2011 WGC-HSBC Champions

The following is a list of players who have qualified for the 2011 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

Keegan Bradley (3,13), K. J. Choi (12), Darren Clarke (13), Rory McIlroy (12), Charl Schwartzel (8,12)

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships

Francesco Molinari (13), Adam Scott (10,12), Nick Watney (3,12)

• Qualified but did not play: Luke Donald (5,12,13)

3. Winners of the top 23 rated PGA Tour events (35 events met rating)

Aaron Baddeley (13), Jonathan Byrd (13), Harrison Frazar, Lucas Glover, Bill Haas (12), Freddie Jacobson (13), D. A. Points, Justin Rose (12), Rory Sabbatini, David Toms (12), Mark Wilson (13)

• Qualified but did not play: Dustin Johnson (12), Martin Laird (13), Phil Mickelson (12), Sean O'Hair, Webb Simpson (12,13), Brandt Snedeker (13), Steve Stricker (12,13), Bubba Watson (12,13), Gary Woodland (13)

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

Hunter Mahan (12), Geoff Ogilvy (9,13), Chez Reavie, John Senden, Bo Van Pelt

• Qualified but did not play: Jason Day (12), Charles Howell III, Matt Kuchar (12)

5. Winners of the top 23 rated European Tour events (26 events met rating)

Thomas Aiken (8), Thomas Bjørn (13), Paul Casey (12), Nicolas Colsaerts, Simon Dyson (13), Michael Hoey, Robert Karlsson (12), Martin Kaymer (12), Pablo Larrazábal, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lewis, Alex Norén, Álvaro Quirós (13), Robert Rock, Lee Slattery

• Qualified but did not play: Sergio García (13), Thomas Levet

6. Top 5 available players from the Race to Dubai

Anders Hansen (13), Peter Hanson (13), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (13), Ian Poulter (10,12), Lee Westwood (8,10,12)

7. Five players - winners of the top Japan Golf Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (23 events met rating)

Hiroyuki Fujita, Yuta Ikeda (13), Hwang Jung-gon, Michio Matsumura, Tetsuji Hiratsuka

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

Ernie Els (13), Keith Horne (OoM), Jbe' Kruger (OoM), Pablo Martín, Louis Oosthuizen (OoM)

9. Five players - winners of the top PGA Tour of Australasia events, remainder from Order of Merit (3 events met rating)

Stuart Appleby, Adam Bland (OoM), Bobby Gates (OoM), Jim Herman (OoM), Alistair Presnell (OoM)

• Qualified but did not play: Peter Senior

10. Nine players - winners of the top Asian Tour events, remainder from Order of Merit (5 events met rating)

Kiradech Aphibarnrat (OoM), Chan Yih-shin (OoM), Chinnarat Phadungsil (OoM), Shiv Chawrasia, David Gleeson (OoM), Matteo Manassero (13), Siddikur Rahman (OoM), Jeev Milkha Singh (OoM), Thongchai Jaidee (OoM)

11. Four players from China

Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Yuan Hao, Zhang Xinjun

12. Any players, not included in above categories, in the top 25 of the OWGR on October 17, 2011

Kim Kyung-tae, Graeme McDowell

• Qualified but did not play: Rickie Fowler

13. If needed to fill the field of 78 players, winners of additional tournaments, ordered by field strength (12 from PGA Tour, 3 from European Tour, 18 from Japan Golf Tour), alternating with those players ranked after the top 25 in OWGR on October 17, 2011

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] .

First round

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Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Keegan Bradley	65	−7
T2	Freddie Jacobson	67	−5
	Alex Norén
	Bo Van Pelt
T5	K. J. Choi	68	−4
	Thongchai Jaidee
	Justin Rose
	David Toms
T9	Aaron Baddeley	69	−3
	Simon Dyson
	Peter Hanson
	Martin Kaymer
	Graeme McDowell
	Rory Sabbatini
	Adam Scott
	Jhonattan Vegas
	Lee Westwood

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Second round

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Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Freddie Jacobson	67-66=133	−11
T3	Louis Oosthuizen	71-63=134	−10
	Adam Scott	69-65=134
4	Keegan Bradley	65-70=135	−9
T5	Paul Casey	70-66=136	−8
	Bo Van Pelt	67-69=136
T7	Aaron Baddeley	69-68=137	−7
	Thongchai Jaidee	68-69=137
	Martin Kaymer	69-68=137
	Lee Westwood	69-68=137

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Third round

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Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Freddie Jacobson	67-66-67=200	−16
2	Louis Oosthuizen	71-63-68=202	−14
3	Adam Scott	69-65-69=203	−13
T4	Rory McIlroy	70-69-65=204	−12
	Lee Westwood	69-68-67=204
T6	Martin Kaymer	69-68-68=205	−11
	Graeme McDowell	69-69-67=205
T8	Paul Casey	70-66-70=206	−10
	Bo Van Pelt	67-69-70=206
	Zhang Xinjun	74-68-64=206

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Final round

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Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Martin Kaymer	69-68-68-63=268	−20	1,200,000
2	Freddie Jacobson	67-66-67-71=271	−17	675,000
3	Graeme McDowell	69-69-67-67=272	−16	430,000
T4	Paul Casey	70-66-70-67=273	−15	258,333
	Rory McIlroy	70-69-65-69=273
	Charl Schwartzel	70-69-69-65=273
T7	Hunter Mahan	71-67-69-67=274	−14	155,000
	Louis Oosthuizen	71-63-68-72=274
	Justin Rose	68-70-70-66=274
10	Jhonattan Vegas	69-73-65-68=275	−13	125,000

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Scorecard

Birdie

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Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	5
Kaymer	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−13	−14	−15	−16	−17	−17	−18	−18	−19	−20
Jacobson	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−17	−17	−16	−16	−16	−16	−17	−17	−18	−18	−18	−17	−17
McDowell	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−15	−16	−16	−16
Casey	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−13	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15
McIlroy	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−12	−13	−14	−14	−15
Schwartzel	−8	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−13	−14	−15
Mahan	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14
Oosthuizen	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14
Rose	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14

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Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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