2015 WGC-HSBC Champions
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, Jordan Spieth
- Jason Day and Zach Johnson did not play
Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson
;3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 19 October
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Daniel Berger, Paul Casey, Sergio García, Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Thongchai Jaidee, Martin Kaymer, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner, Søren Kjeldsen, Anirban Lahiri, Danny Lee, Marc Leishman, David Lingmerth, Hunter Mahan, Hideki Matsuyama, Kevin Na, Louis Oosthuizen, Scott Piercy, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson, Robert Streb, Andy Sullivan, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett, Gary Woodland
- Jim Furyk, Bill Haas, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Billy Horschel, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Ryan Palmer, Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker, and Jimmy Walker did not play
Steven Bowditch, Harris English, Matt Jones, Daniel Summerhays, Justin Thomas
- Bae Sang-moon did not play due to military service
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
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
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:
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 5 November 2015Branden Grace shot a 9-under-par 63 to take a one-stroke lead over Steven Bowditch, Kevin Kisner, and Thorbjørn Olesen.
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| 1 |  Second roundFriday, 6 November 2015Kevin 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.
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