The 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 5–8 November 2015 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the seventh WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in 2015.

Russell Knox won by 2 strokes from Kevin Kisner. Danny Willett had a last round 62 to finish joint third with Ross Fisher, a further stroke behind. Knox was playing in his first WGC event and became the first Scot to win a World Golf Championship. Knox had only earned entry as third alternate.

Field The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria for invitation differed from 2014, with a move towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners. Players who qualify from multiple categories are 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 Rickie Fowler (3,4), Jordan Spieth (3,4) Jason Day (3,4) and Zach Johnson (3,4) did not play

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships Dustin Johnson (3,4), Shane Lowry (3,5), Rory McIlroy (3,4,5), Bubba Watson (3,4)

3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 19 October Kiradech Aphibarnrat (5), Daniel Berger (4), Paul Casey (4), Sergio García (5), Branden Grace (5), Emiliano Grillo, Thongchai Jaidee (5), Martin Kaymer (5), Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (4), Søren Kjeldsen (5), Anirban Lahiri (5), Danny Lee (4), Marc Leishman, David Lingmerth, Hunter Mahan, Hideki Matsuyama (4), Kevin Na (4), Louis Oosthuizen (4,5), Scott Piercy (4), Patrick Reed (4), Charl Schwartzel (5), Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson (4,5), Robert Streb (4), Andy Sullivan (5), Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger (5), Danny Willett (5), Gary Woodland

Jim Furyk (4), Bill Haas (4), Charley Hoffman (4), J. B. Holmes (4), Billy Horschel, Brooks Koepka (4), Matt Kuchar (4), Phil Mickelson, Ryan Palmer, Justin Rose (4,5), Brandt Snedeker (4), and Jimmy Walker (4) did not play

4. Top 30 from the final 2015 FedEx Cup points list (if there are less than five available players, players beyond 30th will be selected to increase the number to five) Steven Bowditch, Harris English, Matt Jones, Daniel Summerhays, Justin Thomas

Bae Sang-moon did not play due to military service

5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 26 October An Byeong-hun, Luke Donald, Ross Fisher, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, David Howell, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, James Morrison, Alex Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thomas Pieters, Marc Warren, Chris Wood

George Coetzee did not play

6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 26 October Shiv Chawrasia, Andrew Dodt, Scott Hend, Richard T. Lee

7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 26 October Kim Kyung-tae, Satoshi Kodaira Yuta Ikeda did not play

8. The leading two available players from the final 2014 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit Greg Chalmers, Steven Jeffress

9. The leading two available players from the final 2014 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit Thomas Aiken, Daniel van Tonder

10. Six players from China Cao Yi, Dou Zecheng, Li Haotong, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, 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 19 October Next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 26 October, OWGR as of 19 October, FedEx Cup list: Hiroshi Iwata (Japan) Danny Chia (Asia) Trevor Fisher Jnr (Sunshine) Nick Cullen (Australasia) Tyrrell Hatton (Race to Dubai; replaced George Coetzee) Ian Poulter (OWGR; replaced Brandt Snedeker) Russell Knox (FedEx Cup; replaced J. B. Holmes) Cameron Smith (Asia; replaced Billy Horschel)

Round summaries First round Thursday, 5 November 2015

Branden Grace shot a 9-under-par 63 to take a one-stroke lead over Steven Bowditch, Kevin Kisner, and Thorbjørn Olesen.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Branden Grace 63 −9T2 Steven Bowditch 64 −8 Kevin Kisner Thorbjørn OlesenT5 Dustin Johnson 65 −7 Patrick Reed Danny Willett8 Li Haotong 66 −6T9 Paul Casey 67 −5 Harris English Trevor Fisher Jnr Tommy Fleetwood Russell Knox Thomas Pieters Zhang Xinjun

Second round Friday, 6 November 2015

Kevin Kisner shot a second-round 66 to take a two stroke lead over Russell Knox, who shot the low round of the day, 65. First-round leader Branden Grace shot a 71 to fall to third place, four strokes behind Kisner. Li Haotong, of China, moved up the leaderboard to a tie for 4th with a second-round 69.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Kevin Kisner 64-66=130 −142 Russell Knox 67-65=132 −123 Branden Grace 63-71=134 −10T4 Li Haotong 66-69=135 −9 Patrick Reed 66-70=135 T6 Dustin Johnson 65-71=136 −8 Hunter Mahan 68-68=136 Bernd Wiesberger 70-66=136 T9 An Byeong-hun 69-68=137 −7 Matt Fitzpatrick 68-69=137 Scott Hend 68-69=137 Louis Oosthuizen 68-69=137

Third round Saturday, 7 November 2015 Sunday, 8 November 2015

Third round play did not finish Saturday due to Russell Knox choosing not to play the last hole due to darkness. When he finished his hole on Sunday, he was tied for the lead with Kevin Kisner at 16-under-par. They were one stroke ahead of Dustin Johnson and Li Haotong.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Kevin Kisner 64-66-70=200 −16 Russell Knox 67-65-68=200T3 Dustin Johnson 65-71-65=201 −15 Li Haotong 66-69-66=201 T5 Ross Fisher 69-69-65=203 −13 Patrick Reed 65-70-68=203 Jordan Spieth 68-72-63=203 T8 Branden Grace 63-71-70=204 −12 Scott Hend 68-69-67=204 Thorbjørn Olesen 64-74-66=204

Final round Sunday, 8 November 2015

Russell Knox shot a final round 68 to beat Kevin Kisner by two strokes. Li Haotong's T7 finish was the highest PGA Tour finish for a Chinese player.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money (US$)1 Russell Knox 67-65-68-68=268 −20 1,400,0002 Kevin Kisner 64-66-70-70=270 −18 850,000T3 Ross Fisher 69-69-65-68=271 −17 422,500 Danny Willett 65-74-70-62=271T5 Branden Grace 63-71-70-68=272 −16 276,500 Dustin Johnson 65-71-65-71=272T7 Matt Fitzpatrick 68-69-69-67=273 −15 173,750 Li Haotong 66-69-66-72=273 Patrick Reed 65-70-68-70=273 Jordan Spieth 68-72-63-70=273

Scorecard Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454343454 443454435 Knox −16 −17 −18 −17 −17 −18 −18 −18 −17 −18 −19 −19 −19 −19 −19 −20 −20 −20 Kisner −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18 Fisher −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −16 −16 −17 −17 Willett −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 Grace −12 −13 −14 −14 −13 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 −17 −16 −16 −17 −16 −16 −15 −16 Johnson −15 −16 −17 −16 −16 −16 −17 −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 Fitzpatrick −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 Li −14 −12 −13 −12 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 Reed −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 Spieth −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:

References

External links Coverage on Asian Tour's official site Coverage on European Tour's official site Coverage on PGA Tour's official site