2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
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2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open On-site PGA TOUR media contact: John Bush, (904) 923-7419, [email protected] Dates: October 8-11, 2020 Where: TPC Summerlin Par/Yards: 71/7,255 2019 champion: Kevin Na Purse: $7,000,000/$1,260,000 FedExCup: 500 points to the winner Format: 72-hole stroke play Field: 144 Things to Know • Field highlighted by the two most recent major champions (Bryson DeChambeau and Collin Morikawa); others include Patrick Cantlay, Paul Casey, Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia, Francesco Molinari, Kevin Na, Webb Simpson • One year after edging Patrick Cantlay in a playoff, Kevin Na returns to defend his Shriners Hospitals for Children Open title • Kevin Na seeks to join Jim Furyk as the only players to win the event in back-to-back seasons • Sergio Garcia, fresh off last week’s win at the Sanderson Farms Championship, returns to the event for the first time since 2003 • Field includes all four winners this season and 10 players (of 11) currently ranked inside the top 10 in the FedExCup standings • In three starts at TPC Summerlin, Patrick Cantlay owns a win (2017) and two runner-up finishes (2018, 2019) • 2018 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open winner Bryson DeChambeau makes first start since winning the U.S. Open • Las Vegas resident and recent PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa finished T42 in tournament debut in 2019 • This week marks the fifth of 50 official events of the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season; winner benefits include invitations to the Sentry Tournament of Champions, 2021 Masters Tournament, THE PLAYERS Championship, PGA Championship Current FedExCup standings (players in bold are in the field) Pos. Player Points Wins Top-10s Starts 1 Bryson DeChambeau 600 1 1 1 2 Stewart Cink 558 1 1 2 3 Hudson Swafford 505 1 1 3 4 Sergio Garcia 500 1 1 3 5 Tyler McCumber 383 0 2 3 6 Matthew Wolff 330 0 1 1 7 Peter Malnati 311 0 1 3 8 Harry Higgs 300 0 1 1 9 Louis Oosthuizen 210 0 1 1 T10 Mackenzie Hughes 190 0 1 2 T10 J.T. Poston 190 0 1 2 2019 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open final leaderboard Pos Player R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 Kevin Na 68 62 61 70 261 (-23) 2 Patrick Cantlay 66 64 63 68 261 (-23) 3 Pat Perez 69 64 62 68 263 (-21) T4 Bryson DeChambeau 66 68 67 63 264 (-20) T4 Adam Hadwin 67 66 68 63 264 (-20) T4 Brian Stuard 65 65 67 67 264 (-20) More on Kevin Na’s win in 2019 • Las Vegas resident edged out Patrick Cantlay in a playoff battle between past event champions • Won with a par-4 on the second extra hole (No. 18) in the first playoff at TPC Summerlin since Cantlay won in 2017 • Earned his fourth PGA TOUR victory in his 399th start at the age of 36 years and 21 days • Set a PGA TOUR record for most feet of putts made (558’11”) in a 72-hole event (ShotLink era) • Earned first and most recent of four PGA TOUR victories at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (2011, 2019) • 261 total fell one shy of the low winning score at the event (260: Ryan Moore/2012, Webb Simpson/2013) • Joined Johnson Wagner and Zac Blair as the only players to make 500 or more feet of putts in multiple events on TOUR during the ShotLink era (2009 Waste Management Phoenix Open, 2019 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) • Set a PGA TOUR record (ShotLink era) for Most Total Strokes Gained: Putting in an event (+14.263) • First player to make triple bogey in final round and go on to win since Rickie Fowler (2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open) • Set Shriners Hospitals for Children Open 54-hole scoring record (22-under 191) • Moved to 3 of 7 when holding the 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR; went on to win the 2011 and 2019 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and 2019 Charles Schwab Challenge Field Notes • Field includes all four winners this season: Stewart Cink/Safeway Open, Bryson DeChambeau/U.S. Open, Hudson Swafford/Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, Sergio Garcia/Sanderson Farms Championship • 10 of the top 10 (11 players) in the current FedExCup standings; only Mackenzie Hughes (T10) is not in the field • 12 of the top 30 in the Official World Golf Ranking, led by Collin Morikawa (5th), Bryson DeChambeau (6th), Webb Simpson (7th), Patrick Cantlay (13th), Louis Oosthuizen (17th), Matthew Wolff (18th), Hideki Matsuyama (19th), Paul Casey (21st), Sungjae Im (22nd), Abraham Ancer (25th), Matt Kuchar (28th), Scottie Scheffler (30th) • Past FedExCup champion: Brandt Snedeker (2012) • Past Shriners Hospitals for Children Open winners: Kevin Na (2019, 2011), Bryson DeChambeau (2018), Patrick Cantlay (2017), Smylie Kaufman (2015), Webb Simpson (2013), Martin Laird (2009) Additional Player Notes • In three starts at TPC Summerlin, Patrick Cantlay owns a win (2017) and two runner-up finishes (2018, 2019) • Recent U.S. Open champion and 2018 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open champion Bryson DeChambeau will make his fifth start at the event (T36/2016, T7/2017, Won/2018, T4/2019) • Rickie Fowler owns two top-10 finishes in four starts at TPC Summerlin (T7/2009, T22/2010, T25/2015, T4/2018) • Sergio Garcia, who collected his 11th PGA TOUR title last week at the Sanderson Farms Championship, missed the cut in his only prior start at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (2003); has never won back-to-back starts on TOUR • Part of UNLV’s 1998 NCAA Championship team, Charley Hoffman owns three top-10s in 14 starts at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (T5/2006, 6th/2009, 4th/2013) • 2018-19 PGA TOUR Rookie of the year Sungjae Im, who has collected seven top-10 finishes each season on TOUR (2018-19, 2019-20), will make his second start at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (T15/2018) • Francesco Molinari makes his return to the PGA TOUR for the first time since THE PLAYERS Championship was canceled in March; marks his second start at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (T4/2016) • PGA Championship winner and Las Vegas resident Collin Morikawa finished T42 in his tournament debut in 2019 • 2013 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open winner Webb Simpson returns for his 10th start at the event; in addition to his win, has top-10 finishes in 2010 (T4), 2014 (T4), 2019 (T7) Miscellaneous Notes • Courtesy of RSM Birdies for Love, the top three players who accumulate the most birdies (or better), beginning with the Safeway Open, and concluding with The RSM Classic, will be awarded $300,000, $150,000 and $50,000, respectively, for charitable donations to children- and/or family-focused charitable organizations of the players’ choice Tournament records and history • 18-hole score: 59 (Chip Beck/R3/1991) • 72-hole winning score: 260 (Ryan Moore/2012, Webb Simpson/2013) • Largest margin of victory: 8 (Davis Love III/1993) • Largest come-from-behind victory: 7 (Smylie Kaufman/2015) • Playoffs: 10 (most recent: 2019/Kevin Na def. Patrick Cantlay) .