2016 WGC-HSBC Champions
The 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 27–30 October 2016 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the eighth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2016 calendar year.
Hideki Matsuyama won by 7 strokes from Daniel Berger and Henrik Stenson. Matsuyama became the first Japanese golfer to win an individual World Golf Championship.
Field
The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria are towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners. Players who qualify from multiple categories will be 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 Men's major [golf championships|major championships] and The Players Championship
Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Jimmy Walker, Danny Willett
- Jason Day did not play
Russell Knox, Adam Scott
;3. Top 50 from the Official [World Golf Ranking|OWGR] on 10 October
An Byeong-hun, Daniel Berger, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey, Kevin Chappell, Matt Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler, Sergio García, Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Bill Haas, Tyrrell Hatton, J. B. Holmes, Thongchai Jaidee, Martin Kaymer, Kevin Kisner, Søren Kjeldsen, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Shane Lowry, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Alex Norén, Louis Oosthuizen, Scott Piercy, Thomas Pieters, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Justin Thomas, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood, Chris Wood, Gary Woodland
- Jim Furyk, Zach Johnson, William McGirt, Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker, and Jordan Spieth did not play
Roberto Castro, Kim Si-woo, Jason Kokrak, Sean O'Hair, Jhonattan Vegas
- Jason Dufner did not play
Richard Bland, Grégory Bourdy, Bradley Dredge, Ross Fisher, Scott Hend, Andrew Johnston, Rikard Karlberg, Alexander Lévy, Joost Luiten, Bernd Wiesberger
- Andy Sullivan did not play
Chan Shih-chang, Marcus Fraser, Miguel Tabuena, Wang Jeung-hun
;7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 17 October
Kim Kyung-tae, Hideto Tanihara
- Yuta Ikeda did not play.
Nathan Holman, Jordan Zunic
;9. The leading two available players from the final 2015 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
Jacques Blaauw, George Coetzee
;10. Six players from China
Dou Zecheng, Li Haotong, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Zhang Huilin, 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 10 October
- Next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 17 October, OWGR as of 10 October, FedEx Cup list:
- Song Young-han
- Lee Soo-min
- Dean Burmester
- Matthew Millar
- Richard Sterne
Round summaries
First round
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| 1 |  Second roundFriday, 28 October 2016
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