| WGC-HSBC Champions 2012 Eligibility as of 14th May 2012 |
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| 1. Winners of the 2012 Masters, PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship. |
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| Masters | Bubba Watson | Completed |
| PLAYERS Championship | Matt Kuchar | Completed |
| U.S. Open | | 14 - 17 June |
| British Open | | 19 - 22 July |
| PGA Championship | | 9 - 12 August |
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| 2. Winners (not otherwise exempt in 1. above) of the 2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship |
| WGC-Cadillac Championship and WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, and the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions. |
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| 2011 HSBC Champions | Martin Kaymer | Completed |
| Accenture Match Play | Hunter Mahan | Completed |
| Cadillac Championship | Justin Rose | Completed |
| Bridgestone Invitational | | 2 - 5 August |
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| 3. Winners, (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) from 23 PGA TOUR cosponsored events in 2012, |
| which shall be identified as those 23 official money PGA TOUR events from 2011 with the highest Official |
| World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more**. |
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| 2012 PGA TOUR events | 2012 Winner | Event Date |
| Hyundai Tournament of Champions | Steve Stricker | Completed |
| Sony Open in Hawaii | Johnson Wagner | Completed |
| Farmers Insurance Open | Brandt Snedeker | Completed |
| Waste Management Phoenix Open | Kyle Stanley | Completed |
| AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | Phil Mickelson | Completed |
| Northern Trust Open | Bill Haas | Completed |
| The Honda Classic | Rory McIlroy | Completed |
| Transitions Championship | Luke Donald | Completed |
| Arnold Palmer Invitational | Tiger Woods | Completed |
| Shell Houston Open | (Hunter Mahan) | Completed |
| RBC Heritage | Carl Pettersson | Completed |
| Zurich Classic of New Orleans | Jason Dufner | Completed |
| Wells Fargo Championship | Rickie Fowler | Completed |
| Crowne Plaza Invitational | | 24 - 27 May |
| The Memorial Tournament | | 31 May - 3 June |
| Travelers Championship | | 21 - 24 June |
| AT&T National | | 28 June - 1 July |
| RBC Canadian Open | | 26 - 29 July |
| The Barclays | | 23 - 26 August |
| Deutsche Bank Championship | | 31 Aug - 3 Sept |
| BMW Championship | | 6 - 9 Septmeber |
| TOUR Championship | | 20 - 23 September |
| The McGladrey Classic | | 18 - 21 October |
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| 4. Top 5 available players (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) from the final 2012 PGA TOUR FedEx Cup Points List |
| FedExCup Points List. | | Final List Date |
| | 23 September |
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| 5. Winners (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) from 23 European Tour sanctioned events from the |
| 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions through the event preceding the 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be |
| identified as those 23 European Tour events from the 2010 HSBC Champions to the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions |
| with the highest Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more**. |
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| 2011/2012 European Tour events | 2011/2012 Winner |
| 2011 Dubai World Championship | Alvaro Quiros | Completed |
| 2012 Volvo Golf Champions | Brendan Grace | Completed |
| 2012 Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | Robert Rock | Completed |
| 2012 Commercialbank Qatar Masters | Paul Lawrie | Completed |
| 2012 Omega Dubai Desert Classic | Rafael Cabrera Bello | Completed |
| 2012 Open de Andalucia | Julien Quesne | Completed |
| 2012 Volvo China Open | (Branden Grace) | Completed |
| 2012 Reale Seguros Open de Espana | Francesco Molinari | Completed |
| 2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship | | 17 - 20 May |
| 2012 BMW PGA Championship | | 24 - 27 May |
| 2012 ISPS Handa Wales Open | | 21 May - 3 June |
| 2012 BMW International Open | | 21 - 24 June |
| 2012 The Irish Open | | 28 June - 1 July |
| 2012 Alstom Open de France | | 5 - 8 July |
| 2012 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open | | 12 - 15 July |
| 2012 Johnnie Walker Gleneagles | | 23 - 26 August |
| 2012 Omega European Masters | | 30 Aug - 2 Sept |
| 2012 KLM Open | | 6 - 9 September |
| 2012 Madrid Masters | | 20 - 23 September |
| 2012 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | | 4 - 7 October |
| 2012 Portugal Masters | | 11 - 14 October |
| 2012 Andalucia Masters | | 18 - 21 October |
| TBC | | TBC |
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| 6. Top 5 available players (not otherwise exempt in a higher category *) from the European Tour's Race to Dubai as of 15 October 2012. |
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| Ranking Date |
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| 7. Winners (not otherwise exempt in Categories 1-6 or not already exempt AS A WINNER ONLY in Categories 8,9, or 10*) from 5 Japan Golf Tour cosponsored events from the 2011 WGC-HSBC.Champions to the event preceding the 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those 5 Golf Japan Tour events from the 2010 HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions with the highest Official World Golf |
| Ranking Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more**. If fewer than 5 players are eligible via this category (i.e. there is one or more multiple winners in these 5 events or a winner has already won an event in Categories 8,9 or 10, or is otherwise exempt in Categories 1-6 or there are insufficient tournaments with the approved rating) additional players from the Japan Tour Order of Merit as of 15 October 2012, in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 5 eligible players. |
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| 2011/2012 Japan Tour events | 2011/2012 Winner | Event Date |
| 2011 Dunlop Phoenix | Toshinori Muto | Completed |
| 2011 Nippon Series JT Cup | Hiroyuki Fujita | Completed |
| 2011 Casio World Open | Tadahiro Takayama | Completed |
| 2012 Japan PGA Championship | Toru Taniguchi | Completed |
| 2012 Bridgestone Open | | 18 - 21 October |
| 15 Oct 2012 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players) |
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| 8. Winners (not otherwise exempt in Categories 1-6 or not already exempt AS A WINNER ONLY in Categories 7, 9 or 10*) from 5 Sunshine Golf Tour sanctioned events from the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those 5 Sunshine Golf Tour events from the 2010 HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions with the highest Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more**. If fewer than 5 players are eligible via this categories (i.e. there is one or more multiple winners in these 5 events or a winner has already won an event in Categories 7,9, or 10, or is otherwise exempt in Categories 1-6 or there are insufficient tournaments with the approved rating) additional players from the final 2011 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 5 eligible players. |
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| 2011/2012 Sunshine Tour events | 2011/2012 Winner | Event Date |
| 2011 Nedbank Golf Challenge | Lee Westwood | Completed |
| 2011 South Africa Open | Hennie Otto | Completed |
| 2012 Africa Open | Louis Oosthuizen | Completed |
| 2011 Alfred Dunhill Championship | Garth Mulroy | Completed |
| 2012 Joburg Open | (Branden Grace) | Completed |
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| Final 2011 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players) |
| | (Garth Mulroy) | |
| | (Hennie Otto) | |
| | George Coetzee | |
| | Thomas Aitken | |
| | Jaco Van Zyl | |
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| 9. Winners (not otherwise exempt in Categories 1-6 or not already exempt AS A WINNER ONLY in Categories 7, 8 or 10*) from 5 Australasian Tour sanctioned events from the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those Australasian Tour events from the 2010 HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC HSBC Champions with the highest Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more**. If fewer than 5 players are eligible via this category (i.e. there is one or more multiple winners in these 5 events or a winner has already won an event in Categories 7,8,or 10, or is otherwise exempt in categories 1-6 or there are insufficient tournaments with the approved rating) additional players from the final 2011 Australasian Tour Order of Merit in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 5 eligible players. |
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| 2011/2012 Australasian Tour events | 2011/2012 Winner | Event Date |
| 2011 JB Were Australian Masters | Ian Poulter | Completed |
| 2011 Australian PGA Championship | Greg Chalmers | Completed |
| 2011 Emirates Australian Open | (Greg Chalmers) | Completed |
| 2012 Perth International Championship | | 18 - 21 October |
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| Final 2011 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players) |
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| | Marcus Fraser | |
| | John Senden | |
| | Robert Allenby | |
| | Bred Kennedy | |
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| 10. Winners (not otherwise exempt in Categories 1-6 or not already exempt AS A WINNER ONLY in Categories 7, 8 or 9*) from 9 Asian Tour sanctioned events from the 2011 WGC HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those 5 Australasian Tour events from the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions with the highest Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more**. If fewer than 9 players are eligible via this category (i.e. there is one or more multiple winners in these 9 events or a winner has already won an event in Categories 7,8, or 9, or is otherwise exempt in Categories 1-6, or there are insufficient tournaments with approved rating) additional players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 15 October 2012, in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 9 eligible players. |
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| 2011/2012 Asian Tour Events | 2011/2012 Winner |
| 2011 Barclays Singapore Open | Gonzalez F-Castano | Completed |
| 2011 Iskandar Johor Open | Joost Luiten | Completed |
| 2011 Hong Kong Open | (Rory McIlroy) | Completed |
| 2011 Thailand Golf Championship | (Lee Westwood) | Completed |
| 2012 Avantha Masters | J'Be Kruger | Completed |
| 2012 Maybank Malayasian Open | (Louis Oosthuizen) | Completed |
| 2012 Indonesian Masters | (Lee Westwood) | Completed |
| 2012 Ballantines Championship | Bernd Wiesberger | Completed |
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| 15 Oct 2012 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 9 players) |
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| 11. 4 Chinese Players ( not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) |
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| 12. Players (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) ranked within the Top 25 of the Official World Golf |
| Ranking as of 15 October 2011 |
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| 13. If necessary to fill the field to 78 players, additional Tournament Winners (not otherwise exempt in a higher category *) from the 2010 WGC- HSBC Champions through the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those winners of events from the 2009 WGC-HSBC Champions to the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions with the highest Official World GolfRanking Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more**, and players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 15 October 2011 outside the top 25 not listed in an above category, in alternating order beginning with Additional Tournament Winners. |
| 2011/2012 Events | 2011/2012 Winner | Event/Ranking Date |
| 2012 FedEx St. Jude Classic | | 7 - 10 June |
| OWGR #26 | | 15 October |
| 2012 HP Byron Nelson Championship | | 17 - 20 May |
| OWGR #27 | | 15 October |
| 2012 Wyndham Championship | | 16 - 19 August |
| OWGR #28 | | 15 October |
| 2012 Humana Challenge | Mark Wilson | Completed |
| OWGR #29 | | 15 October |
| The Greenbrier Classic | | 5 - 8 July |
| OWGR #30 | | 15 October |
| John Deere Classic | | 12 - 15 July |
| OWGR #31 | | 15 October |
| Valero Tezas Open | Ben Curtis | Completed |
| OWGR #32 | | 15 October |
| Justin Timberlake Open | | |
| OWGR #33 | | 15 October |
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