WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS- LEADERBOARD HSBC CHAMPIONS


PLAYER ROUNDS & TOTAL


1 FRANCESCO MOLINARI 65 70 67 67 269 2 LEE WESTWOOD T3 LUKE DONALD T3 RICHIE RAMSAY 5 RORY MCILROY


T6 FREDRIK ANDERSSON HED 69 71 71 70 281 T6 PAUL CASEY T6 ERNIE ELS


T6 RETIEF GOOSEN T6 RICHARD GREEN T6 PETER HANSON T6 TIGER WOODS


66 70 67 67 270 68 70 68 73 279 69 68 71 71 279 71 71 71 67 280


73 71 67 70 281 72 65 71 73 281 70 74 69 68 281 72 68 73 68 281 73 69 70 69 281 68 72 73 68 281


EARNINGS $1,200,000 $675,000 $372,500 $372,500 $250,000 $145,714 $145,714 $145,714 $145,714 $145,714 $145,714 $145,714


Check This Out


• The victory was Francesco Molinari’s first official title since the Italian Open five years ago.


• Molinari became the third Italian to win on the European Tour in 2010, joining his brother, Edoardo, and Matteo Manassero.


• With his one-shot victory at the HSBC Champions, Molinari became the fourth European to win a World Golf Championships event.


He caught the ball heavy and failed to carry the bunker, ending up in some thick grass, leading to a par while Molinari’s second shot, a pitch from the rough, carried to four feet from the hole resulting in his birdie. Westwood made a great par save on the par-3 17th when he drove into a bunker, made a good recovery shot, and saved par from 15 feet. Trailing Molinari by two strokes, Westwood crushed a


drive on No. 18 and chose an iron for his second shot. He hit the green in two and had a 25-footer for eagle. He hit a good putt but, in truth, it never really threatened the hole or Molinari’s lead. He had to settle for a respectable 68. Molinari, who moved to No. 14 in the Official World Golf


Ranking, was quick to put his victory in perspective. “It makes me work a little harder because I wanted to


contribute to this golden moment of Italian golf,” Molinari said. Despite his disappointment, Westwood also came


away from the week with a healthy attitude. “I mean, 18-under par and nine shots clear of third,


is never too bad. I just needed the breaks to win, and it didn’t happen,” Westwood said. “It wasn’t really about the rankings. It was about trying to win this week. The rankings come as a consequence of playing well, and I’m playing well. I know I am. Today is just very typical of how I’ve played for the last two years.” For the record, Tiger Woods finished with a 68 and


tied for sixth, 13 shots off the pace. It was just his third top 10 of the year, but it was his best finish since a tie for fourth at the U.S. Open. For the first time in his career, Woods failed to win on the PGA TOUR, ending a run of 14 consecutive years with at least one victory. “That’s just the way it goes,” Woods said. “It’s not like


I didn’t try. It just didn’t happen this year. But I’m pleased with the progress I’ve made of late. Things are building and heading in the right direction, which is good.” ■


204 PGA TOUR OFFICIAL ANNUAL 2011 Course Insight:


Sheshan International Golf Club


“IT MAKES ME WORK A


LITTLE HARDER BECAUSE I WANTED TO


CONTRIBUTE TO THIS GOLDEN


MOMENT OF


ITALIAN GOLF.” — Francesco Molinari


Most Victories: Phil Mickelson (2)


Lee Westwood on the first hole at Sheshan International Golf Club at the final World Golf Championships event.


The course is set within the Shanghai Sheshan National Tourist and Holiday Zone with views of the Sheshan Mountain. It was designed by the firm of Nelson & Haworth and has bentgrass greens and Seashore Paspalun for the fairways, tees and rough. The architects made excellent use of the natural hills and valleys, as well as large areas of water and dense woods areas. They also took advantage of a large quarry on Nos. 16 and 17, the course’s signature holes.


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