Blog: Local Knowledge

Is this any way to grow the game?

Late in the first round of the WGC-HSBC Champions, Renton Laidlaw of the Golf Channel noted that rounds were approaching the five-hour mark. Five-hour rounds with a 78-player field? Much has been made about China...

By John Strege

Published Nov. 06, 2009

Keywords WGC-HSBC Champions

Blog: Local Knowledge

Have game, won't travel

The World Golf Championships is venturing outside the United States for the first time in more than three years next week, with not altogether unpredictable results. Though Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have committed to...

By John Strege

Published Oct. 29, 2009

Keywords WGC-HSBC Champions

Blog: Local Knowledge

'A political storm' or much ado about nothing?

Does it really matter that a victory in the WGC-HSBC Champions won't count as official on a PGA Tour player's resume, or that the money earned in the tournament won't count toward the money list?...

By John Strege

Published Nov. 07, 2009

Keywords Phil Mickelson | Tiger Woods | Tim Finchem | WGC-HSBC Champions

World Golf Championships Expands To Include HSBC Champions

HSBC Champions joins the WGC rotation as its fourth event and the only one staged outside of the United States

Published Apr. 28, 2009

Keywords PGA | PGA tour | golf | golf world | world golf championships | wgc | hsbc champions | china | tiger woods | sheshan international golf club | Tim Finchem

HSBC Champions

Frys.com Open: Final scoring, prize money

Published Nov. 09, 2009

Keywords PGA | PGA tour | golf | golf world | hsbc champions | wgc | shanghai | phil mickelson | ernie els | tiger woods | rory mcilroy | ryan moore | nick watney