WGC-HSBC Champions: Power ranking the top 10 at Sheshan

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 18: Edoardo Molinari of Italy exchanges clubs with his caddie on the 12th hole during round one of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship at Abu Dhabi Golf Club on January 18, 2018 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) /

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SHANGHAI, CHINA – OCTOBER 28: Tommy Fleetwood of England plays his shot from the third tee during the third round of the WGC – HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Club on October 28, 2017 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) /

Tommy Fleetwood’s resume at the WGC-HSBC Champions isn’t eye-popping, but sometimes current form outweighs course history. That seems to apply even more here as the long-locked Englishman has blossomed into a star over the past year or so.

The accolades are deserved.

Fleetwood posted a T9 last week at the British Masters, which was good for his ninth top-ten in the world. He’s going for the HSBC sweep after winning the Abu Dhabi-HSBC Championship in January.

Prior to last week, Fleetwood finished T2 at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and has been in the top 35 of every event going back to the first week of July.

Just because he hasn’t contended at Sheshan doesn’t mean he’s absolutely perplexed. Fleetwood has finished on the upper half of the leaderboard in five career starts. The high water mark was set with a T20 last year featuring three rounds in red figures.

Fleetwood’s ball striking is his bread and butter (14th strokes gained tee to green), but his putter (56th strokes gained putting) and short game (17th strokes gained around the green) have come a long way.

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