It was the tenth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2018 calendar year.

Defending champion Justin Rose finished third, four strokes behind.

[1] The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2018 WGC-HSBC Champions.

The criteria are towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners.

[2][3] Brooks Koepka (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4,5), Patrick Reed (3,4,5) Justin Rose (3,4,5) An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (5), Keegan Bradley (4), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (5), Patrick Cantlay (4), Paul Casey (4), Jason Day (4), Tony Finau (4), Matt Fitzpatrick (5), Tommy Fleetwood (4,5), Branden Grace, Brian Harman, Tyrrell Hatton (5), Charley Hoffman, Billy Horschel (4), Dustin Johnson (4), Satoshi Kodaira, Hideki Matsuyama (4), Rory McIlroy (4,5), Kevin Na (4), Alex Norén (5), Thorbjørn Olesen (5), Ian Poulter (5), Jon Rahm (4,5), Xander Schauffele (4,5), Adam Scott, Cameron Smith (4), Brandt Snedeker, Kyle Stanley (4) Emiliano Grillo, Patton Kizzire, Pan Cheng-tsung, Andrew Putnam, Chez Reavie Lucas Bjerregaard, Alexander Björk, Jorge Campillo, Ryan Fox, Russell Knox, Alexander Lévy, Li Haotong, Adrián Otaegui, Thomas Pieters, Shubhankar Sharma, Brandon Stone, Andy Sullivan, Julian Suri, Matt Wallace Gaganjeet Bhullar, Justin Harding, Park Sang-hyun, Scott Vincent Yuta Ikeda, Yuki Inamori Adam Bland, Brett Rumford George Coetzee, Erik van Rooyen Liang Wenchong, Liu Yanwei, Wu Ashun, Xiao Bowen, Yuan Yechun, Zhang Xinjun Thursday, 25 October 2018 Friday, 26 October 2018 Saturday, 27 October 2018 Sunday, 28 October 2018 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:[4] The sudden-death playoff started at the 18th hole.