HSBC Women's Champions

{{Short description|Women's professional golf tournament}} {{for|the men's golf tournament sponsored by HSBC|HSBC Champions}} {{use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox golf tournament | name = HSBC Women's World Championship | image = HSBC Women's World Championship logo.png | location = Singapore | establishment = 2008 | course = Sentosa Golf Club (Tanjong Course) | par = 72 | yardage = {{convert|6779|yd|0}} | tour = LPGA Tour | format = Stroke play (no cut) | purse = {{currency|3,000,000|USD}} | month_played = March | aggregate = 268 Lorena Ochoa (2008) | to-par = −20 ''as above'' | current_champion = {{flagicon|AUS}} Hannah Green }} {{Location map |Singapore |relief = 1 |label = Sentosa GC |lat = 1.252 |long = 103.828 |caption = Location in Singapore |position = bottom |float = |background= |width = 238 }} The '''HSBC Women's World Championship''' is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour first held in 2008. It was played on the Garden Course of the Tanah Merah Country Club in eastern Singapore, adjacent to Singapore Changi Airport from 2008 to 2012. It is now played at the Sentosa Golf Club in Sentosa (Serapong Course from 2013 to 2016, Tanjong Course since 2017).

In 2008 and 2009, entrance in the tournament was open to 78 of the world's top golfers, based on world rankings, recent tour wins, and other criteria.<ref name="entrancecrieria"> {{cite web | title = New HSBC Women's Champions Announced for Asia | publisher = LPGA | date = 30 August 2007 | url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=12347 | access-date = 5 May 2008}} </ref> The total purse in the first two years was US$2 million, with the winner's share at $300,000. In 2010, the field was reduced to 63 players and the purse reduced to $1.3 million. The purse increased to $1.4 million in 2011.<ref name="2010purse"> {{cite web | last = Singh | first = Patwant | title = Golf: HSBC Women's Champions to return in 2010 with smaller field, reduced purse | publisher = channelnewsasia.com | date = 7 November 2009 | url = http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1016654/1/.html | access-date = 15 November 2009}} </ref>

The purse will increase from the $1.6 million in 2021, to $1.7 million in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/news/lpga-unveils-2022-schedule-34-events-nearly-86-million-prize-money |title=LPGA unveils 2022 schedule with 34 events, nearly $86 million in prize money |work=Golf Channel |date=November 19, 2021}}</ref>

As a limited field tournament, there is no cut and all players in the field play all four rounds.

Hong Kong–based financial services company HSBC is the title sponsor of the tournament. HSBC also sponsors several events like the WGC-HSBC Champions, Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and the former HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship and HSBC Brazil Cup.

==Winners== {| class="wikitable" !Year || Date || Champion || Country || Score || Margin of victory || Course || Purse (US$) || Winner's share |- !colspan=9|HSBC Women's World Championship |- |2026 || 1 Mar || Hannah Green (2) || {{AUS}} || 274 (−14) || 1 stroke || Sentosa Golf Club || 3,000,000 || align=center|450,000 |- |2025 || 2 Mar || Lydia Ko || {{NZL}} || 275 (−13) || 4 strokes || Sentosa Golf Club || 2,400,000 || align=center|360,000 |- |2024 || 3 Mar || Hannah Green || {{AUS}} || 275 (−13) || 1 stroke || Sentosa Golf Club || 1,800,000 || align=center|270,000 |- |2023 || 5 Mar || Ko Jin-young (2) || {{KOR}} || 271 (−17) || 2 strokes || Sentosa Golf Club || 1,800,000 || align=center|270,000 |- |2022 || 6 Mar || Ko Jin-young || {{KOR}} || 271 (−17) || 2 strokes || Sentosa Golf Club || 1,700,000 || align=center|255,000 |- |2021 || 2 May || Kim Hyo-joo || {{KOR}} || 271 (−17) || 1 stroke || Sentosa Golf Club || 1,600,000 || align=center|240,000 |- | 2020 || align=center colspan=8|''Tournament canceled due to coronavirus pandemic'' |- |2019 || 3 Mar || Park Sung-hyun || {{KOR}} || 273 (−15) || 2 strokes || Sentosa Golf Club || 1,500,000 || align=center|225,000 |- |2018 || 4 Mar || Michelle Wie || {{USA}} || 271 (−17) || 1 stroke || Sentosa Golf Club || 1,500,000 || align=center|225,000 |- !colspan=9|HSBC Women's Champions |- |2017 || 5 Mar || Inbee Park (2) || {{KOR}} || 269 (−19) || 1 stroke || Sentosa Golf Club || 1,500,000 || align=center|225,000 |- |2016 || 6 Mar || Jang Ha-na || {{KOR}} || 269 (−19) || 4 strokes || Sentosa Golf Club || 1,500,000 || align=center|225,000 |- |2015 || 8 Mar || Inbee Park || {{KOR}} || 273 (−15) || 2 strokes || Sentosa Golf Club || 1,400,000 || align=center|210,000 |- |2014 || 2 Mar || Paula Creamer || {{USA}} || 278 (−10) || Playoff || Sentosa Golf Club || 1,400,000 || align=center|210,000 |- |2013 || 3 Mar || Stacy Lewis || {{USA}} || 273 (−15) || 1 stroke || Sentosa Golf Club || 1,400,000 || align=center|210,000 |- |2012 || 26 Feb || Angela Stanford || {{USA}} || 278 (−10) || Playoff || Tanah Merah Country Club || 1,400,000 || align=center|210,000 |- |2011 || 27 Feb || Karrie Webb || {{AUS}} || 275 (−13) || 1 stroke || Tanah Merah Country Club || 1,400,000 || align=center|210,000 |- |2010 || 28 Feb || Ai Miyazato || {{JPN}} || 278 (−10) || 2 strokes || Tanah Merah Country Club || 1,300,000 || align=center|195,000 |- |2009 || 8 Mar || Jiyai Shin || {{KOR}} || 277 (−11) || 2 strokes || Tanah Merah Country Club || 2,000,000 || align=center|300,000 |- |2008 || 2 Mar || Lorena Ochoa || {{MEX}} || 268 (−20) || 11 strokes || Tanah Merah Country Club || 2,000,000 || align=center|300,000 |} thumb|2009 HSBC Women's Champions winner Jiyai Shin with trophy

==Tournament record== {| class="wikitable" !Year || Player || Score || Round || Course |- |2018 || Kim Sei-young || align=center|62 (−10) || align=center|4th || Sentosa Golf Club, Tanjong Course |- |2016 || Karrie Webb || align=center|65 (−7) || align=center|4th || Sentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course |- |2016 || Brittany Lang || align=center|65 (−7) || align=center|4th || Sentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course |- |2016 || Jang Ha-na || align=center|65 (−7) || align=center|4th || Sentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course |- |2015 || Ilhee Lee || align=center|65 (−7) || align=center|4th || Sentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course |- |2013 || Azahara Muñoz || align=center|65 (−7) || align=center|1st || Sentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course |- |2008 || Lorena Ochoa || align=center|65 (−7) || align=center|2nd || Tanah Merah Country Club, Garden Course |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{official website|https://www.hsbcgolf.com/womens/}} *[http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/hsbc-womens-world-championship/overview Coverage on the LPGA Tour's official site] *[http://www.sentosagolf.com/ Sentosa Golf Club] - official site

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