Who's playing at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions? We've analyzed the field based on the following categories (please check the bottom for late-breaking updates to the field):
2009 PGA TOUR Tournament Winners
| Player | Event(s) won | Tournament |
| Tiger Woods | 6 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard, the Memorial Tournament, AT&T National, Buick Open, World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, BMW Championship |
| Phil Mickelson | 3 | Northern Trust Open, World Golf Championships-CA Championship, THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola |
| Brian Gay | 2 | Verizon Heritage, St. Jude Classic presented by FedEx |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 2 | Mercedes-Benz Championship, World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship |
| Y.E. Yang | 2 | The Honda Classic, PGA Championship |
| Pat Perez | 1 | The 50th Bob Hope Classic hosted by Arnold Palmer |
| Nick Watney | 1 | Buick Invitational |
| Retief Goosen | 1 | Transitions Championship |
| Paul Casey | 1 | Shell Houston Open |
| Angel Cabrera | 1 | Masters Tournament |
| Jerry Kelly | 1 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans |
| Sean O'Hair | 1 | Quail Hollow Championship |
| Henrik Stenson | 1 | THE PLAYERS Championship |
| Rory Sabbatini | 1 | HP Byron Nelson Championship |
| Stewart Cink | 1 | British Open |
| Nathan Green | 1 | RBC Canadian Open |
| Matt Kuchar | 1 | Turning Stone Resort Championship |
| Martin Laird | 1 | Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open |
Past winners of the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions
| Sergio Garcia (2008) | Phil Mickelson (2007) |
| Y.E. Yang (2006) |
Major winners
| Player | Major(s) won | Tournament |
| Y.E. Yang | 1 | 2009 PGA Championship |
| Stewart Cink | 1 | 2009 British Open |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 1 | 2006 U.S. Open |
| Angel Cabrera | 2 | 2007 U.S. Open, 2009 Masters |
| Retief Goosen | 2 | 2001, 2004 U.S. Open |
| Padraig Harrington | 3 | 2007, 2008 British Open; 2008 PGA Championship |
| Ernie Els | 3 | 2002 British Open; 1994, 1997 U.S. Open |
| Phil Mickelson | 3 | 2004, 2006 Masters; 2005 PGA Championship |
| Tiger Woods | 14 | 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 Masters; 2000, 2002, 2008 U.S. Open; 2000, 2005, 2006 British Open; 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 PGA Championship |
International players
 | Argentina | Angel Cabrera, Daniel Vancsik, Ricardo Gonzalez |
 | Australia | Geoff Ogilvy, Greg Chalmers, Robert Allenby, Scott Strange, Nathan Green, Rod Pampling |
 | China | Wu Ashan, Zhang Lian-Wei, Liang Wen Chong, Wu Wei-Huang |
 | Denmark | Soren Kjeldsen, Jeppe Huldahl |
 | England | Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Nick Dougherty, Oliver Wilson, Ross Fisher, Paul Casey, Ross McGowan, Simon Dyson |
 | France | Thomas Levet, Christian Cevaer |
 | Germany | Martin Kaymer |
 | India | Jeev M. Singh, Gaganjeet Bhullar, C Muniyappa, Jyoti Randhawa |
 | Ireland | Shane Lowry, Padraig Harrington |
 | Northern Ireland | Rory McIlroy, Michael Hoey |
 | Italy | Francesco Molinari |
 | Japan | Koumei Oda, Shingo Katayama, Daisuke Maruyama, Ryo Ishikawa |
 | Korea | Y.E. Yang |
 | New Zealand | Danny Lee, Mark Brown |
 | Scotland | Martin Laird |
 | Singapore | Lam Chih-Bing |
 | South Africa | Ernie Els, Garth Mulroy, James Kingston, Jean Hugo, Mark Murless, Richard Sterne, Retief Goosen, Rory Sabbatini, Thomas Aiken |
 | Spain | Alvaro Quiros, Sergio Garcia, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano |
 | Sweden | Alexander Noren, Michael Jonzon, Peter Hedblom, Henrik Stenson |
 | Taiwan | Lin Wen-tang |
 | Thailand | Thongchai Jaidee, Prayad Marksaeng |
Younger and older
| Young Guns (under 30) | Grizzled Vets (40 and over) |
| Alexander Noren | Richard Sterne | Angel Cabrera | Retief Goosen |
| Alvaro Quiros | Rory Mcllroy | Ernie Els | Ricardo Gonzalez |
| Anthony Kim | Ross Fisher | James Kingston | Rod Pampling |
| Danny Lee | Ross McGowan | Jerry Kelly | Thomas Levet |
| Francesco Molinari | Ryan Moore | Prayad Marksaeng | Zhang Lian-Wei |
| Gaganjeet Bhullar | Ryo Ishikawa | | |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | Sean O'Hair | | |
| Jeppe Huldahl | Sergio Garcia | | |
| Martin Kaymer | Shane Lowry | | |
| Martin Laird | Steve Marino | | |
| Nick Dougherty | Thomas Aiken | | |
| Nick Watney | Wu Ashan | | |
| Oliver Wilson | | | |
Field updates
| Here are the most recent updates to HSBC Champions field |
| Angel Cabrera | Withdrew after deadline |
