From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the second round of the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open. All times listed are PT.
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During the first round of the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, fan-favorite Joel Dahmen was assessed a four-stroke penalty for having 15 clubs in his bag.
Dahmen made par on his opening two holes, but those scores were changed to double-bogey 6s after the blunder.
The 36-year-old has played in all three FedEx Cup Fall events so far this year, with the Shriners being the fourth, and has finished T-50 (Procore Championship), MC (Sanderson Farms Championship) and T-40 (Black Desert Championship).
In seven previous starts at TPC Summerlin, Dahmen has made it to the weekend six times and finished inside the top 10 twice.
Taylor Pendrith made 10 birdies on Thursday but was denied a final-hole eagle to shoot 59. Was he thinking of shooting the 15th sub-60 round on the PGA Tour at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas in the first round of the Shriners Children’s Open?
“Yeah, obviously,” he said in a post-round interview. “I tried to hit a great shot and just came off it a little bit. It was close to being really good, I think.”
Pendrith had blasted a 356-yard drive leaving just a 7-iron from 203 yards. But with the flag position in the front of the green, he caught it heavy and found the front greenside bunker. It was the only place he couldn’t miss.
“Me and my caddie didn’t really talk about it, but I think we both knew I was going to try and hole the bunker shot,” he said. “Of course, I was going to try to hole bunker shot. It was a tricky one, but, yeah, I gave it my best.”
The Canadian blasted 12 feet past the hole, missed the birdie putt and settled for 10-under 61, tying his career low on Tour, but still good enough for a three-stroke lead over 12 players.
Pendrith, who represented the International Team at the Presidents Cup last month and won the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in May, had it going like the gambler rolling his number at the craps tables. After a par on his first hole, No. 10, Pendrith’s heater began with birdies on five of the next six holes on his first nine as he kept sticking approach shots inside 10 feet. At the 453-yard par-4, No. 4, he wedged inside a foot for the tap-in birdie. Pendrith was long and accurate and his putter cooperated too – a beautiful combination. He ranked first in driving distance (329 yards), fourth in Strokes Gained: Approach and first in SG: Putting.
Expectations this week for Pendrith were tempered after playing just three times since the Presidents Cup and unable to play in South Florida as Hurricane Milton kept him off the course.
“I thought I would be a little bit more rusty than that,” Pendrith said. “You know, obviously thrilled and yeah, just got to keep getting back into the rhythm of things and the next few days. Yeah, feel good.”
The PGA Tour is back in Sin City for the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin, where fan-favorite Tom Kim returns looking to win the event for the third straight year. Kim hasn’t played since the FedEx St. Jude Championship — he did represent the International Team at the Presidents Cup in Canada — but sits as the heavy betting favorite at 12/1 (+1200).
Some of the other names in the field include Rickie Fowler, Maverick McNealy, Taylor Pendrith and Beau Hossler.
TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas is a par-71 track that measures 7,255 yards. This week’s winner will take home $1.26 million of the $7 million purse and 500 FedEx Cup points.
Get ready for a wave of “Let’s go, Gilly!” cheers this week at the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas.
That’s the nickname of Ian Gilligan, a 21-year-old senior at the University of Florida who won the Southern Highlands Invitational in February to earn a berth in the PGA Tour field this week at TPC Summerlin.
Gilligan shot 8-under 208 to win the event, beating Oklahoma’s Jase Summy by one shot for his first college victory since transferring from Long Beach State, where he earned second-team All-America honors as a sophomore. In August, Gilligan won the prestigious Western Amateur, claiming the title after surviving a grueling 11-hole playoff against one of his college teammates. That was nothing for Gilligan compared to surviving a rare form of lymphoma, one that only 20 kids worldwide had, after being diagnosed at age 15.
“The whole time you’re thinking, ‘Is my child going to survive?’” Gilligan’s father, Grant, told the PGA Tour.com “He was wasting away. He was down to his lowest weight. I mean, he looked like someone horribly anorexic. There was a time I sat down with the doctor, and I broke down and I said, ‘You have to start treatment now.’”
Gilligan received chemo for seven months during which time his budding golf game was placed on the backburner.
“He was smiling through it,” Ethan Schloss, a teammate of Gilligan’s on the Galena High golf team, told NCGA Golf Magazine. “Even when I saw him in the hospital, he was smiling. He had a really good attitude through everything.”
Gilligan’s first golf swings were made with a kitchen spoon in the family’s San Francisco apartment. Returning to the course and the game that he loves was good for his soul.
“Felt like I was just a normal kid again and having fun,” he said during a pre-tournament press conference on Wednesday.
A year later, in 2019, the product of the Junior Tour of Northern California competed in a Korn Ferry Tour event. His family moved to Nevada so he could focus on his game and have better access to courses, and he became the 2021 Nevada Golfer of the Year.
Gilligan visits an oncologist once a year for blood work and an MRI and has passed the five-year window during which the likelihood of a cancer relapse is greatest. He still sports a Livestrong bracelet and will wear the logo on his golf shirt this week.
Ian Gilligan at the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. (Mike Ehrmann/USGA)
“I’ve had a lot of people reach out about like they’re going through something similar to what I had,” said Gilligan, noting he’s been contacted often via Instagram. “I know what they’re going through. It’s always nice to help other people and give them some reassurance or tell them what to expect.”
Gilligan already got a taste of playing in the big leagues in July and proved his game is Tour-ready – or at least trending that way. Gilligan received a sponsor invitation to the Tour’s Barracuda Championship in Truckee, California, about 40 miles outside of his adopted hometown. With his high school teammates cheering him on, Gilligan made the 36-hole and finished T-40. This week in Las Vegas, he’ll be an inspiration to the kids at the Shriners Children’s Hospitals, a network of non-profit hospitals and pediatric healthcare systems for orthopedic, spine, burn and other specialty care. He’s in the field on another sponsor exemption, having earned it the hard way and knowing his performance could be a boost to his PGA Tour U ranking.
“To earn it is definitely a little different,” Gilligan said of the college victory to secure his spot in the field. “Feels really good.”
The purse at the Shriners Children’s Open is $7 million with $1.26 million going to the winner.
The 2024 Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas is the next event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall. Back-to-back defending champion Tom Kim is looking for a turkey, and will be joined in the field by Beau Hossler, Stephan Jaeger, Maverick McNealy, Rickie Fowler and Adam Hadwin, among others.
Kim, who represented the International Team at the Presidents Cup in Canada, hasn’t played a Tour event since the FedEx St. Jude Championship but is still the heavy favorite to win at 12/1.
The purse at the Shriners Children’s Open is $7 million with $1.26 million going to the winner. The winner will also receive 500 FedEx Cup points.
From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the first round of the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open. All times listed are MT.
Thursday tee times
Groupings and starting times for the first two rounds of the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open pic.twitter.com/03Sg9xKvor
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The first time Kim won the Shriners, he was too young to order an adult drink.
Tom Kim isn’t sure how he will celebrate another victory in Las Vegas but he’d like to become the first player on the PGA Tour to win the same tournament three straight times since 2011. The first time Kim won the Shriners Children’s Open, he was too young to order an adult drink. Last year, when he repeated as champion, Kim had reached the legal age but instead kicked back with a piece of white chocolate that he had saved from the night before for such a special occasion.
“Definitely tasted very, very sweet,” he said of the celebratory treat during his pre-tournament press conference at TPC Summerlin on Tuesday. “I don’t have a piece of chocolate with me this week, but we’ll find something else.”
With his win at the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open, Kim, 22, became the youngest three-time winner on Tour since Tiger Woods. Maverick McNealy, 28, is making his 128th career Tour start this week and wouldn’t mind celebrating his first victory not far from where he calls home. He can be found bright and early at TPC Summerlin nearly every day when he isn’t traveling to compete on the Tour.
“Every time you tee it up here, you’re kind of thinking about the tournament and looking forward to it,” he said. “It’s definitely one of my favorite weeks of the year.”
Given Kim’s success and McNealy’s knowledge of his home track, they likely would be playing this week no matter the circumstances, but they find themselves playing a few more events in the FedEx Fall after narrowly missing out on the top 50 in the FedEx Cup playoffs, which earned those on the right side of the cutoff starts in all eight of next season’s signature events.
In the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis in August, Kim finished bogey, double bogey, double bogey at TPC Southwind and after starting the week at No. 43 in the FedEx Cup, he tumbled to No. 51.
“The difference between being 50 and 51st is a big difference,” Kim explained. “Good golf you’re able to take three, four months off and not worry about anything. Bad golf you got to pick your butt up once the playoff starts and try to play well in the fall.”
Tom Kim and caddie Joe Skovron on the 13th fairway during the final round of the 2022 Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas. (Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
Kim, who played nine weeks in a row in a bid to make Korea’s Olympic team and improve his standing in the FedEx Cup, has played only once – at the Presidents Cup – since his crash-and-burn in Memphis. He’s had a chance to decompress and even go home to Korea for four days after the playoffs.
“I’m seeing life again outside of golf which is really cool,” he said.
He’s preparing for a stretch that includes playing in Korea for the first time since he joined the Tour nearly three years ago.
“That’s going to be really cool,” Kim said.
McNealy is stoked for his home game. He said every room is full in his home with members of his team. He fell a stroke short of making the BMW Championship but left it all out there in the final round, holing a bunker shot at 16 for birdie and posting 64 to finish T-12.
“There’s something about having your back against the wall that lets you do things that you can’t normally do under normal circumstances. It narrows your focus. It heightens your awareness. It does some pretty fun stuff, and it’s a feeling that you really chase as a professional athlete,” McNealy said. “Thought I needed 7-under and ended up shooting 6, and because of that I’ll probably play a couple more tournaments this fall than I would’ve otherwise.
“That being said, my game is good and I love a bunch of the fall tournaments and want to play them. I don’t know what else I would be doing with my time. I love competing.”
There’s still plenty for Kim and McNealy to play for this fall. Nos. 51-60 in the FedEx Cup Fall standings, which concludes at The RSM Classic in November, will earn signature event starts in 2025 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis Invitational via the Aon Next 10.
“If you get high on the FedEx Cup list early it gives you a huge leg up on the rest of the year. That kind of starts here with me playing the next five out of six weeks trying to solidify a spot in the top 60,” said McNealy, who skipped taking an off-season break. “I think I’ve maybe taken two days off since Memphis. Yeah, just worked really, really hard and my game feels really good.”
The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall rolls on in Las Vegas for the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin. Back-to-back defending champion Tom Kim — the Korean hasn’t played a Tour event since the FedEx St. Jude Championship in August — highlights the field as he looks for a turkey.
Other players teeing it up on Thursday include Rickie Fowler, Taylor Pendrith, Adam Hadwin, Maverick McNealy, Keith Mitchell and Beau Hossler. Stephan Jaeger, the runner-up at last week’s Black Desert Championship in Utah, is also in the field and looking for his second win of the year.
The winner on Sunday afternoon will earn $1.26 million of the $7 million purse and 500 FedEx Cup points.
Tom Kim plays his shot from the 17th tee during the third round of the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas. (Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
Shriners Children’s Open course history
Course history at TPC Summerlin for the Shriners Children's Open
-Includes average finish position and "Strokes Gained" per round in each category since 2015. Players are sorted by SG: Total
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Shriners Children’s Open picks to win
Beau Hossler (28/1)
Beau Hossler of the United States reacts to his putt on the 17th green during the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship 2024 at the Country Club of Jackson on October 06, 2024, in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
Analysis: Hossler has played some great golf over the last two weeks, losing in a playoff at the Sanderson Farms Championship and tying for 11th at the Black Desert Championship. He’s returning to a venue where he’s seen some success with two top-10 finishes in six starts, including a T-7 performance last season.
It’s time Beau gets win No. 1.
Adam Hadwin (40/1)
Adam Hadwin plays his shot from the second tee box during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Analysis: Hadwin hasn’t played in a Tour event since the BMW Championship in August, but thanks to his course history, this is a spot we have to take the Canadian. Over the last five years, Hadwin has finished inside the top 10 four times including a solo runner-up to Kim in 2023.
Matti Schmid (45/1)
Matti Schmid of Germany walks on the ninth green during the second round of the Black Desert Championship 2024 at Black Desert Resort on October 11, 2024, in St George, Utah. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Analysis: Schmid has gotten better and better with every start this fall. He opened with a T-58 showing at the Procore Championship and followed it up with a T-16 finish at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Finally, at last week’s Black Desert, Schmid grabbed solo fifth. In his lone start at the Shriners, Schmid tied for 26th last year.
TPC Summerlin ranks No. 3 in Nevada on Golfweek’s Best ranking.
The PGA Tour’s FedEx Fall Series heads to Sin City for the Shriners Children’s Open.
A longstanding event on the PGA Tour schedule, the event is held at TPC Summerlin and is the fourth of eight events in the FedEx Cup Fall. The course is only two hours by car from last week’s event, the Black Desert Championship.
From TV coverage to field information and prize money, here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open.
Shriners Children’s course information
Black Desert Resort is a par 71 layout measuring 7,255 yards. Bobby Weed and Fuzzy Zoeller were the architects.
Shriners Children’s purse, prize money
The purse at the 2024 Black Desert Championship is $7 million with $1.26 million going to the winner. A year ago, the total purse was $8.4 million with first place good for $1.512 million. It’s one of five fall events with a reduced purse from 2023.
Shriners Children’s TV coverage
Thursday, Oct. 17: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+); 5-8 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Friday, Oct. 18: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+); 5-8 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Saturday, Oct. 19: 5-8 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Sunday, Oct. 20: 5-8 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
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Shriners Children’s field
Tom Kim, who has won the Shriners Children’s Open the past two years, has a chance to become the seventh player in PGA Tour history to win an event three straight times. The field size will be 132. Matt McCarty, who won the inaugural Black Desert Championship on Sunday, has been added to the field.
The last player to win the same tournament three straight years on the PGA Tour is Steve Stricker in 2009-11.
This story has been updated to reflect Monday’s updated field announcement.
Tom Kim has a chance to join rare company in Sin City.
Only six golfers have ever done it, and next week at TPC Summerlin, Kim can become the seventh. That’s winning three straight PGA Tour events.
The PGA Tour remains out west in Las Vegas for the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open, the fourth of eight FedEx Cup Fall events, where Kim has won the past two events. The last player to win the same tournament three straight years on the PGA Tour is Steve Stricker in 2009-11.
In addition to Kim, Rickie Fowler is among the notables in the field.
The field for the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open was announced on Friday.
The fourth of eight tournaments in the 2024 FedExCup Fall continues next week at the Shriners Children's Open (October 17-20).
