Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009

PGA Tour

World Golf Championships

HSBC Champions

Site Shanghai.

Schedule Thursday-Sunday.

Course Sheshan International Golf Club (7,143 yards, par 72).

Purse $7 million. Winner's share: $1.26 million.

Television Golf Channel (Wednesday, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 10 p.m.-3 a.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 10 p.m.-3 a.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.).

Notes The tournament, the first in Asia with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in a field together, is in its first season as a World Golf Championship event. The 78-man field includes 15 of the top 20 in the world ranking. ... Woods, making his first start since the Presidents Cup, has 16 wins in 30 WGC starts. He finished second in 2005 (David Howell) and 2006 (Y.E. Yang) in his only HSBC Champions starts. ... Mickelson is coming a 14th-place tie in Singapore. In 2007 at Sheshan, he blew a late three-shot lead, then beat Fisher and Lee Westwood with a birdie on the second playoff hole. Ross Fisher made a double-bogey 7 on the 72^nd hole.