| WGC-HSBC Champions 2011 Eligibility 1st November 2011 |
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Those in red confirmed
| Those in black withdrawn
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| 1. Winners of the 2011 Masters, PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship. |
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| Masters | Charl Schwartzel |
| PLAYERS Championship | K.J Choi |
| U.S. Open | Rory McIlroy |
| British Open | Darren Clarke |
| PGA Championship | Keegan Bradley |
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| 2. Winners (not otherwise exempt in 1. above) of the 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship |
| WGC-Cadillac Championship and WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, and the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions. |
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| Accenture Match Play | Luke Donald |
| Cadillac Championship | Nick Watney |
| Bridgestone Invitational | Adam Scott |
| HSBC Champions (2010) | Francesco Molinari |
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| 3. Winners, (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) from 23 PGA TOUR cosponsored events in 2011, |
| which shall be identified as those 23 official money PGA TOUR events from 2010 with the highest Official |
| World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more. |
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| 2011 PGA TOUR events | 2011 Winner |
| Deutsche Bank Championship | Webb Simpson |
| The Barclays | Dustin Johnson |
| BMW Championship | Justin Rose |
| Memorial Tournament | Steve Stricker
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| Quail Hollow Championship | Lucas Glover
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| Crowne Plaza Colonial | David Toms
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| Arnold Palmer Invitational | Martin Laird
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| Northern Trust Open | Aaron Baddeley
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| Transitions Championship | Gary Woodland
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| Waste Management Phoenix Open | Mark Wilson
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| TOUR Championship | Bill Haas |
| Shell Houston Open | Phil Mickelson |
| Sony Open | (Mark Wilson) |
| Honda Classic | Rory Sabbatini
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| AT&T Pebble Beach | D.A Points
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| AT&T National | (Nick Watney)
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| The Heritage | Brandt Snedeker
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| Hyundai Tournament of Champions | Jonathon Byrd
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| FedEx St. Jude Classic | Harrison Frazar
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| Farmers Insurance Open | Bubba Watson
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| Travelers Championship | Frederik Jacobson
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| HP Byron Nelson Championship | (Keegan Bradley)
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| RBC Canadian Open | Sean O'Hair |
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| 4. Top 5 available players (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) from the final 2011 PGA TOUR FedEx Cup Points List |
| FedExCup Points List. | |
| Matt Kuchar |
| Hunter Mahan |
| Chez Reavie
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| Jason Day
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| John Senden |
| Charles Howel III
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| Bo Van Pelt |
| Geoff Ogilvy |
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| 5. Winners (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) from 23 European Tour sanctioned events from the |
| 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions through the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be |
| identified as those 23 European Tour events from the 2009 HSBC Champions to the 2010 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 European Tour events | 2011 Winner |
| BMW PGA Championship | (Luke Donald) |
| Dubai World Championship | Robert Karlsson |
| Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | Martin Kaymer |
| Commercialbank Qatar Masters | Thomas Bjorn |
| Barclays Scottish Open | (Luke Donald) |
| Alstom Open de France | Thomas Levet |
| Omega Dubai Desert Classic | Alvaro Quiros |
| Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Michael Hoey
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| Volvo Golf Champions | Paul Casey |
| BMW International Open | Pablo Larrazabal |
| Celtic Manor Wales Open | Alex Noren |
| Andalucia Valderrama Masters | Sergio Garcia |
| Madrid Masters | Lee Slattery |
| Portugal Masters | Tom Lewis |
| KLM Open | Simon Dyson |
| Irish Open | (Simon Dyson) |
| Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | (Thomas Bjorn) |
| Omega European Masters | (Thomas Bjorn) |
| Volvo China Open | Nicolas Colsaerts |
| Nordea Scandinavian Masters | (Alex Noren) |
| Open de Espana | Thomas Aiken |
| Open de Andalucia | Paul Lawrie |
| BMW Italian Open | Robert Rock
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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 17 October 2011. |
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| | Lee Westwood |
| | Anders Hansen |
| | Miguel Angel Jimenez |
| | Peter Hanson |
| | Ian Poulter |
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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 2010 WGC-HSBC.Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those 5 Golf Japan Tour events from the 2009 HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2010 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 17 October 2011, in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 5 eligible players. |
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| 2010/2011 Japan Tour events | Winner |
| 2010 Dunlop Phoenix | Yuta Ikeda |
| 2010 Nippon Series JT Cup | Hiroyuki Fujita |
| 2010 Casio World Open | Michio Matsumura |
| 2011 Mizuno Open | Hwang Jung-gon |
| 2011 Asia Pacific Panasonic Open | Tetsuji Hiratsuka |
| 17 Oct 2011 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 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those 5 Sunshine Golf Tour events from the 2009 HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2010 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 2010 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 5 eligible players. |
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| 2010/2011 Sunshine Tour events | Winner |
| 2010 Nedbank Golf Challenge | (Lee Westwood) |
| 2010 SA Open Championship | Ernie Els |
| 2011 Joburg Open | (Charl Schwartzel) |
| 2010 Alfred Dunhill Championship | Pablo Martin |
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| Final 2010 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players) |
| | (Charl Schwartzel) |
| | (Thomas Aiken) |
| | Keith Horne |
| | Jbe' Kruger
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| | Louis Oosthuizen |
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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 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those Australasian Tour events from the 2009 HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2010 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 2010 Australasian Tour Order of Merit in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 5 eligible players. |
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| 2010/2011 Australasian Tour events | Winner |
| 2010 JB Were Australian Masters | Stuart Appleby |
| 2010 Australian PGA Championship | Peter Senior |
| 2010 Australian Open | (Geoff Ogilvy) |
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| Final 2010 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players) |
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| | (Peter Senior) |
| | (Stuart Appleby) |
| | Bobby Gates |
| | Alistair Presnell |
| | Adam Bland
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| | Jim Herman
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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 2010 WGC HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those 5 Australasian Tour events from the 2009 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2010 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 17 October 2011, in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 9 eligible players. |
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| 2010/2011 Asian Tour Events | Winner |
| 2010 Barclays Singapore Open | (Adam Scott) |
| 2010 UBS Hong Kong Open | (Ian Poulter) |
| 2011 Ballantine's Championship | (Lee Westwood) |
| 2011 Maybank Malaysian Open | Matteo Manassero |
| 2011 Avantha Masters | S.S.P. Chowrasia |
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| 17 Oct 2011 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 9 players) |
| | David Gleeson |
| | Siddikur |
| | Thongchai Jaidee |
| | Jeev Milka Singh |
| | Kiradech Aphibarnrat |
| | Chinnarat Phadungsil |
| | Chan Yih-Shin |
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| 11. 4 Chinese Players ( not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) |
| | Liang Weng-Chong |
| | Ashun Wu |
| | Hao Yuan |
| | Zhang Xin-jun |
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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 17 October 2011 |
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| | Graeme McDowell |
| | Kyung-Tae Kim |
| | Rickie Fowler
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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 17 October 2011 outside the top 25 not listed in an above category, in alternating order beginning with Additional Tournament Winners. |
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| 2011 John Deere Classic | (Steve Stricker)
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| OWGR #26 | (Keegan Bradley)
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| 2011 Greenbrier Classic | Scott Stallings
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| OWGR #27 | (Thomas Bjorn)
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| 2011 Bob Hope Classic | Jhonattan Vegas |
| OWGR #28 | (Brandt Snedeker)
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| 2011 McGladrey Classic | Ben Crane |
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| OWGR #29 | Jim Furyk |
| 2011 Justin Timberlake Open | Kevin Na |
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