WGC-HSBC Champions: Top 10 power rankings at Sheshan

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 04: A general view of the final leaderboard near the clubhouse and 18th green after the final round of the WGC-HSBC Champions at the Sheshan International Golf Club on November 4, 2013 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images) /

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SHANGHAI, CHINA – OCTOBER 26: Paul Casey of England plays his shot from the 17th tee during the second round of the WGC – HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Club on October 26, 2018 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images) /

Paul Casey hasn’t finished in the top three in 11 trips to Sheshan. So why am I rolling with him this week? Because he’s done just about everything else you can do.

The Englishman has padded his wallet at the WGC-HSBC Champions over the years: 7 in 2005, T6- in ’06, T-9 in ’07, T-11 in ’08, T-6 in ’10, T-4 in ’11, T-23 in ’15, T-12 in ’16, T-11 in ’17 and T-16 in ’18.

The knock on him in his career is that he’s an all-world player who doesn’t win as much as he perhaps should. He’s bucked that trend in the last two years. Casey is a two-time defending champion at the Valspar Championship and won a few weeks back at the Porsche European Open on the European Tour.

Casey got his 2019-2020 PGA Tour season underway last week with a good showing at the Zozo Championship. He fired four rounds in the 60s to claim T-17.

The 42-year-old quietly finished 10th in total strokes gained (1.361) last season. He was ninth in SG off the tee (.614) and was eighth in approach (.706).

Casey isn’t as long as a lot of guys in my rankings this week, but he’s long enough. And he might be the most accurate at 33rd in percentage (67.68%).

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