The PGA Tour’s inaugural wraparound schedule continues in Asia this week with the 2013 WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. This tournament has drawn the best players in the world for several years now, but this is the first year it’s an officially sanctioned PGA Tour event with full FedExCup points and all the benefits that come with that, including an automatic invite to the Masters with a win.
2013 WGC-HSBC Champions: Tee times, pairings for Thursday’s round
The PGA Tour continues its first official swing through Asia, teeing things off Wednesday night in the U.S. for the season’s first WGC event.
Ross Kinnaird
The three WGC events in the U.S. boast some of the best fields and biggest purses of the season, and this event in China is no different. But Tiger Woods, who was in China earlier this week for a “silly season” one-on-one exhibition against Rory McIlroy, is skipping this week. A spokesman for the event’s sponsor bristled at Tiger’s absence this week, but even without the No. 1 player in the world, this is still the premier event in Asia.
As is the case with all WGC events, this tournament has a limited field so there’s no need for a morning and afternoon wave. The PGA Tour will send groups of three off split tees in the morning in Shanghai, which will be Wednesday night in the United States. Just like last week in Malaysia, Golf Channel will have the latenight broadcast, coming on the air at 11 p.m. ET Wednesday and running coverage until 4 a.m. Thursday. Shanghai is exactly 12 hours ahead of the eastern U.S.
Here’s the full tee sheet for the opening round, all times ET.
Going off No. 1:
| Tee Time | Players |
| 8:50 p.m. | Daniel POPOVIC |
| Michael HENDRY | |
| BAEK Seuk-hyun | |
| 9:00 p.m. | Scott HEND |
| Derek ERNST | |
| HU Mu | |
| 9:10 p.m. | Peter UIHLEIN |
| Paul CASEY | |
| Kiradech APHIBARNRAT | |
| 9:20 p.m. | Bo VAN PELT |
| Jamie DONALDSON | |
| Branden GRACE | |
| 9:30 p.m. | George COETZEE |
| Ken DUKE | |
| David HOWELL | |
| 9:40 p.m. | Jaco VAN ZYL |
| HUANG Wen-yi | |
| Mark BROWN | |
| 9:50 p.m. | Jin JEONG |
| Raphael JACQUELIN | |
| Hiroyuki FUJITA | |
| 10:00 p.m. | John MERRICK |
| Tommy FLEETWOOD | |
| WU Ashun | |
| 10:10 p.m. | D.A. POINTS |
| Stephen GALLACHER | |
| Ryo ISHIKAWA | |
| 10:20 p.m. | Miguel Angel JIMENEZ |
| Boo WEEKLEY | |
| Chris WOOD | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Gregory BOURDY |
| Michael THOMPSON | |
| Mikko ILONEN | |
| 10:40 p.m. | Darren FICHARDT |
| Brian GAY | |
| LI Hao-tong | |
| 10:50 p.m. | Masahiro KAWAMURA |
| Gaganjeet BHULLAR | |
| HUANG Ming-jie |
Going off No. 10:
| Tee Time | Players |
| 8:45 p.m. | Brett RUMFORD |
| Richard STERNE | |
| Jonas BLIXT | |
| 8:55 p.m. | Thomas BJORN |
| Jimmy WALKER | |
| Francesco MOLINARI | |
| 9:05 p.m. | Bill HAAS |
| Martin KAYMER | |
| Thongchai JAIDEE | |
| 9:15 p.m. | Scott PIERCY |
| Gonzalo FERNANDEZ-CASTANO | |
| Ryan MOORE | |
| 9:25 p.m. | Lee WESTWOOD |
| Ernie ELS | |
| Graham DELAET | |
| 9:35 p.m. | Dustin JOHNSON |
| Graeme MCDOWELL | |
| Jordan SPIETH | |
| 9:45 p.m. | Brandt SNEDEKER |
| Ian POULTER | |
| Henrik STENSON | |
| 9:55 p.m. | David LYNN |
| Kevin STREELMAN | |
| Peter HANSON | |
| 10:05 p.m. | Billy HORSCHEL |
| LIANG Wen-chong | |
| Rickie FOWLER | |
| 10:15 p.m. | Bubba WATSON |
| Louis OOSTHUIZEN | |
| Matteo MANASSERO | |
| 10:25 p.m. | Sergio GARCIA |
| Nick WATNEY | |
| Hideki MATSUYAMA | |
| 10:35 p.m. | Jason DUFNER |
| Rory MCILROY | |
| Luke DONALD | |
| 10:45 p.m. | Phil MICKELSON |
| Justin ROSE | |
| Keegan BRADLEY |
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