As is always the way at Sheshan, spectators were gathering at the back of the green at the 603 yards eighth to see which of the great names in golf might plop their third shots - or even their seconds - into the water.
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by Tim Maitland.
Martin Kaymer ended the run of first-time winners lifting the sport's top trophies and lifted himself above the crowd when he won the WGC-HSBC Champions. Shooting a record low winning round for the World Golf Championships, the German's nine birdies in his last twelve ... More >
The WGC-HSBC Champions hardly needed any more fireworks after Martin Kaymer had come from six behind Fredrik Jacobson with 12 to play to win what was his first WGC event. But off they went just the same, bang, bang, bang into the evening sky to the accompaniment of all the same "Oohs" and ... More >
Some 14,000 people were following their favourites on the final day of the WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan, with young Rory McIlroy their No 1 choice as he chased the leaders. With nine holes to play, the 2011 US Open champion was two shots behind Fredrik Jacobson's 16-under tally and ... More >
The last WGC event and the last major were each won by a man wielding a long putter. Now, though, Fredrik Jacobson is showing the short putter in the best of lights as he goes into the final round of the WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan two ahead of Louis Oosthuizen and three clear of A... More >
"Play your own game" is an oft-quoted piece of advice dished out to golfers around the world and the 18-month-old Johnny Lee was certainly playing his. Having placed his golf ball six inches from one of the holes on the children's practice putting green in the HSBC Sp... More >
Zhang Xin-jun, who handed in a third-round 64 to be 10 under par and on the heels of the leaders in the WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan, learned the art of concentration in his previous career.
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by Lewine Mair.
In practice, Fredrik Jacobson did not see anyone compiling anything like the 11-under tally which has given him the half-way lead in the WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan. "What's happened," said the American-based Swede, who followed his opening 67 with a 66, &q... More >
by Lewine Mair
Nick Watney, Graeme McDowell and Keegan Bradley were bagging the early birdies in the first round of the WGC-HSBC Champions and, though maybe not for long, topping the leader-board at four under par.
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by Lewine Mair
Keegan Bradley, who was playing alongside Lee Westwood and Adam Scott, handed in a seven-under-par 65 to take a one shot lead over Bo Van Pelt, Alex Noren and Fredrik Jacobson on the first day of the WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan.
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by Lewine Mair
'Qing bu yao pai zhao', or 'no cameras please', may not be most people's idea of what to learn by way of a first Chinese phrase but it is the one which Lee Westwood has mastered during his last few weeks in a land which is quite literally buzzing with golf.
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by Lewine Mair
When the umbrellas came down, the putters came out and one professional after another was working with the latest gadget and/or his putting coach by way of preparing for tomorrow's opening round in the WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan. In the case of Jim Furyk, who is curr... More >
By Lewine Mair
Rory McIlroy might not have been a natural for the Dragon Dance in which he was involved last night but, when it came to side-stepping the more difficult questions at his pre-tournament press-conference at the WGC-HSBC Champions, his footwork could not have been... More >
Plenty of spectators have been out and about watching the players practising ahead of this week's WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan. Members of the Chinese women's national squad, whose goal it is to shine at the 2016 Olympics, were among them and, with most of the squad members in their teens, th... More >
Simon Dyson, winner of this year's Irish Open and the KLM, caught the eye on the range early yesterday morning. He was swinging the club back and forth with a golf ball resting on the grip and tucked under his right thumb. After about three swings, he was discarding the extra missile and hitting s... More >
It doesn't take much to make Keegan Bradley feel guilty. Hence the reason the PGA champion was one of the first to take to the practice ground for this week's WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan.
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World number one golfer Luke Donald has reluctantly cancelled his trip to next week's WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai to be with his wife for the birth of their second child. The Englishman, who is trying to become the first player in history to win the money lists on both sides of the Atlantic, had ... More >
By Tim Maitland.
Keegan Bradley, the sensational rookie winner of the PGA Championship, says he can't wait to take his place at Asia's only World Golf Championship, the WGC-HSBC Champions, in Shanghai in November.
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When the 20-year-old Tom Lewis turned professional after sharing in GB&I's Walker Cup win at Royal Aberdeen, he explained that his first priority, when he started to make a bit of money, would be to pay off some of the debts incurred by his parents as they helped him to follow his golfing dream.... More >
By Tim Maitland
American superstar Michelle Wie added her voice to a campaign by the United Nations' children's charity UNICEF for universal primary education in Asia, during a brief stop in Hong Kong.
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The 2011 HSBC Champions is gathering one of the most international fields ever assembled at a World Golf Championships with 18 nations already represented at the season's final World Golf Championships held at the Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, 3rd to 6th November 2011.
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By Tim Maitland.
World number two Lee Westwood thinks men's golf should create a new Major in the Asia-Pacific region. The 38-year-old Englishman made the suggestion, despite being a supporter of the history behind the four events - The Masters, US Open, the Open Championship in the UK... More >
At 33, Lee Slattery is much the same age as a Paul Casey or a Luke Donald. But, where both Casey and Donald have been piling up European Tour titles for years, Slattery did not win for a first time until yesterday. Three clear of Italy's Lorenzo Gagli playing down the par-5 18th at the El Encin Golf... More >
By Tim Maitland.
The last global tournament of the stroke play season will see an unprecedented number of newcomers rewarded for their wins with a place at the WGC-HSBC Champions. There's also a good chance that, for the first time in golf history, the season will end with all the Major tit... More >
The Irish view that winning can be catching was given added credence as the 32-year-old Michael Hoey won the Dunhill Links Championship by two shots from Rory McIlroy. And by three from Graeme McDowell, who shared his third-place with Scotland's George Murray.
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World number one and three-time winner in 2011, Luke Donald, heads the field of international winners at this year's World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, 3rd to 6th November 2011.
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Jean Van de Velde can tell you a thing or two about what can happen if you hit a grandstand and try to play a shot out of water, as he did at the 1999 Open at Carnoustie. For him, it spelt the beginning of the end as he wound up with a seven when a six would have seen him holding the Claret Jug alof... More >
Justin Rose has played his way into the WGC-HSBC Champions with a grand win in the BMW Championship at Cog Hill which tells everything about the advances he has made in the last couple of seasons.
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Simon Dyson was wide-eyed at the end of the KLM championship at Hilvershumsche. After winning the title for a third time, he learned that he was one of only three players to have achieved such a feat, the others being Seve Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer.
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The longer putter struck again as Webb Simpson defeated Chez Reavie at the second extra hole to win the Deutsche Bank championship at TPC Boston. It was the 26-year-old's second win in three weeks.
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Thomas Bjorn, who sealed his place in the WGC-HSBC Champions with his win in the Johnnie Walker a week ago, yesterday collected another equally prestigious title - the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre.
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The light was fading and the evening was growing colder by the minute as Thomas Bjorn put the finishing touches to his fifth-extra hole win in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. His early season victory in the Qatar Masters sealed his place in the WGC-HSBC Champions but the 40-year... More >
Dustin Johnson, who ended up winning The Barclays by two from Matt Kuchar, captured the tension on Saturday as the field set out to beat the advancing Hurricane Irene. "It was kind of a do or die day," said the big-hitting 27-year-old of what was the third and final round.
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by Tim Maitland
A year ago Francesco Molinari put the seal on a remarkable 12 months with one of the most sensational tournament displays ever seen in Asian golf, when he and Lee Westwood finished streets ahead of a world-class field at the WGC-HSBC Champions.
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"So far in my career I have won tournaments in the US, Europe and the Middle East so now I am looking to win a tournament in Asia and, of course, I would love to win the biggest one there is. Players refer to the WGC-HSBC Champions as 'Asia's Major' and it is the one we all want to win."
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Once Webb Simpson has recovered from the excitement of winning the Wyndham Championship and making the top five in the FedExCup Playoffs, he will no doubt raise an interested eyebrow at the news that his victory could have paved the way for a place in the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai. The 26-year-... More >
by Tim Maitland
As the superstars head for Shanghai and the 2011 edition for the WGC-HSBC Champions, Tim Maitland looks at whether Francesco Molinari and Lee Westwood might have written Asia's first chapter in the pantheons of global golf. In last year's tournament they created one of those... More >
Keegan Bradley, who won the US PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club, will forever be hailed as the man who made the long putter respectable. The 25-year-old Bradley, who holed a 40-footer across the 17th green before defeating Jason Dufner in a three-hole play-off, switched to a belly-putte... More >
Adam Scott made doubly sure of his berth in the WGC-HSBC Champions for Shanghai when he added the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to his Singapore Open title. The 31-year-old Australian returned a last round 66 at Firestone to finish at 17 under par and four ahead of Luke Donald and Rickie Fowler. Jaso... More >
Simon Dyson has at times been likened to a terrier pulling at the leash but the Yorkshire golfer was at his best in the relaxing surrounds of the Killarney Golf and Fishing Club as he won the Irish Open by a shot from Richard Green. The 33-year-old Dyson, who had not won since the Dunhill Link... More >
The World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions will return to the Sheshan International Club in Shanghai, 3rd to 6th November 2011, for the seventh edition on the tournament now known as 'Asia's Major.'
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