2011 Qualification Procedures

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This is the Qualifying procedure for the 2011 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions:

The tournament will be part of the World Golf Championships and will be a 72-hole stroke-play event, with no cut, at the Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, from Nov. 3-6, 2011
Those qualifying to play will be:

1. Winners of the 2011 Masters, PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship.

2. Winners (not otherwise exempt in 1. above) of the 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, WGC-Cadillac Championship, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, and 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions.

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.

4. Top 5 available players (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) from the final 2011 PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List.

1. Matt Kuchar
2. Hunter Mahan
3. Chez Reavie
4. Jason Day
5. John Senden

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 WGC-HSBC Champions to the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions.

6. Top 5 available players (not otherwise exempt in a higher category *) from the European Tour's Race to Dubai as of 17th October 2011.

1. Lee Westwood
2. Anders Hansen
3. Miguel Angel Jimenez
4. Peter Hanson
5. Ian Poulter

7. 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 Japan Golf 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 5 players are eligible via this category (i.e. there is one or more multiple winners within 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 Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 17 October 2011, in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 5 eligible player:

17 Oct 2011 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to nine players)

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 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 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 5 players are eligible via this category (i.e. there is one or more multiple winners within these 5 events, or the 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.

Final 2010 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players)

1. (Charl Schwartzel)
2. (Thomas Aiken)
3. Keith Horne
4. Jbe' Kruger
5. Louis Oosthuizen

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 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 5 players are eligible via this category (i.e. there is one or more multiple winners within 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.

Final 2010 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players)
1 (Geoff Ogilvy)
2 (Peter Senior)
3 (Stuart Appleby)
4 Bobby Gates
5 Alistair Presnell

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 9 Asian Tour eventsfrom 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 within 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 the 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.

17 Oct 2011 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 9 players)
1. David Gleeson
2. Siddikur
3. Thongchai Jaidee
4. Jeev Milka Singh
5. Kiradech Aphibarnrat
6. Chinnarat Phadungsil
7. Chan Yih-Shin

11. 4 Chinese Players ( not otherwise exempt in a higher category*)

1/ Wen-Chong Liang
2/ Ashun Wu
3/ Hao Yuan
4/ Xin-Jun Zhang

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.
1. Graeme McDowell
2. Kyung-Tae Kim
3. Rickie Fowler

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.

* This criteria will only apply up until the 17 October 2011. Thereafter should an already exempt player become eligible through another category he will remain in his original qualifying category. Reserve Policy: Any withdrawal from within those categories that qualify a specific number of players (i.e., Categories 4 and 6-11) will be replaced by the next eligible and available player within that category up until 1800hrs Shanghai local time on Sunday, 30 October 2011. After this time any withdrawals will be replaced by the next eligible and available player from within the "field-fill" category - Category 13.

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