Entry List
| Fav | Country | Player | Attachment | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0a Category 0a
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Winners of the 2011 Masters, PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship | ||||
 | SCHWARTZEL, Charl | Maccauvlei GC | 1 | |
| CHOI, K J | | 2 | |
| MCILROY, Rory | Holywood GC | 3 | |
| CLARKE, Darren | The Abaco Club | 4 | |
| BRADLEY, Keegan | | 5 | |
| 0b Category 0b
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Winners of the 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, WGC-CA Championship, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, and 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions | ||||
| WATNEY, Nick | | 2 | |
| SCOTT, Adam | | 3 | |
| MOLINARI, Francesco | GC Torino | 4 | |
| 0c Category 0c
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Winners from 23 PGA TOUR co-sponsored events in 2011 | ||||
| ROSE, Justin | | 2 | |
| GLOVER, Lucas | | 3 | |
| TOMS, David | | 4 | |
| BADDELEY, Aaron | | 5 | |
| WILSON, Mark | | 6 | |
| HAAS, Bill | | 7 | |
| SABBATINI, Rory | Penati | 9 | |
| POINTS, D A | | 10 | |
| BYRD, Jonathan | | 12 | |
| FRAZAR, Harrison | | 13 | |
| JACOBSON, Freddie | Kungsbacka GC | 15 | |
| 0d Category 0d
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Top 5 available players not otherwise exempt from the final 2011 PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List | ||||
| MAHAN, Hunter | | 1 | |
| REAVIE, Chez | | 2 | |
| SENDEN, John | Keperra golf club | 3 | |
| VAN PELT, Bo | | 4 | |
| OGILVY, Geoff | Peninsula Kingswood CGC | 5 | |
| 0e Category 0e
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Winners from 23 European Tour sanctioned events from the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions through the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions | ||||
| KARLSSON, Robert | Katrineholms GC | 1 | |
| KAYMER, Martin | | 2 | |
| BJØRN, Thomas | | 3 | |
| QUIROS, Alvaro | | 5 | |
| HOEY, Michael | | 6 | |
| CASEY, Paul | | 7 | |
| LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo | Real Club de Golf el Prat | 8 | |
| NOREN, Alex | Troon | 9 | |
| SLATTERY, Lee | Formby Hall | 11 | |
| LEWIS, Tom | | 12 | |
| DYSON, Simon | Mottram Hall | 13 | |
| COLSAERTS, Nicolas | Barnes International Realty | 14 | |
| AIKEN, Thomas | The Abaco Club | 15 | |
| LAWRIE, Paul | Carnoustie Golf Links | 16 | |
| ROCK, Robert | Robert Rock Junior Tour | 17 | |
| 0f Category 0f
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Top 5 available players not otherwise exempt from the European Tour's Race to Dubai as of 17 October 2011 | ||||
| WESTWOOD, Lee | Close House | 1 | |
| HANSEN, Anders | | 2 | |
| JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Ángel | | 3 | |
| HANSON, Peter | | 4 | |
| POULTER, Ian | Woburn GC | 5 | |
| 0g Category 0g
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Winners from 5 Japan Golf Tour co-sponsored events from the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions | ||||
| IKEDA, Yuta | 260-0021 | 1 | |
| FUJITA, Hiroyuki | | 2 | |
| MATSUMURA, Michio | | 3 | |
| HWANG, Junggon | | 4 | |
| HIRATSUKA, Tetsuji | | 5 | |
| 0h Category 0h
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Winners from 5 Sunshine Tour sanctioned events from the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions | ||||
| ELS, Ernie | | 1 | |
| MARTIN BENAVIDES, Pablo | | 2 | |
| HORNE, Keith | Eye of Africa Golf Estate | 3 | |
| KRUGER, Jbe | Serengeti Golf & Wildlife Estate | 4 | |
| OOSTHUIZEN, Louis | Albertinia Golf lub | 5 | |
| 0i Category 0i
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Winners from 5 Australasian Tour sanctioned events from the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions | ||||
| APPLEBY, Stuart | | 1 | |
| GATES, Robert | | 2 | |
| PRESNELL, Alistair | | 3 | |
| BLAND, Adam | Flagstaff Hill GC | 4 | |
| HERMAN, Jim | | 5 | |
| 0j Category 0j
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Winners from 9 Asian Tour sanctioned events from the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions | ||||
| MANASSERO, Matteo | Gardagolf CC | 1 | |
| CHAWRASIA, S.S.P. | Royal Calkata GC | 2 | |
| GLEESON, David | | 3 | |
| RAHMAN, Siddikur | Kurmitola GC | 4 | |
| JAIDEE, Thongchai | | 5 | |
| SINGH, Jeev Milkha | | 6 | |
| APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | Singha | 7 | |
| PHADUNGSIL, Chinnarat | | 8 | |
| CHAN, Yih-shin | | 9 | |
| 0k Category 0k
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4 Chinese Players not otherwise exempt in a higher category | ||||
| LIANG, Wenchong | | 1 | |
| WU, Ashun | | 2 | |
| YUAN, Hao | | 3 | |
| ZHANG, Xinjun | | 4 | |
| 0l Category 0l
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Players (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) ranked within the Top 25 of the Official World Golf Ranking as of 17 October 2011 | ||||
| MCDOWELL, Graeme | | 15 | |
| KIM, K.T. | | 21 | |
| 0m Category 0m
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To fill the field to 78 players, additional Tournament Winners from the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions through the event preceding the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions, alternating with players from 26th onwards in the OWGR as of 17 October 2011 | ||||
| STALLINGS, Scott | | 3 | |
| VEGAS, Jhonattan | | 5 | |
| CRANE, Ben | | 7 | |
| FURYK, Jim | Timuquana CC | 8 | |
