Bhullar (OoM), Scott Hend (OoM), Masanori Kobayashi (OoM), Jbe' Kruger, David Lipsky (OoM), Joost Luiten, Prom Meesawat (OoM), Siddikur Rahman (OoM), Thaworn Wiratchant (OoM)

11. Four players from China

Hu Mu, Liang Wen-Chong, Wu Ashun, Zhang Xin-jun

12. Any players, not included in above categories, in the top 25 of the OWGR on October 15, 2012

13. If needed to fill the field of 78 players, winners of additional tournaments, ordered by field strength (9 from PGA Tour, 9 from Japan Golf Tour), alternating with those players ranked after the top 25 in OWGR on October 15, 2012

Players in bold were added to the field through this category. Players listed in "()" already qualified in a previous category. Players listed with their name stricken did not play or were not listed as alternates when the field was announced.^[5][6]

12 players were appearing in their first WGC event: Robert Garrigus, Scott Hend, Hu Mu, Jang Ik-jae, Brad Kennedy, Kim Hyung-sung, Masanori Kobayashi, Han Lee, David Lipsky, David Lynn, Thorbjørn Olesen and Julien Quesne.

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Phil Mickelson	United States	2009	66	69	66	68	269	−19	T2
Martin Kaymer	Germany	2011	68	69	67	68	272	−16	9
Francesco Molinari	Italy	2010	74	69	74	68	285	−3	T39

• As a WGC event (2009–present)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 1 November 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	65	−7
	Adam Scott	Australia
T3	Peter Hanson	Sweden	66	−6
	Shane Lowry	Ireland
	Phil Mickelson	United States
	Bubba Watson	United States
T7	Dustin Johnson	United States	67	−5
	Prom Meesawat	Thailand
T9	Thomas Aiken	South Africa	68	−4
	Luke Donald	England
	Jason Dufner	United States
	Jang Ik-jae	South Korea
	Martin Kaymer	Germany
	Scott Piercy	United States
	Wu Ashun	China

Second round

Friday, 2 November 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	65-63=128	−16
T2	Ernie Els	South Africa	70-63=133	−11
	Adam Scott	Australia	65-68=133
T4	Jason Dufner	United States	68-66=134	−10
	Shane Lowry	Ireland	66-68=134
T6	Dustin Johnson	United States	67-68=135	−9
	Phil Mickelson	United States	66-69=135
T8	Luke Donald	England	68-68=136	−8
	Bill Haas	United States	69-67=136
	Thorbjørn Olesen	Denmark	71-65=136
	Scott Piercy	United States	68-68=136

Third round

Saturday, 3 November 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	65-63-70=198	−18
	Lee Westwood	England	70-67-61=198
3	Phil Mickelson	United States	66-69-66=201	−15
T4	Ernie Els	South Africa	70-63-69=202	−14
	Bill Haas	United States	69-67-66=202
	Ian Poulter	England	69-68-65=202
7	Brandt Snedeker	United States	72-71-60=203	−13
T8	Gaganjeet Bhullar	India	73-68-63=204	−12
	Martin Kaymer	United States	68-69-67=204
	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	70-68-66=204
	Scott Piercy	United States	68-68-68=204
	Adam Scott	Australia	65-68-71=204

Final round

Sunday, 4 November 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Ian Poulter	England	69-68-65-65=267	−21	1,200,000
T2	Jason Dufner	United States	68-66-71-64=269	−19	417,500
	Ernie Els	South Africa	70-63-69-67=269
	Phil Mickelson	United States	66-69-66-68=269
	Scott Piercy	United States	68-68-68-65=269
T6	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	65-63-70-72=270	−18	190,000
	Lee Westwood	England	70-67-61-72=270
8	Adam Scott	Australia	65-68-71-67=271	−17	155,000
9	Martin Kaymer	Germany	68-69-67-68=272	−16	140,000
10	Bill Haas	United States	69-67-66-71=271	−15	125,000

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	5	4	3	4	5	3	5	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	3	4
Poulter	−14	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−17	−18	−18	−19	−20	−20	−20	−21	−22	−22	−21	−21
Dufner	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−15	−16	−15	−16	−17	−17	−18	−19	−19
Els	−14	−14	−15	−16	−16	−16	−17	−18	−19	−19	−19	−19	−19	−18	−19	−19	−19	−19
Mickelson	−16	−16	−17	−17	−17	−17	−18	−18	−19	−19	−20	−19	−19	−19	−20	−20	−19	−19
Piercy	−12	−12	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−16	−17	−17	−16	−17	−18	−19	−19
Oosthuizen	−17	−17	−17	−17	−18	−18	−19	−18	−18	−17	−18	−18	−18	−17	−18	−18	−18	−18
Westwood	−18	−18	−19	−20	−18	−19	−19	−20	−20	−19	−19	−18	−18	−18	−17	−17	−17	−18

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[7]

Video

• Golf Channel – 2012 WGC-HSBC – final round highlights

References

External links

• Coverage on Asian Tour's official site
• Coverage on European Tour's official site

Coordinates: 22°47′06″N 114°00′14″E / 22.785°N 114.004°E / 22.785; 114.004