The 2017 WGC-HSBC Champions will be a golf tournament played from 26–29 October 2017 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It will be the ninth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2017 calendar year.
The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2017 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria is towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners. Players who qualify from multiple categories will be listed in the first category in which they are eligible with the other qualifying categories in parentheses next to the player's name.
1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship2. Winners of the previous four World Golf ChampionshipsHideki Matsuyama
3. Top 50 from the OWGR on 16 October4. Top 30 from the final 2017 FedEx Cup points list (if there are less than five available players, players beyond 30th will be selected to increase the number to five)5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of 23 October6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 23 October7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 23 October8. The leading two available players from the final 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of MeritMatthew Griffin, Michael Hendry
9. The leading two available players from the final 2016 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit10. Six players from China11. Alternates, if needed to fill the field of 78 playersThe next available player on the Orders of Merit of the Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Sunshine Tour, and PGA Tour of Australasia, ranked in order of their position in the OWGR as of 16 OctoberNext available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 23 October, OWGR as of 16 October, FedEx Cup list:
