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| €7,000,000 WGC - HSBC Champions Field | Sheshan International Golf Club
Par 72 - 7143 Yards | | Shanghai, China | | Nov 5 - Nov 8, 2009 | | | | | | | * - Defending Champion | | | | NOTES | | | The HSBC Champions was added to the World Golf Championships umbrella earlier
this year, and the improved status has helped the field grow even better than
before. Sergio Garcia birdied the second playoff hole last November to defeat
Oliver Wilson. Those two finished one stroke clear of Peter Hanson and Geoff
Ogilvy. All four of those players will be on hand at Shenshan International
Golf Club this week when 15 of the top 20 players in the world are slated to
play. That group includes two-time runner-up Tiger Woods, 2008 winner Phil
Mickelson, Paul Casey, Lee Westwood, Padraig Harrington, Henrik Stenson,
Garcia, Martin Kaymer, Stewart Cink, Sean O`Hair, Ogilvy, last week`s winner
in Singapore Ian Poulter, Ross Fisher, Rory McIlroy and Camilo Villegas. Y.E.
Yang famously beat Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship in August, but those
who know the European Tour know that Yang also bested Woods at this event at
the start of the 2007 season. Yang closed with a three-under 69 to hold off
Woods, who finished two strokes back despite a final-round 67. Garcia`s
playoff win last year was the second playoff in the first four years of this
event. Mickelson took down Westwood and Fisher in extra holes in 2008. The
field lost one big name over the weekend when Masters champion Angel Cabrera
withdrew after losing in the consolation match at the Volvo World Match Play
Championship. Golf Channel has four hours of coverage for every round. The
European Tour heads to Hong Kong next week for the penultimate event in the
inaugural Race to Dubai. Wen-tang Lin is the defending champion at the UBS
Hong Kong Open. The following week is the inaugural Dubai World Championship.
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