McIlroy, Matsuyama headline featured groups for WGC-HSBC Champions

The PGA Tour heads to Shanghai for the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions event, the final leg of the Asian swing.

Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, and 2018 champion Xander Schauffele headline the 78-man field competing for the giant $1.845-million winner's prize. As with all WGCs, the group in China is loaded with players from a variety of worldwide tours. However, Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson, two staples at WGCs, were forced to skip the event as they recover from knee injuries.

Here are the featured groups' tee times for Round 1 and 2 (all times ET):

Group: Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia, Sungjae Im
Wednesday - 9:30 p.m.
Thursday - 10:25 p.m.

Group: Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey, Hideki Matsuyama
Wednesday - 9:40 p.m.
Thursday - 10:35 p.m.

Group: Tommy Fleetwood, Henrik Stenson, Adam Scoot
Wednesday - 9:50 p.m.
Thursday - 10:45 p.m.

Group: Phil Mickelson, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Haotong Li
Wednesday - 10:30 p.m.
Thursday - 9:15 p.m.

Group: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose
Wednesday - 10:50 p.m.
Thursday - 9:35 p.m.

The full list of groups and tee times can be found here.