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WGC - HSBC Champions 2010 Eligibility
 
1. Winners of the 2010 Masters, PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship.
  Masters Mickelson, Phil
  PLAYERS Championship Clark, Tim
  U.S. Open McDowell, Graeme
  British Open Oosthuizen, Louis
  PGA Championship Kaymer, Martin
2. Winners (not otherwise exempt in 1. above*) of the 2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
WGC-CA Championship and WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, and the 2009 WGC-HSBC Champions .
  Accenture Match Play Poulter, Ian
  CA Championship Els, Ernie
  Bridgestone Invitational Mahan, Hunter
  HSBC Champions (2009) (Mickelson, Phil)
3. Winners, (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) from 23 PGA TOUR cosponsored events in 2010,
which shall be identified as those 23 PGA TOUR events from 2009 with the highest Official World Golf
Ranking Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more.
  2010 PGA TOUR events  2010 Winner
1
  The Barclays Kuchar, Matt
2
  Deutsche Bank Championship
3
  Quail Hollow Championship McIlroy, Rory
4
  BMW Championship
5
  Shell Houston Open Kim, Anthony
6
  Memorial Tournament Rose, Justin
7
  Northern Trust Open Stricker, Steve
8
  Arnold Palmer Invitational (Els, Ernie)
9
  Crowne Plaza Colonial Johnson, Zach
10
  TOUR Championship
11
  Waste Management Open (Mahan, Hunter)
12
  AT&T National (Rose, Justin)
13
  Travelers Championship Watson, Bubba
14
  Verizon Heritage Furyk, Jim
15
  Transitions Championship (Furyk, Jim)
16
  AT&T Pebble Beach Johnson, Dustin
17
  Honda Classic Villegas, Camilo
18
  St. Jude Classic Westwood, Lee
19
  SBS Championship Ogilvy, Geoff
20
  Sony Open Palmer, Ryan
21
  HP Byron Nelson Championship Day, Jason
22
  Farmer's Insurance Open Crane, Ben
23
  Justin Timberlake Shriner's Hospital
4. Top 5 available players (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) from the final 2010 PGA TOUR
    FedExCup Points List.  
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5. Winners (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) from 23 European Tour sanctioned events from the
2009 WGC-HSBC Champions through the event preceding the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be
identified as those 23 European Tour events from the 2008 HSBC Champions to the 2009 WGC-HSBC Champions
with the highest Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating, having a rating of 40 points or more.
  2010 European Tour events   Winner
1
  Dubai World Championship (2009) (Westwood, Lee)
2
  Commercialbank Qatar Masters Karlsson, Robert
3
  Barclays Scottish Open Molinari, Edoardo
4
  Omega Dubai Desert Classic Jimenez, Miguel Angel
5
  BMW PGA Championship Khan, Simon
6
  Abu Dhabi Golf Championship (Kaymer, Martin)
7
  Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
8
  Portugal Masters
9
  Alstom Open de France (Jimenez, Miguel Angel)
10
  3 Irish Open Fisher, Ross
11
  BMW International Open Horsey, David
12
  Omega European Masters (Jimenez, Miguel Angel)
13
  Castello Masters
14
  Madrid Masters Donald, Luke
15
  Celtic Manor Wales Open (McDowell, Graeme)
16
  Open de Espana Quiros, Alvaro
17
  Open de Andalucia de Golf (Oosthuizen, Louis)
18
  Nordea Scandinavian Masters Johnson, Richard
19
  Johnnie Walker Champ at Gleneagles (Molinari, Edoardo)
20
  BMW Italian Open Hed, Fredrik Andersson
21
  Volvo China Open Yang, Y.E.
22
  Czech Open 2010 Hanson, Peter
23
  Andalucia Masters
6. Top 5 available players (not otherwise exempt in a higher category *) from the European Tour's Race to Dubai as of 25 October 2010.
 
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7.        Winners (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) from 9 Asian Tour sanctioned events from the 2009 WGC-HSBC.Champions to the event preceding the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those 9 Asian Tour events from the 2008 HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2009 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 in these 9 events or a winner is qualified in a higher category or there are insufficient tournaments with the approved rating) additional players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 25 October 2010, in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 9 eligible players.
  2009/2010 Asian Tour events   Winner
1
  2010 Ballantines Championship Fraser, Marcus
2
  2009 UBS Hong Kong Open Bourdy, Gregory
3
  2010 Maybank Malaysian Open Noh, Seung-Yul
4
  2010 Avantha Masters Dodt, Andrew
25 Oct 2010 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 9 players)
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8.        Winners (not otherwise exempt in Categories 1-6 above*) from 5 Japan Golf Tour sanctioned events from the 2009 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those 5 Japan Golf Tour events from the 2008 HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2009 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 in these 5 events or a winner is qualified 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 25 October 2010, in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 5 eligible players.
  2009/2010 Japan Tour events  Winner
1
  2009 Dunlop Phoenix (Molinari, Edoardo)
2
  2009 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Maruyama, Shigeki
3
  2009 Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Imano, Yasuharu
4
  2010 Japan Tour Championship Miyamoto, Katsumasa
5
  2010 Japan Open Championship
25 Oct 2010 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players)
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9.        Winners (not otherwise exempt in Categories 1-6 above*) from 5 Sunshine Tour sanctioned events from the 2009 WGC-HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those 5 Sunshine Tour events from the 2008 HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2009 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 in these 5 events or a winner is qualified in Categories 1-6 , or there are insufficient tournaments with the approved rating) additional players from the final 2009 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 5 eligible players.
  2009/2010 Sunshine Tour events   Winner
1
  2009 South African Open Ramsey, Richie
2
  2009 Alfred Dunhill Championship Martin, Pablo
3
  2010 Africa Open Schwartzel, Charl
4
  2010 Joburg Open (Schwartzel, Charl)
Final 2009 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players)
1   Hansen, Anders
2   (Schwartzel, Charl)
3   Fichardt, Darren
10.        Winners (not otherwise exempt in Categories 1-6 above*) from 5 Australasian Tour sanctioned events from the 2009 WGC HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions, which shall be identified as those 5 Australasian Tour events from the 2008 HSBC Champions to the event preceding the 2009 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 in these 5 events or a winner is qualified in Categories 1 -6, or there are insufficient tournaments with the approved rating) additional players from the final 2009 Australasian Tour Order of Merit, in order of their positions, shall fill this category to 5 eligible players.
  2009/2010 Australasian Tour Events   Winner
1
  2009 Australian Open Scott, Adam
2
  2009 Australian PGA Championship Allenby, Robert
3
  2009 JB Were Australian Masters Woods, Tiger
Final 2009 Order of Merit (if needed to fill the category to 5 players)
1   Sim, Michael
2   Presnell, Alistair
     
11. 4 Chinese Players ( not otherwise exempt in a higher category*)
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12. Players (not otherwise exempt in a higher category*) ranked within the Top 25 of the Official World Golf
Ranking as of 27 September 2010
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