Big Three headed for Sheshan

World No 1 Jordan Spieth, No 2 Rory McIlroy and defending champion and No 4 Bubba Watson are among the first players to book spots at this year's WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Club, Nov 5-8.

Spieth, winner of The Masters and the US Open, is looking to lift his first World Golf Championship trophy while McIlroy, whose season was stalled by an ankle injury, will be aiming to reclaim the No 1 spot he held for a total of 93 weeks until last month.

Watson is hoping to repeat his spectacular victory of last year when he holed his bunker shot for an eagle to make the playoff, and a 25-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole to defeat South Africa's Tim Clark, winning what was his first World Golf Championships crown to go alongside his two Masters titles.