ATLANTA, GEORGIA – AUGUST 25: Xander Schauffele of the United States and Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland walk on the tenth hole during the continuation of the weather delayed third round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club on August 25, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

By Christopher Powers
The PGA Tour wraps up its Asian swing this week with the WGC-HSBC Champions, the first of four World Golf Championships on the schedule. It’s played in Shanghai, China at Sheshan International Golf Club, which has hosted the event 14 of the 15 times it’s been played.

While Tiger Woods won’t be in the field, there’s still plenty of star power. Thirty-four of the top 50 players in the world will tee it up, including three of the top 10. Rory McIlroy, defending champion Xander Schauffele and Justin Rose are among the marquee groupings. Tony Finau, who finished runner-up to Schauffele a year ago, will play alongside Bernd Wiesberger and reigning Open champion Shane Lowry.

Thursday Tee Times (all times local)

Tee No. 1
8:45 a.m. — Xinjun Zhang, Bryce Easton, Matthew Millar
8:55 a.m. — Chan Kim, Zander Lombard, Jake Mcleod
9:05 a.m. — Jbe Kruger, Jazz Janewattananond, Yechun Yuan
9:15 a.m. — Joost Luiten, Ryo Ishikawa, Daniel Nisbet
9:25 a.m. — Zecheng Dou, Neil Schietekat, J.T. Poston
9:35 a.m. — Yosuke Asaji, Cameron Smith, Matthias Schwab
9:45 a.m. — Scott Hend, Taehee Lee, Wenchong Liang
9:55 a.m. — Richard Sterne, Mikumu Horikawa, Paul Waring
10:05 a.m. — Masahiro Kawamura, Andrea Pavan, Justin Harding
10:15 a.m. — Zheng-kai Bai, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Romain Langasque
10:25 a.m. — Jorge Campillo, Kevin Tway, Victor Perez
10:35 a.m. — Benjamin Hebert, Yikeun Chang, Andrew Putnam
10:45 a.m. — Abraham Ancer, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Charles Howell III

Tee No. 10
8:50 a.m. — Adam Hadwin, Tyrrell Hatton, Lucas Glover
9:00 a.m. — Erik van Rooyen, Corey Conners, Jason Kokrak
9:10 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Byeong Hun An, Kurt Kitayama
9:20 a.m. — Ashun Wu, Chez Reavie, Rafa Cabrera Bello
9:30 a.m. — Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia, Sungjae Im
9:40 a.m. — Paul Casey, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth
9:50 a.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Henrik Stenson, Adam Scott
10:00 a.m. — Ian Poulter, Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen
10:10 a.m. — Bubba Watson, Matt Wallace, Danny Willett
10:20 a.m. — Kevin Kisner, Robert Macintyre, Billy Horschel
10:30 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Haotong Li
10:40 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Bernd Wiesberger, Tony Finau
10:50 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose