| WGC-HSBC Champions WGC-HSBC Champions 2012 Entry List as of 30th October 2012 |
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| 1. Winners of the 2012 Masters, PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship. |
| | 2012 Winner | Event Date |
| Masters | Bubba Watson | Completed |
| British Open | Ernie Els | Completed |
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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 |
| Cadillac Championship | Justin Rose | Completed |
| Bridgestone Invitational | Keegan Bradley | Completed |
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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 |
| 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 |
| Transitions Championship | Luke Donald | Completed |
| RBC Heritage | Carl Pettersson | Completed |
| Zurich Classic of New Orleans | Jason Dufner | Completed |
| Travelers Championship | Marc Leishman | Completed |
| RBC Canadian Open | Scott Piercy | Completed |
| The Barclays | Nick Watney | Completed |
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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 |
| 1. | Louis Oosthuizen | Completed |
| 2. | Dustin Johnson | Completed |
| 3. | Lee Westwood | Completed |
| 4. | Robert Garrigus | Completed |
| 5. | Adam Scott | Completed |
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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 | Branden 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 Reale Seguros Open de Espana | Francesco Molinari | Completed |
| 2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship | Nicolas Colsaerts | Completed |
| 2012 ISPS Handa Wales Open | Thongchai Jaidee | Completed |
| 2012 BMW International Open | Danny Willett | Completed |
| 2012 The Irish Open | Jamie Donaldson | Completed |
| 2012 Alstom Open de France | Marcel Siem | Completed |
| 2012 Scottish Open | Jeev Milkha Singh | Completed |
| 2012 Omega European Masters | Richie Ramsay | Completed |
| 2012 KLM Open | Peter Hanson | Completed |
| 2012 BMW Italian Open | Gonzalo F-Castano | Completed |
| 2012 Portugal Masters | Shane Lowry | Completed |
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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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| 1. | Graeme McDowell | 15 October |
| 2. | David Lynn | 15 October |
| 3. | Thorbjorn Olesen | 15 October |
| 4. | Ian Poulter | 15 October |
| 5. | Bernd Wiesberger | 15 October |
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| 7. Entries in Category 0g Winners, not otherwise exempt, 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 Japan Golf Tour events from the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions with the highest OWGR Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more |
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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 |
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| 15 Oct 2012 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players) |
| 1. | Yuta Ikeda | |
| 2. | Brenden Jones | |
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| 8. Entries in Category 0h Winners, not otherwise exempt, from 5 Sunshine 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 Tour events from the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions with the highest OWGR Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more. |
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| 2011/2012 Sunshine Tour events | 2011/2012 Winner | Event Date |
| 2011 South Africa Open | Hennie Otto | Completed |
| 2011 Alfred Dunhill Championship | Garth Mulroy | Completed |
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| Final 2011 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players) |
| 1. | George Coetzee | |
| 2. | Thomas Aiken | |
| 3. | Jaco Van Zyl | |
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| 9. Entries in Category 0i Winners, not otherwise exempt, 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 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions with the highest OWGR Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more. |
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| 2011/2012 Australasian Tour events | 2011/2012 Winner | Event Date |
| 2011 Australian PGA Championship | Greg Chalmers | Completed |
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| Final 2011 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players) |
| 1. | Marcus Fraser | |
| 2. | John Senden | |
| 3. | Robert Allenby | |
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| Geoff Ogilvy
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| 10. Entries in Category 0i Winners, not otherwise exempt, 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 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions with the highest OWGR Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more. |
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| 2011/2012 Asian Tour Events | 2011/2012 Winner |
| 2011 Iskandar Johor Open | Joost Luiten | Completed |
| 2012 Avantha Masters | Jbe Kruger | Completed |
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| 15 Oct 2012 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 9 players) |
| 1. | Masanori Kobayashi |
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| 2. | Thaworn Wiratchant | |
| 3. | Gaganjeet Bhullar | |
| 4. | David Lipsky |
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| 5. | Prom Meesawat |
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| 6. | Mohd Siddikur | |
| 7. | Scott Hend |
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| 11. 4 Chinese Players ( not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) |
| | Hu Mu
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| | Wu Ashun
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| | Zhang Xin-jun
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| | Liang Wenchong
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| 13. Entries in Category 0m Additional Tournament Winners, not otherwise exempt, from the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions through the event preceding the 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those winners of events from the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions to the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions with the highest Official World GolfRanking Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more. |
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| 2012 Humana Challenge | Mark Wilson | Completed |
| Mynavi ABC Championship | Han Lee | Completed |
| Japan Open Championship | Kenichi Kuboya | Completed |
| Mizuno Open | Brad Kennedy | Completed |
| Vana H Cup KBC Augusta | Hyung-Sung Kim | Completed |
| | Thomas Bjorn | |
| | Ik-jae Jang
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