2019 WGC-HSBC Champions Odds & Preview

The PGA Tour’s swing through Asia comes to an end this weekend at the 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions at Shanghai’s Sheshan International Golf Club (West). This field will contain 78 golfers, with 72 coming from the PGA Tour along with six Chinese players. Just like the last two tournaments in Asia, there will not be a cut. We have the golf odds for tournament contenders (100/1 or better odds) as well as thoughts on the course and suggestions for your wagering card.

2019 WGC-HSBC Champions Odds & Preview

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• When: Oct. 30 – Nov. 2
• Where: Sheshan International-GC, Shanghai, China
• TV: Golf Channel
• Live Stream: GolfChannel.com
• Radio: PGA Tour Radio

Contender Odds to Win the 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions

• Rory McIlroy                                                                                                  7/2
• Xander Schauffele                                                                                          6/1
• Haotong Li, Adam Scott                                                                                10/1
• Matthew Fitzpatrick, Sungjae Im                                                                   16/1
• Justin Rose                                                                                                      25/1
• Tony Finau, Corey Conners, Victor Perez                                                     28/1
• Louis Oosthuizen, Danny Willett                                                                   40/1
• Matt Wallace, Byeong Hun An, Billy Horschel, Matthias Schwab   50/1
• Abraham Ancer, Henrik Stenson, Kevin Na                                      66/1
• Bernd Wiesberger, Jordan Spieth                                                                   80/1
• Xinjun Zhang                                                                                                  90/1
• Jason Kokrak, Chez Reavie, J.T. Poston                                                        100/1

The Course

Sheshan International Golf Club (West) will play this weekend as a par 72 course, running 7,261 yards. The field will putt on bentgrass greens for the third week in a row. The fairways are lined with trees and are average in terms of width. However, there are water hazards on 11 holes and a considerable number of fairway bunkers. Score relative to par has made this course the third most difficult over the last three years. Fairways in regulation and greens in regulation percentages at Sheshan International are lower than the PGA Tour average. Three of the four par 5 holes are longer than 550 yards, so par 5 scoring average is an important metric to consider. All four of the par 3 holes are longer than 200 yards, so golfers with a solid average on par 3 holes between 200 and 225 yards should be on your wager card.

The Favorites

Tony Finau came finished T11 in 2018 and was the runner-up all by himself last year. He is one of the top strikers and drivers on the PGA Tour. He finished T59 last week, which is why he has slid down the odds list a bit. Take advantage of that added value by putting him on your list of wagers. Rory McIlroy comes off the tee as well as anyone else. Over his last six tournaments, he has gained almost a full stroke on the rest of the field in hit fairway percentage, ranking first in Strokes Gained: Off The Tee during that time period. Last year, he failed to crack the top 50 at this tournament, but he is rightly the favorite because of his form and his suitability for this course. Patrick Reed is not as solid off the tee as McIlroy or Finau, but he is still in the top 10 for Strokes Gained: Off the Tee in the last six events. Also, his short game is solid enough for him to climb the leaderboard here. He is in the top 30 in par 5 scoring and in the top ten in sand save percentage during his last 24 rounds. He has finished in the top ten twice at this tournament in the last four years. J.T. Poston finished last year well, cruising to the BMW Championship and getting a T16 finish, and then he finished in the top 15 at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Last week, he carded a top 30 result in Japan. His ball striking is particularly strong, as his last five tournaments have seen him gain 3.3 strokes from tee to green. He is in the top 15 in par 3 scoring average on holes between 200 and 225 yards, and he is in the top 25 for par 5 scoring average in his last six events.