Tournaments / 2014-2015
World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions
2014-11-06 · Sheshan International GC
- Winner
- Bubba Watson
- Winning score
- -11
- Field
- 72
- Field strength
- +0.607 SG
The 2014-2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions was played at Sheshan International GC, starting 6 November 2014. Bubba Watson won at 11 under par (277). The winning card was 71, 67, 69 and 70, and the win paid $1,400,000. Tim Clark finished second, and Graeme McDowell, Hiroshi Iwata and Rickie Fowler tied for third. 72 players started the event. The field averaged +0.607 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 54% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 72. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Bubba Watson
- Pos
- P1
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 277
- Tim Clark
- Pos
- P2
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 277
- Graeme McDowell
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 278
- Hiroshi Iwata
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 278
- Rickie Fowler
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 278
- Ian Poulter
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 280
- Martin Kaymer
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 280
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 280
- Marc Leishman
- Pos
- 9
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 281
- Brandt Snedeker
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 74
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 282
- Jason Dufner
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 282
- Adam Scott
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 283
- George Coetzee
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 283
- Alexander Levy
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 284
- Ashun Wu
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 284
- Chris Kirk
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 74
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 284
- Jonas Blixt
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 284
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 284
- Pablo Larrazabal
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 75
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 284
- Kevin Na
- Pos
- T20
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 79
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 285
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 69 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.203
- Top-20 hit rate
- 35%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 29.2
Grade is this event’s percentile (25th) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Spieth | 1st | 35th |
| Justin Rose | 2nd | 48th |
| Sergio Garcia | 3rd | 28th |
| Henrik Stenson | 4th | 24th |
| Adam Scott | 5th | 12th |
| Keegan Bradley | 6th | 64th |
| Charl Schwartzel | 7th | 64th |
| Bill Haas | 8th | 48th |
| Chris Kirk | 9th | 14th |
| Luke Donald | 10th | 41st |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Keegan Bradley | 6th | 64th(+58) |
| Charl Schwartzel | 7th | 64th(+57) |
| Ashun Wu | 69th | 14th(−55) |
| Thorbjørn Olesen | 60th | 6th(−54) |
| Billy Horschel | 20th | 73rd(+53) |
| Pablo Larrazabal | 67th | 14th(−53) |
| Hiroshi Iwata | 51st | 3rd(−48) |
| Justin Rose | 2nd | 48th(+46) |
| George Coetzee | 53rd | 12th(−41) |
| Stephen Gallacher | 65th | 24th(−41) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at Sheshan International GC in Shanghai, CHN. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in 2014-2015?
- Bubba Watson won the 2014-2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International GC, finishing 11 under par.
Where was the 2014-2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions played?
- The 2014-2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions was played at Sheshan International GC, starting 6 November 2014.
What was the winning score at the 2014-2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions?
- The winning score was 11 under par (277 strokes), posted by Bubba Watson.
How many players were in the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions field?
- 72 players started the 2014-2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.