Published July 17, 2008 on November 3, 2019

McIlroy Wins the WGC-HSBC Champions

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Rory McIlroy overcame Xander Schauffele in a play-off to win his third World Golf Championships title at the WGC-HSBC Champions.

The Northern Irishman entered the final day at Sheshan International Golf Club with a one-shot lead and he still held that as he stood on the 18th tee, with playing partner and defending champion Schauffele his nearest challenger.

A closing birdie from Schauffele saw him join McIlroy at 19 under and take it to extra holes but the American could not repeat last season’s play-off triumph over Tony Finau.

McIlroy hit a wonderful drive and found the green in two to set up a birdie which Schauffele could not match after finding a nasty lie off the tee and being forced to lay up on the first trip back up the 18th.

The win for McIlroy is his fourth worldwide this season and sees him join only Dustin Johnson and Tiger Woods as players to have won three of the four World Golf Championships events, following his victories at the Invitational in 2014 and the Match Play the following season.

A 14th European Tour victory – and first since the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open – also sees him equal Darren Clarke’s record for Northern Ireland.

South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen was the third member of the final group and he finished third at 17 under, two shots clear of Mexico’s Abraham Ancer, Frenchman Victor Perez and Austrian Matthias Schwab.

Perez and Schwab both fired closing rounds of 66 in impressive World Golf Championships debuts, while Ancer signed for a 67. Matthew Fitzpatrick was at 14 under, two shots clear of Jason Kokrak, Patrick Reed and Paul Waring.

Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond ended his week with a commendable tied-14th finish after rounds of 70,69,69 and 70 in what was his first WGC event in Shanghai.

 

Final scores

269 R McIlroy (Nir) 67 67 67 68, X Schauffele (USA) 66 69 68 66,
271 L Oosthuizen (RSA) 68 69 65 69,
273 A Ancer (Mex) 68 71 67 67, M Schwab (Aut) 67 71 69 66, V Perez (Fra) 65 71 71 66,
274 M Fitzpatrick (Eng) 66 67 70 71,
276 J Kokrak (USA) 69 70 66 71, P Reed (USA) 72 69 69 66, P Waring (Eng) 73 65 66 72,
277 A Scott (Aus) 66 69 75 67, S Im (Kor) 66 69 70 72, H Matsuyama (Jpn) 75 67 68 67,
278 B An (Kor) 69 71 69 69, T Hatton (Eng) 72 73 68 65, J Janewattananond (Tha) 70 69 69 70,
279 Y Yechun (Chn) 69 70 74 66, C Bezuidenhout (RSA) 69 72 66 72, R Macintyre (Sco) 70 69 73 67,
280 C Conners (Can) 67 73 74 66, H Stenson (Swe) 70 70 70 70,
281 F Molinari (Ita) 74 67 71 69, M Kawamura (Jpn) 72 74 66 69,
282 B Horschel (USA) 69 71 73 69, L Haotong (Chn) 64 72 74 72, J Poston (USA) 69 73 72 68, K Bradley (USA) 73 72 71 66,
283 J Rose (Eng) 69 70 71 73, P Mickelson (USA) 71 69 75 68, S Hend (Aus) 75 69 70 69, K Kitayama (USA) 70 72 73 68, K Kisner (USA) 72 67 67 77, B Watson (USA) 70 69 72 72,
284 J Campillo (Esp) 73 69 70 72, J Luiten (Ned) 70 74 72 68,
285 C Howell Iii (USA) 74 73 67 71, A Putnam (USA) 71 71 73 70,
286 E Van Rooyen (RSA) 73 71 71 71, Z Xinjun (Chn) 68 73 73 72, Y Asaji (Jpn) 70 75 76 65, P Casey (Eng) 75 71 71 69, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 70 74 72 70,
287 B Easton (RSA) 70 73 74 70, S Lowry (Irl) 72 72 72 71, J Spieth (USA) 70 73 74 70,
288 A Hadwin (Can) 74 77 69 68, C Kim (USA) 71 70 75 72, R Langasque (Fra) 75 68 69 76,
289 M Horikawa (Jpn) 74 68 77 70, B Wiesberger (Aut) 70 73 71 75, A Pavan (Ita) 71 70 75 73, L Glover (USA) 73 70 74 72,
290 T Finau (USA) 69 70 75 76, J Harding (RSA) 75 74 71 70, T Fleetwood (Eng) 74 76 73 67, S Garcia (Esp) 72 68 75 75,
291 N Schietekat (RSA) 70 72 74 75, R Cabrera Bello (Esp) 73 72 69 77, J McLeod (Aus) 70 73 79 69,
292 K Tway (USA) 71 72 72 77, M Wallace (Eng) 69 84 70 69, C Smith (Aus) 70 72 74 76, C Reavie (USA) 69 74 75 74, J Kruger (RSA) 71 71 75 75,
294 T Lee (Kor) 75 73 73 73, B Hebert (Fra) 70 74 77 73,
295 D Zecheng (Chn) 71 80 72 72, R Ishikawa (Jpn) 69 79 74 73, M Millar (Aus) 69 73 74 79,
296 R Sterne (RSA) 72 75 74 75, B Zheng-Kai (Chn) 73 76 74 73,
298 Z Lombard (RSA) 73 73 74 78,
299 D Willett (Eng) 68 77 78 76, W Ashun (Chn) 80 71 72 76, L Wenchong (Chn) 74 74 75 76,
304 Y Chang (Kor) 76 75 75 78,
309 D Nisbet (Aus) 77 80 79 73,
** I Poulter (Eng) 73 74 WD 0,