October 24, 2017

What Could Go Wrong Files: HSBC's Latest Photo Stunt Kicks Off WGC In Bizarro Fashion

October 24, 2017/ Geoff Shackelford

Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson and Hao Tong Li spooked Hideki Matsuyama on the eve of the 2017 WGC-HSBC Champions tournament. The bizarro rollout continues a long HSBC tradition of making golfers look sill all in the name of tournament promotion.

It worked!

GolfChannel.com has a nice slideshow of previous oddball tournament kickoffs, and you'll notice most are for HSBC events.

Geoff Shackelford

Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning Drive, is co-host of The Ringer's ShackHouse is the author of eleven books.