2019 Shriner's Hospitals for Children Open

TPC Summerlin Course in Las Vegas

7243 yds, par 71

Winning score last year was -9, played in early November. Cantlay won a 3-man playoff.

500 FEC points

SOF/OWGR - 398/54 vs last year's 211/40

Notables - DeChambeau, Koepka, Cantlay, Finau, Furyk, Matsuyama, Mickleson, Watson, Scott

19/50 in the OWGR will tee it up

Isaiah Salinda Monday q'fd

_Shriners Hospitals for Children is a network of 22 non-profit medical facilities across North America. Children with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the patients' ability to pay._

Hard to get too pumped when BDC leads the notables playing!!

In all seriousness though, I am sure that I will catch some of this but the motivation levels for watching are relatively low.

The field is so good it is ahead of The Colonial and Quail Hollow.

This may be the strongest field in Las Vegas in two decades.

Phil's 25 year streak of being in the Top 50 could be in jeopardy. He's now ranked #44.

field...https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/shriners-hospitals-for-children-open/field.html

Yes former champion Smylie Kaufmann is teeing it up

Graham DeLaet makes his first start in two years after back surgery. And Bo Van Pelt makes it back to back weeks after his 3 plus years away.

UNLV's John Oda also Monday qualified

Two sponsors exemptions for Akshay Bhatia trying to make his first cut as a pro and Chase Koepka.

Agree, great field for this tournament this year.

another opportunity for players to get a jump start on fedex points

Man I would love to take a road trip down to this.

Can't wait to see coverage of the young players vs the fixation of the big names...….Yes!

> @2putttom said:

> another opportunity for players to get a jump start on fedex points

That would be Phil I take it?

> @MattyO1984 said:

> Hard to get too pumped when BDC leads the notables playing!!

>

> In all seriousness though, I am sure that I will catch some of this but the motivation levels for watching are relatively low.

Don't you want to see if Smylie can find lightning in a bottle and break par?

bryson on the town in vegas ...

prolly would be a decent one night comedy show ...

> @Krt22 said:

> > @MattyO1984 said:

> > Hard to get too pumped when BDC leads the notables playing!!

> >

> > In all seriousness though, I am sure that I will catch some of this but the motivation levels for watching are relatively low.

>

> Don't you want to see if Smylie can find lightning in a bottle and break par?

Poor Smylie, I would love it if he could post a score!

> @Catty said:

> > @2putttom said:

> > another opportunity for players to get a jump start on fedex points

>

> That would be Phil I take it?

ol' Phil is a hood ornament on a 56' Edsel.

tee times

https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/shriners-hospitals-for-children-open/tee-times.html

featured groups

Phil Mickelson/ Tony Finau/ Kevin Na

Brooks Koepka/ Gary Woodland/ Adam Scott

Patrick Cantlay/ Bryson DeChambeau/ Webb Simpson (easily the GolfWRX Group of the Week, feel the rage!)

the final group will be voted by twitter users

Joaquin Niemann/ Collin Morikawa/ Matthew Wolff

Cameron Champ/ Kevin Tway/ Hideki Matsuyama

Ryan Moore/ Zac Blair/ Smylie Kaufman (no I am not kidding)

ODDS to Win:

Brooks Koepka 10/1

Patrick Cantlay 12/1

Bryson DeChambeau 16/1

Adam Scott 20/1

Webb Simpson 20/1

Tony Finau 25/1

Hideki Matsuyama 25/1

Collin Morikawa 25/1

Gary Woodland 25/1

Joaquin Niemann 30/1

Brandt Snedeker 40/1

Chez Reavie 40/1

Adam Hadwin 40/1

Camern Champ 40/1

Matthew Wolff 50/1

Scottie Scheffler 50/1

Byeong Hun An 50/1

Jason Kokrak 50/1

Dylan Frittelli 50/1

Charles Howell III 60/1

Bubba Watson 60/1

Cameron Smith 60/1

Ryan Moore 60/1

Kevin Na 60/1

Scott Piercy 60/1

Abraham Ancer 60/1

Brian Harman 60/1

Andrew Putnam 60/1

Aaron Wise 50/1

J.T. Poston 60/1

Lucas Glover 60/1

Brook’s on fire!

Smylie coming into the event off the back of a 24th place finishing in a mini-tour event. Don’t get me wrong, it is nice to see him out there playing but shooting 68 in a mini-tour event is a big step below playing in the big leagues.

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/smylie-kaufman-taking-baby-steps-in-bid-to-return-to-the-pga-tour

> @MattyO1984 said:

> Smylie coming into the event off the back of a 24th place finishing in a mini-tour event. Don’t get me wrong, it is nice to see him out there playing but shooting 68 in a mini-tour event is a big step below playing in the big leagues.

>

> https://www.golfdigest.com/story/smylie-kaufman-taking-baby-steps-in-bid-to-return-to-the-pga-tour

was social media some hidden cause of his not playing well? ... odd to sort of insinuate that it played a part ...

Phil with some kind of spider knock off..Is that the odyssey #10 I think... It has been a long time since he used anything other than a blade. He used a futura for a bit while with titleist but I think that is it.

Phil's putter looks so strange. I think that even a one week change might just help him recalibrate with his Odyssey 9, or he likes this putter and runs with it for awhile. It is a win-win. All it usually takes is a few holes to realize that you hate something.

Also he has hit some fairways today and still misses the green. So I think he needs to try something drastic with his irons. New shafts or something.

haha, I like kevin Na but the bad swing drop the club on the ground, walk away from it for the caddie to pick up is a bad look.

> @adh2k1 said:

> Phil's putter looks so strange. I think that even a one week change might just help him recalibrate with his Odyssey 9, or he likes this putter and runs with it for awhile. It is a win-win. All it usually takes is a few holes to realize that you hate something.

>

> Also he has hit some fairways today and still misses the green. So I think he needs to try something drastic with his irons. New shafts or something.

it ain't the club ...

> @tiderider said:

> > @adh2k1 said:

> > Phil's putter looks so strange. I think that even a one week change might just help him recalibrate with his Odyssey 9, or he likes this putter and runs with it for awhile. It is a win-win. All it usually takes is a few holes to realize that you hate something.

> >

> > Also he has hit some fairways today and still misses the green. So I think he needs to try something drastic with his irons. New shafts or something.

>

> it ain't the club ...

Whatever he is doing is working.

> @adh2k1 said:

> > @tiderider said:

> > > @adh2k1 said:

> > > Phil's putter looks so strange. I think that even a one week change might just help him recalibrate with his Odyssey 9, or he likes this putter and runs with it for awhile. It is a win-win. All it usually takes is a few holes to realize that you hate something.

> > >

> > > Also he has hit some fairways today and still misses the green. So I think he needs to try something drastic with his irons. New shafts or something.

> >

> > it ain't the club ...

>

> Whatever he is doing is working.

He is playing pretty well today.

very solid round by phil today ... -6, but only had .55 sgp ... hardly the best day on the greens ...

> @tiderider said:

> > @MattyO1984 said:

> > Smylie coming into the event off the back of a 24th place finishing in a mini-tour event. Don’t get me wrong, it is nice to see him out there playing but shooting 68 in a mini-tour event is a big step below playing in the big leagues.

> >

> > https://www.golfdigest.com/story/smylie-kaufman-taking-baby-steps-in-bid-to-return-to-the-pga-tour

>

> was social media some hidden cause of his not playing well? ... odd to sort of insinuate that it played a part ...

Kaufman gets roasted weekly by a few golf meme accounts on instagram. I dont know their fixation with him but its non-stop. I know a while back one of them went too far and maybe attacked one of his family members (PGAmemes I think?) and he made them issue an apology and take the post down.

I didnt think it affected him but apparently it did? They make fun of Patrick Reed weekly as well and he seems to be doing fine.

Same as last week only 144 in the field not the full 156, any reason for this? Surely can't be a daylight issue but so many card holders are missing starts and looking like some will only get into 1 of the first 6 tournaments.

> @third-times-a-charm said:

> > @tiderider said:

> > > @MattyO1984 said:

> > > Smylie coming into the event off the back of a 24th place finishing in a mini-tour event. Don’t get me wrong, it is nice to see him out there playing but shooting 68 in a mini-tour event is a big step below playing in the big leagues.

> > >

> > > https://www.golfdigest.com/story/smylie-kaufman-taking-baby-steps-in-bid-to-return-to-the-pga-tour

> >

> > was social media some hidden cause of his not playing well? ... odd to sort of insinuate that it played a part ...

>

> Kaufman gets roasted weekly by a few golf meme accounts on instagram. I dont know their fixation with him but its non-stop. I know a while back one of them went too far and maybe attacked one of his family members (PGAmemes I think?) and he made them issue an apology and take the post down.

>

> I didnt think it affected him but apparently it did? They make fun of Patrick Reed weekly as well and he seems to be doing fine.

well. that sucks ... just the world we live in, i guess ... people on here make fun of reed's body ... guy is stocky but he ain't fat albert by a long shot ... some people have shit dads ...

> @"Mick Douglas" said:

> Same as last week only 144 in the field not the full 156, any reason for this? Surely can't be a daylight issue but so many card holders are missing starts and looking like some will only get into 1 of the first 6 tournaments.

It is a daylight issue. Only 11 hours and 45 minutes for golf at this time of year in Las Vegas.

> @tiderider said:

> > @MattyO1984 said:

> > Smylie coming into the event off the back of a 24th place finishing in a mini-tour event. Don’t get me wrong, it is nice to see him out there playing but shooting 68 in a mini-tour event is a big step below playing in the big leagues.

> >

> > https://www.golfdigest.com/story/smylie-kaufman-taking-baby-steps-in-bid-to-return-to-the-pga-tour

>

> was social media some hidden cause of his not playing well? ... odd to sort of insinuate that it played a part ...

I can see why it would have an impact and whilst it would not be a direct cause of his poor play, spending too much time on there or being ripped constantly is going to affect the psyche of most people.

Why do I always get a kick out of watch Bryson hit a shot then look around totally confused as to what happened. In this instance he flew a wedges about 10 yards too deep. I dont have anything against the guy but for some reason I chuckle more when I see this reaction with him than others.