After taking place at Mission Hills in Guangzhou last year, the WGC-HSBC Golf Champions 2013 will return to Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, from October 31 to November 3.
The WGC-HSBC Golf Champions is the most well-known Asia Golf event. Sheshan International Golf Club has organized seven successful tournaments consecutively from 2005 to 2011.
According to the WGC-HSBC Golf Champions 2013 official website, a group of the world's best golfers confirmed their participation, including American stars Keegan Bradley, Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson and Boo Weekley; 2009 champion Sergio Garcia; 2012 Open Championship winner Ernie Els; and former world number one golfer Lee Westwood.
Other international top-50 players will also join the event, including 2013 US Open champion Justin Rose, 2013 Open Championship winner Phil Mickelson, 2013 USPGA champion Jason Dufner, world number six Rory McIlroy, defending champion Ian Poulter, in-form world number four Henrik Stenson, world number eight and two-time winner of the PGA Tour in 2013 Brandt Snedeker, former world number one Luke Donald and 2010 US Open champion Graeme McDowell.
The WGC-HSBC Champions prize fund has increased to $8.5 million from $7 million last year.
The official website also introduced that, for the first time, the HSBC Champions will become part of the PGA Tour’s FedExCup schedule, with money earned counting as official money on the PGA Tour. The winner will earn a three-year exemption on the PGA Tour. The HSBC Champions will also award full FedExCup points, plus the 10 percent premium awarded by all World Golf Championships compared to a regular PGA Tour event. With these changes the HSBC Champions is now in line with the other three World Golf Championships played in the United States and also becomes a key part of the 2013 European Tour's Final Series.
The WGC-HSBC Golf Champions 2013 is the final world golf championship of the year.
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The WGC-HSBC Golf Champions 2013 attracts a group of the world's best golfers. |
By Huang Pei
Edited by Michael Thai
