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2023 Shriners Children’s Open prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour.

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour. Just ask this week’s winner, Tom Kim.

The 21-year-old won the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas for the second straight year. Kim picked up his third PGA Tour victory, shooting 20-under 264 and winning by a shot over Canadian Adam Hadwin.

For his efforts, Kim will take home the top prize of $1,512,000. Meanwhile, Hadwin made birdie on the last hole to finish solo second, where he gets $915,600. There was a four-way tie for third between Eric Cole, Alex Noren, Taylor Pendrith, and J.T. Poston, with each earning $410,025.

Check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned this week at the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open.

Shriners Children’s Open prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Tom Kim -20 $1,512,000
2 Adam Hadwin -19 $915,600
T3 Eric Cole -18 $410,025
T3 Alex Noren -18 $410,025
T3 J.T. Poston -18 $410,025
T3 Taylor Pendrith -18 $410,025
T7 Beau Hossler -17 $238,000
T7 Cam Davis -17 $238,000
T7 Chesson Hadley -17 $238,000
T7 Joel Dahmen -17 $238,000
T7 Isaiah Salinda -17 $238,000
T7 K.H. Lee -17 $238,000
T13 Ludvig Aberg -16 $154,980
T13 Nick Taylor -16 $154,980
T13 Ryan Moore -16 $154,980
T13 Vince Whaley -16 $154,980
T13 Lanto Griffin -16 $154,980
T18 Cameron Champ -15 $111,300
T18 Tyler Duncan -15 $111,300
T18 Michael Kim -15 $111,300
T18 Luke List -15 $111,300
T18 Adam Svensson -15 $111,300
T23 Erik van Rooyen -14 $81,060
T23 Kelly Kraft -14 $81,060
T23 Callum Tarren -14 $81,060
T26 Matti Schmid -13 $66,360
T26 Harry Hall -13 $66,360
T28 Matt Wallace -12 $55,080
T28 Aaron Rai -12 $55,080
T28 Greyson Sigg -12 $55,080
T28 Davis Riley -12 $55,080
T28 Ben Taylor -12 $55,080
T28 Sam Ryder -12 $55,080
T28 Nicholas Lindheim -12 $55,080
T35 Adam Long -11 $40,080
T35 Austin Smotherman -11 $40,080
T35 Davis Thompson -11 $40,080
T35 Akshay Bhatia -11 $40,080
T35 Taylor Montgomery -11 $40,080
T35 Henrik Norlander -11 $40,080
T35 Brent Grant -11 $40,080
T42 Nate Lashley -10 $30,660
T42 Zac Blair -10 $30,660
T42 Scott Piercy -10 $30,660
T42 Matt NeSmith -10 $30,660
T46 Sam Stevens -9 $23,268
T46 J.J. Spaun -9 $23,268
T46 Garrick Higgo -9 $23,268
T46 Chad Ramey -9 $23,268
T46 Patton Kizzire -9 $23,268
T46 Webb Simpson -9 $23,268
T52 Carl Yuan -8 $20,244
T52 Brandt Snedeker -8 $20,244
T52 Yuxin Lin -8 $20,244
55 Nick Hardy -7 $19,740
T56 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -6 $19,236
T56 Harrison Endycott -6 $19,236
T56 Nicolai Hojgaard -6 $19,236
T56 Justin Suh -6 $19,236
T56 Trevor Werbylo -6 $19,236
T61 Tano Goya -5 $18,648
T61 Alex Smalley -5 $18,648
63 Matthias Schwab -3 $18,396
T64 Hayden Buckley -2 $18,144
T64 Troy Merritt -2 $18,144
T66 Jason Dufner -1 $17,808
T66 Doc Redman -1 $17,808
68 James Hahn 3 $17,556

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Tom Kim goes back-to-back in Las Vegas, wins 2023 Shriners Children’s Open

It’s the third PGA Tour title for Tom Kim.

First time was the charm for Tom Kim.

In his first chance to defend on the PGA Tour, Kim fired rounds of 62-66 on the weekend at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas to repeat as the winner of the Shriners Children’s Open.

In doing so, the 21-year-old South Korean native becomes the youngest three-time winner on Tour since Tiger Woods, and the second-youngest to successfully defend a Tour title since 1900, shooting 20-under 264, one stroke better than Canadian Adam Hadwin.

“No. 3 sounds a lot better than No. 2,” Kim said. “It’s been a grind and it’s been my first full season and try to live up to the expectations of a great year last year and trying to get better and it’s been tough sometimes.”

Kim was supposed to defend his first title in August at the Wyndham Championship but withdrew with an ankle injury he suffered at the British Open.

“It was so hard for me to just sit on my couch and not really be able to do anything,” Kim explained. “It was very frustrating personally as a player because it was my first win, and I was so determined to come back to Shriners at least being healthy and at least have a chance to win as a defending champion.”

Kim started slowly in his title defense with a pair of 68s as LPGA Tour star Lexi Thompson, who shot 69 on Friday and threatened to make the cut, stole the spotlight. For the second straight year, Kim made a big move on Saturday, shooting 62 again to enter the final round as one of three co-leaders. Last year, he played bogey-free for 72 holes en route to victory but this time he had a few hiccups along the way, making seven bogeys and a double, but he offset those blunders with 27 birdies and an eagle.

He raced to three birdies in his first four holes on Sunday before making a pair of bogeys at Nos. 5 and 6. That would be his final dropped shot and after a birdie at nine he was one of 16 players separated by three strokes as he made the turn. Kim broke out of a six-way tie at 18 under with a birdie at 12.

“Now it’s just if I’m good enough, I can take it,” said Kim, who would tack on birdies at 13 and 15 to improve to 20 under.

Hadwin was a stroke back and had 206 yards to the par-5 16th, which set up as a perfect cut 6-iron, but he dunked it in the water fronting the green and made bogey to give Kim a two-stroke cushion.

“I completely whiffed it, up and out of it, and unfortunately one of my worst swings of the day at the least opportune time,” said Hadwin, who sank a birdie putt on the closing hole to finish solo second.

There was a logjam tied for third at 18 under, including Rookie of the Year candidate Eric Cole, who closed in 9-under 62 after switching back to an old putter. Alex Noren, J.T. Poston and Taylor Pendrith also finished two behind Kim.

“He’s just so steady. Fairways and greens, he never gets out of rhythm, out of pace,” Hadwin said of Kim. “Five-under was seemingly the absolute worst he would have shot today. I knew it was going to take a good round to compete and to win.”

In retrospect, Kim, who improved to a career-best No. 11 in the Official World Golf Ranking, had enjoyed a solid year, recording his best finishes in majors, including second at the British Open and eighth at the U.S. Open, and qualified for the Tour Championship, but he also endured a stiff learning curve as the burden of expectations began to weigh on him.

“Suddenly you feel like you’re right there and you need to do something extra or something,” he said. “I felt like I almost added a lot of pressure towards myself to perform really well this year. But really it’s been a very big learning curve for me, and it’s very humbling to be able to experience what I’ve experienced this year. That’s why I feel like this third one is even sweeter.”

And the celebration will include a sweet. Asked how he would celebrate in Las Vegas now that he’s 21 this time, Kim already had a plan. He was going to enjoy a piece of Ferrero Rocher white chocolate that he had bought during a trip to Europe.

“I can’t wait to finish that chocolate. I’ve wanted to finish it so bad,” he said. “It’s going to taste so good tonight.”

2023 Shriners Children’s Open Sunday tee times, how to watch

Everything you need to know for the final round in Las Vegas.

After three rounds of the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open, there’s a familiar name at the top of the leaderboard.

Tom Kim shot 9-under 62 at TPC Summerlin on Saturday to shoot to 15 under for the tournament, in a three-way tie for the lead. Kim, the defending champion, also shot 62 last year when he won his second PGA Tour title. This year, Adam Hadwin and Lanto Griffin share the top spot with Kim and will vie to nab the title from him Sunday.

Taylor Pendrith, Vince Whaley and K.H. Lee are tied for fourth at 14 under, one shot back.

Cameron Champ, one of the 36-hole leaders, struggled Saturday and shot 3-over 74, moving to 9 under for the tournament. The final round is going to be fun.

Here’s everything you need to know for Sunday’s final round of the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open. All times Eastern.

Sunday tee times

Tee time Players
10 a.m.
Nick Hardy, James Hahn
10:10 a.m.
Jason Dufner, Matthias Schwab
10:20 a.m.
Hayden Buckley, Christian Bezuidenhout
10:30 a.m.
Sam Stevens, Doc Redman
10:40 a.m.
Harrison Endycott, Troy Merritt
10:50 a.m.
Matti Schmid, Carl Yuan
11 a.m.
Tano Goya, Nicolai Hojgaard
11:10 a.m.
J.J. Spaun, Justin Suh
11:25 a.m.
Matt Wallace, Adam Long
11:35 a.m.
Harry Hall, Austin Smotherman
11:45 a.m.
Aaron Rai, Greyson Sigg
11:55 a.m.
Garrick Higgo, Davis Thompson
12:05 p.m.
Ludvig Aberg, Akshay Bhatia
12:15 p.m.
Davis Riley, Ben Taylor
12:25 p.m.
Chad Ramey, Patton Kizzire
12:40 p.m.
Erik van Rooyen, Nate Lashley
12:50 p.m.
Zac Blair, Webb Simpson
1 p.m.
Taylor Montgomery, Scott Piercy
1:10 p.m.
Cameron Champ, Brandt Snedeker
1:20 p.m.
Sam Ryder, Henrik Norlander
1:30 p.m.
Tyler Duncan, Eric Cole
1:40 p.m.
Michael Kim, Alex Smalley
1:55 p.m.
Yuxin Lin, Kelly Kraft
2:05 p.m.
Trevor Werbylo, Brent Grant
2:15 p.m.
Luke List, Matt NeSmith
2:25 p.m.
Nick Taylor, Nicholas Lindheim
2:35 p.m.
Beau Hossler, Alex Noren
2:45 p.m.
Cam Davis, Chesson Hadley
2:55 p.m.
Joel Dahmen, Ryan Moore
3:10 p.m.
Adam Svensson, J.T. Poston
3:20 p.m.
Isaiah Salinda, Callum Tarren
3:30 p.m.
Vince Whaley, K.H. Lee
3:40 p.m.
Lanto Griffin, Taylor Pendrith
3:50 p.m.
Tom Kim, Adam Hadwin

How to watch, listen

ESPN+ is the exclusive home of PGA Tour Live. There is no PGA Tour Live coverage of the third and final rounds of the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship.

Sunday, Oct. 15

Golf Channel/Peacock: 5-8 p.m.
Sirius XM: 3-8 p.m.

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Defending champ rises, Monday qualifier in the mix among third-round takeaways at Shriners Children’s Open

The scores were low Saturday at TPC Summerlin.

Moving Day started with a solar eclipse, and perhaps the phenomenon was enough to propel major leaderboard movement in the desert.

The third round is complete at the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas at TPC Summerlin, and unlike the first two rounds, scores were low Saturday. Numerous players made big moves on the leaderboard, including a Monday qualifier who had the clubhouse lead by the time his round was complete.

However, not everybody went low, as some of those high on the leaderboard after the second round struggled to find footing Saturday. Nevertheless, the leaderboard is filled with great storylines for Sunday.

Here’s what you need to know from the third round of the Shiners Children’s Open.

2023 Shriners Children’s Open Saturday tee times, how to watch

Everything you need to know for the third round in Las Vegas.

It’s time for the weekend in Vegas.

Cameron Champ and Lanto Griffin pace the field at 12 under. Both players are in a similar position, well outside the FedEx Cup top 125, meaning they won’t have a card next season. However, a win would essentially guarantee them a spot on the PGA Tour come 2024.

Lexi Thompson, who became the seven woman to play in a PGA Tour event, shot 2-under 69 on Friday but finished at even-par 142 for the tournament, missing the cut by three shots. There were 68 players to make the cut.

Tom Kim, the tournament’s defending champion, sits T-26 at 6 under.

Here’s everything you need to know for Saturday’s third round of the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open. All times Eastern.

Saturday tee times

Tee time Players
10:05 a.m.
Matthias Schwab, Carl Yuan
10:15 a.m.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Brandt Snedeker
10:25 a.m.
Taylor Montgomery, James Hahn
10:35 a.m.
Troy Merritt, Kelly Kraft
10:45 a.m.
J.J. Spaun, Michael Kim
10:55 a.m.
Scott Piercy, Doc Redman
11:05 a.m.
Ben Taylor, Ludvig Aberg
11:15 a.m.
Justin Suh, Akshay Bhatia
11:30 a.m.
Matt NeSmith, Harrison Endycott
11:40 a.m.
Garrick Higgo, Hayden Buckley
11:50 a.m.
Isaiah Salinda, Callum Tarren
12 p.m.
Alex Smalley, Davis Thompson
12:10 p.m.
Tyler Duncan, Zac Blair
12:20 p.m.
Aaron Rai, Eric Cole
12:30 p.m.
Nicholas Lindheim, Tano Goya
12:45 p.m.
Webb Simpson, Erik van Rooyen
12:55 p.m.
Greyson Sigg, Joel Dahmen
1:05 p.m.
Nate Lashley, Jason Dufner
1:15 p.m.
Nick Hardy, Chad Ramey
1:25 p.m.
Ryan Moore, Harry Hall
1:35 p.m.
Tom Kim, Austin Smotherman
1:45 p.m.
Nicolai Hojgaard, Patton Kizzire
2 p.m.
Adam Hadwin, Adam Svensson
2:10 p.m.
Matt Wallace, Davis Riley
2:20 p.m.
Taylor Pendrith, Sam Stevens
2:30 p.m.
Cam Davis, Chesson Hadley
2:40 p.m.
Trevor Werbylo, Brent Grant
2:50 p.m.
Matti Schmid, Yuxin Lin
3 p.m.
Adam Long, Vince Whaley
3:15 p.m.
Luke List, Sam Ryder
3:25 p.m.
Beau Hossler, K.H. Lee
3:35 p.m.
J.T. Poston, Alex Noren
3:45 p.m.
Henrik Norlander, Nick Taylor
3:55 p.m.
Cameron Champ, Lanto Griffin

How to watch, listen

ESPN+ is the exclusive home of PGA Tour Live. There is no PGA Tour Live coverage of the third and final rounds of the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship.

Saturday, Oct. 14

Golf Channel/Peacock: 5-8 p.m.
Sirius XM: 3-8 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 15

Golf Channel/Peacock: 5-8 p.m.
Sirius XM: 3-8 p.m.

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Cameron Champ’s mindset, Lexi Thompson impresses and more second-round takeaways from Shriners Children’s Open

Here’s what you need to know from the second round in Las Vegas.

Heading to the weekend in Las Vegas, there’s a lot on the line with a full house at the top of the leaderboard.

The story of the first two rounds was Lexi Thompson, the 28-year-old who became the seventh woman to compete on the PGA Tour. Although she missed the cut, she captured the attention of the golf world, especially during her second round when she shot 2-under 69 and was well in contention to make the cut through most of her final nine holes.

However, near the top of the leaderboard is a host of players, including a pair of former PGA Tour winners looking to break long cold streaks and others looking for their first Tour victory.

Here’s what we learned from the second round of the Shriners Children’s Open.

5 takeaways from Lexi Thompson’s inspiring run on the PGA Tour

What an impressive performance.

Lexi Thompson became only the second woman to record a sub-70 round in a PGA Tour event on Friday when she carded a 2-under 69 at the PGA Tour’s Shriners Children’s Open. Thompson joins Michelle Wie West, who twice shot 2-under 68 at the Sony Open.

Thompson’s exhilarating run toward the weekend made Friday golf at the Shriners must-see TV. While her even-par effort is expected to come up short, the 11-time LPGA winner dug deep to hover around the cutline for the entire back nine.

Thompson became only the seventh woman to tee it up in a PGA Tour event. No woman has made the cut against the men since Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1945.

Here are five takeaways from Thompson’s inspiring effort:

Golf world reacts to Lexi Thompson’s performance at 2023 Shriners Children’s Open

All eyes were on Lexi.

Safe to say the golf world was paying attention to happenings at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas. Lexi Thompson is a big, big reason why.

The 28-year-old became the seventh female golfer to play in a PGA Tour event when she teed it up at the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open. Only one has ever made the cut, and Thompson was in a good position to make the cut on her back nine holes Friday until a pair of late bogeys on par 3s. She shot 2-under 69 on Friday and carded an even-par 142 for the week, which will fall just outside of the cut line.

However, her effort in the desert was nothing short of spectacular, and people were tuned in from all over.

Here are some of the best reactions to Thompson’s performance at the Shriners Children’s Open.

Lexi Thompson shoots 69 in second round, expected to just miss PGA Tour cut at Shriners Children’s Open

A few minor mishaps on her last few holes proved too much to overcome and likely knocked her out of the weekend.

Lexi Thompson started the week by insisting that making the cut at the PGA Tour’s Shriners Children’s Open would be “definitely at the top of my accomplishments.”

At one point on Friday, it appeared she might need to rebuild her list of aspirations.

Thompson opened the day at TPC Summerlin by missing a par putt on the 17th green after resuming a first round that was halted by darkness. Then Thompson opened the second round with a bogey on the 10th hole, her first of the round, pushing her to 3 over for the tournament.

That’s when the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship winner showed the tremendous resolve that made her a major winner, using birdies on three of the next five holes to get back near the projected cutline, and then adding another pair of birdies after the turn. But a few minor mishaps on her last few holes proved too much to overcome and likely knocked her out of the weekend.

More: Lexi Thompson joined Annika Sorenstam, Babe Zaharias among women who played in a PGA Tour event

She finished the day with a 69 and was even par for the two days, marking just the third PGA Tour round by a female under 70. Michelle Wie had the previous two, both in the Sony Open (one in 2004 and another 2006).

Thompson likely just missed out on becoming the first female to make a cut at a PGA Tour since World War II, when Babe Didrikson Zaharias made the 36-hole cut at the 1945 Tucson Open. That would have been a span of 28,756 days between events.

Zaharias, one of the game’s great athletes, had the kind of game that allowed her to fit in on the PGA Tour, too, and in 1935, she played the Cascades Open. Zaharias missed the cut, but it started an 11-year stint during which she teed it up a handful of times with the men (becoming the first woman to do so). She was instrumental in attracting early fanfare to the LPGA.

Thompson has certainly done the same this week, bombing drives of over 300 yards and drawing galleries to a FedEx Cup Fall tournament that’s lacking in star power.

“Very proud. I played really well today, came out super early, and bogeyed 17 but made a great save on 18 there and just overall played very steady,” Thompson said. “As the day went on, I tried to stay committed to my targets out there and to my swing thoughts and just enjoyed the whole experience.”

She looked in good position to make the weekend after a birdie on the second hole pushed her to 2 under for the tournament.

A bad break on No. 5 started to derail things, however, as she pushed her tee shot on the par 3 a bit right and it caromed into a penalty area. Thompson returned to a drop area, then stuck an iron close and dropped a big 6-foot putt that kept her at 1 under, right at a projected cutline that was expected to drop due to calm scoring conditions.

But for the second straight day, the eighth hole proved a thorn in Thompson’s side as she rolled through the long par-3, came up well short on a chip and then missed a par putt. The bogey dropped her to even, meaning she needed a birdie to stay in contention for the cut line and an eagle to get secure.

On her final hole, needing an eagle to get safe inside the line, Thompson hit her drive 289 yards and followed with a 258-yard second shot that just missed the green. A chip from the fringe just missed and then her birdie putt caught the lip and went a couple inches past.

Overall, it was an impressive performance by Thompson, especially on Friday. The 11-time LPGA winner hit 12 of 14 fairways, 14 of 18 greens and averaged over 301 yards off the tee.

Even with the disappointing finale, Thompson was thrilled with the excitement of her PGA Tour debut and even enjoyed the media attention her appearance brought.

“It was a lot, but it was expected. Coming into the week I knew it would be a lot. But that’s why I have my family here, my loved ones, and to have that balance, once I left here, I was shut off and just myself and I could relax as much as I wanted to,” she said. “But the media is part of it. That’s the way to reach out to your fans, and seeing the fans out there and all the little girls, that’s what it’s all about.

“Seeing the people out there and hearing the cheers and seeing all the little kids, that’s what I play for. I think I said that on the last hole. A little kid screamed out, go Lexi, you’re great, and that just makes my day. No matter what I’m shooting, I could shoot 80, and they’d be like, you did great.

“That’s what it’s all about, just inspiring.”

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How Lexi Thompson helped Shriners Children’s Open compete in a crazy Las Vegas sports week

Take a look at all the sporting events the Shriners is competing against.

LAS VEGAS — When organizers of the Shriners Children’s Open contemplated a sponsor exemption that might bring Lexi Thompson to the PGA Tour event at TPC Summerlin, a number of factors weighed into the decision.

First, Thompson had to agree. The LPGA star had struggled earlier in the season but rebounded with a strong showing at the Solheim Cup and felt good enough about her game to take part. She has always had the distance to play with the men, but with other facets of her game improving, the move made sense.

Next, the PGA Tour needed to sign off on the idea. Although sponsors have the right to add whomever they desire, anything that might upset the apple cart needs to be run through Commissioner Jay Monahan’s office. The approval came midway through last week.

The reason they were willing to go through such hoops is organizers understood the tournament needed some buzz, as selling tickets in Las Vegas isn’t as easy as it once was. TPC Summerlin is a great venue for a PGA Tour event, but when Jim Furyk was winning back-to-back titles in the late 1990s, the sports landscape was rather scarce. Due to gambling restrictions by most professional sports organizations, Vegas didn’t have any pro teams, so area sports fans flocked in droves when the Tour came to town.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 13: Lexi Thompson of the United States and caddie Jon Scolari react on the 11th hole during the second round of the Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin on October 13, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)

Now, however, Sin City has as many sporting events to offer as any other American metro market, and on this week, the schedule was especially packed.

Thompson’s appearance certainly moved the needle in terms of national media coverage. ESPN and Golf Channel flashed updates and graphics about Thompson’s pending arrival and newspapers, like our network partner USA Today, featured Thompson prominently on their covers.

“At the end of the day, I think having Lexi in the field and on the broadcast, it’s only going to bring more eyes to the broadcast, which will bring more eyes to the golfers who are here and the golfers’ sponsors that are on their shirts and hats and bags,” Shriners tournament director Patrick Lindsay told Golf Magazine. “Everyone should be looking at this from a very positive standpoint because we’re bringing more eyes to the players, Shriners, the city, the golf course, all of it.”

Of course, Thompson’s team has enjoyed the hype, from her agent Brett Falkoff, who walked the course with her Tuesday during a practice round, to her sponsors.

“Lexi is a role model on and off the course, and her participation in a PGA Tour tournament is another exceptional showcase of her leadership,” said Lawrence Calcano, chairman and CEO at iCapital, one of Lexi’s corporate sponsors. “She has a track record of making history – becoming the youngest golfer to play in the U.S. Women’s Open and the youngest player to win a tournament on the LPGA Tour – and the iCapital team is proud to stand behind her.”

Here’s a look at what Lindsay and others were up against this week: