Casey played two holes in second round when he withdrew due to concerns that he might have reinjured himself. He has missed a good portion of the second half of the season due to a torn interior oblique muscle. He has also withdrawn from next week's UBS Hong Kong Open to return to the United States for an exam. "He's had pain before but he felt it severe enough to realise that it was something different," said his agent, Guy Kinnings. "We always agreed that if he felt that, he would stop. So I'm going to get him home tonight to see a specialist he's been working with."

On the front nine, Mickelson increased his lead to three-strokes after a 3-foot birdie-putt at the 3rd hole, but his problems off the tee caught up to him and he posted consecutive bogeys on the next two holes. He birdied the 7th hole to get back to even-par for the round, but at the turn his lead had shrunk to a single stroke. A hard charging Ernie Els soon tied for the lead and for most of the back nine both players dueled for the lead. The lead tied for the last time after Mickelson made a long putt at the 16th hole that curled in for par, then Els moments later put his approach to 18th hole into the water, which resulted in a bogey. Mickelson took the lead with a birdie at the par-3 17th and then parred the par-5 final hole to win the championship. The title is the third career international championship for Mickelson and it his second World Golf Championship victory this year.

On the front nine, Mickelson was 2-under-par, but at the turn he was two-strokes behind Tiger Woods. The back nine saw Mickelson put consecutive birdies on the card starting at the 14th hole to take a one-stroke lead, as Woods sputtered on the closing holes, and a kick-in birdie at the par-5 18th hole expanded his lead out to two strokes. On Sunday, Mickelson will be looking for his third European Tour championship and his second HSBC Champions title.

Barron is the first ever to test positive. Details were not released but the program covers recreational drugs as well as performance enhancers. "I would like to apologize for any negative perception of the TOUR or its players resulting from my suspension," Barron said. "I want my fellow TOUR members and the fans to know that I did not intend to gain an unfair competitive advantage or enhance my performance while on TOUR." From the fantasy standpoint, it means zero as Barron hasn't had status on the PGA Tour since 2006 and has never won a tournament. Until now, he was best known for hitting a ball shirtless at the 2006 Chrysler Championship.

Woods' nemesis is the par-3 6th hole, which is the site of both of his bogeys thus far. It's already been a headline-filled week for the world's #1, who criticized fans in attendance for failure to observe the prohibition of cameras. Then on Friday, a marketing research company claimed that Woods isn't one of China's 50 most popular foreign athletes. His stock would likely rise with a victory in Asia's first WGC event on Sunday.

Watney started on the back nine and he made the turn at 6-under-par after posting four birdies and an eagle. He quickly racked up three birdies in his first four holes of the front nine and it looked like not only the course record was going to fall, but he might have a chance of round of 59. Watney then started to par the rest of the holes, until a bogey at the final hole cost him a chance to break the course record and cut his lead down to two strokes.

This event is the culmination of the Race to Dubai, which is the primary reason that Kim and other U.S.-based touring pros joined the European Tour. Instead, Kim is opting to rest after mismanaging his schedule. "I'm not going," said Kim, who will still honor his commitment to the Kiwi Challenge on November 11-12. "I need the week off. My parents want to see their boy ... I was all over the place this year. I didn't do a good job of scheduling. Scheduling is half your job as a pro ... Even if they don't have a Race to Dubai next year, I'm still going to sign up for European Tour membership. There's a different vibe out here, and it's good to experience it. I just need to do a better job with my schedule." Kim will not be replaced in the Euro Tour finale.