It was the seventh WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in 2015.

Knox was playing in his first WGC event and became the first Scot to win a World Golf Championship.

The criteria for invitation differed from 2014, with a move towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners.

[2][3] Rickie Fowler (3,4), Jordan Spieth (3,4) Dustin Johnson (3,4), Shane Lowry (3,5), Rory McIlroy (3,4,5), Bubba Watson (3,4) Kiradech Aphibarnrat (5), Daniel Berger (4), Paul Casey (4), Sergio García (5), Branden Grace (5), Emiliano Grillo, Thongchai Jaidee (5), Martin Kaymer (5), Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (4), Søren Kjeldsen (5), Anirban Lahiri (5), Danny Lee (4), Marc Leishman, David Lingmerth, Hunter Mahan, Hideki Matsuyama (4), Kevin Na (4), Louis Oosthuizen (4,5), Scott Piercy (4), Patrick Reed (4), Charl Schwartzel (5), Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson (4,5), Robert Streb (4), Andy Sullivan (5), Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger (5), Danny Willett (5), Gary Woodland Steven Bowditch, Harris English, Matt Jones, Daniel Summerhays, Justin Thomas An Byeong-hun, Luke Donald, Ross Fisher, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, David Howell, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, James Morrison, Alex Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thomas Pieters, Marc Warren, Chris Wood Shiv Chawrasia, Andrew Dodt, Scott Hend, Richard T. Lee Kim Kyung-tae, Satoshi Kodaira Greg Chalmers, Steven Jeffress Thomas Aiken, Daniel van Tonder Cao Yi, Dou Zecheng, Li Haotong, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Zhang Xinjun Thursday, 5 November 2015 Branden Grace shot a 9-under-par 63 to take a one-stroke lead over Steven Bowditch, Kevin Kisner, and Thorbjørn Olesen.

Sunday, 8 November 2015 Russell Knox shot a final round 68 to beat Kevin Kisner by two strokes.