The FedExCup Fall collection has already offered some drama with Sahith Theegala breaking his maiden in Napa and Luke List prevailing in a five-man playoff final week. We are solely two occasions deep with 5 extra occasions on the autumn calendar, with golfers persevering with to jockey for standing.

Next up is the Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin. The area is missing among the firepower that we’ve seen prior to now however there’ll nonetheless be loads of eyeballs on the occasion as Lexi Thompson has accepted a sponsor’s invite, offering the uncommon alternative to see an LPGA star compete with the boys.

The area measurement shrinks a bit this week with simply 132 golfers teeing it up (144 final week) with the low 65 and ties taking part in their approach by way of the 36-hole cutline.

The Course

TPC Summerlin is the host venue this week. It’s been part of this occasion for many years however solely began internet hosting solo in 2008.

The course was designed by Bobby Weed within the early ‘90s with the consultation of Fuzzy Zoeller.

Glancing at the scorecard we see a par 71 that plays to 7,255 yards. That doesn’t sound overly quick however if you think about some altitude and firm-and-fast circumstances the monitor shortens somewhat shortly. There are much more method photographs from the 100-to-150-yard vary right here in comparison with the common PGA Tour cease.

Off the tee, the course offers you choices. Webb Simpson had this to say in regards to the course just a few years again, “I like it because you have to think your way around this golf course. Other courses that we play, you don’t think. You hit driver and you hit it as far as you can. This golf course has doglegs, run-outs, bunkers.” On the flip facet, somebody like Patrick Cantlay has loved a whole lot of success right here prior to now and he credit his confidence with the motive force as a key to that success. He’s pulled driver extra ceaselessly than the sector and will get rewarded with much more wedges and quick irons. Overall, it is a course that may let customers hit driver in the event that they wish to however on the identical time, not present an enormous benefit to the bombers.

Looking on the turf, we noticed TPC Summerlin resurfaced forward of final yr’s version. They laid down Bandera bermuda on the fairways whereas the greens are Dominator bentgrass. It wasn’t an enormous change as they have been already that includes bermuda fairways and bent greens, they only switched sorts.

When searching for correlated success throughout the PGA Tour, programs like Sedgefield CC, PGA West, TPC River Highlands, Pebble Beach Pro-Am rota, and TPC Scottsdale. Common themes embody location (West), scoring surroundings (simple), and course size (quick).

Golfers to Watch

Tom Kim

He’s stayed busy since East Lake with a pair of top-20 finishes on the DP World Tour. That’s encouraging since he gritted by way of an ankle harm at The Open however hasn’t confirmed any signal of that slowing his down with 5 high 25s in 5 tries since then. Kim is the defending champ at TPC Summerlin and ought to be thought of one of many favorites to hoist the {hardware} once more this week.

Ludvig Aberg

There was no hangover for the younger Swede who flew straight from Rome to Jackson, Mississippi final week. He slow-played an 18-under tally which earned him a spot within the five-man playoff. Aberg misplaced on gap one among that playoff however now sports activities 5 straight top-15s, worldwide, with a win and runner-up end in that blend. Not to say his robust displaying on the Ryder Cup the place he was in a position to cling round among the finest golfers within the World and certainly decide their brains a bit. The sky is the restrict for Aberg.

Adam Hadwin

The Canadian landed within the highest 50 FedEx standings so there is no such thing as a want for him to grind out fall factors. It’s telling then for him to indicate up this week at TPC Summerlin. An overwhelming quantity of Hadwin’s success on the PGA Tour has come out West, on desert tracks. He’s landed high 10s in 4 of his seven begins at TPC Summerlin whereas additionally boasting a trio of podiums at PGA West. He’s been off for seven weeks so there may be extra of a query on the state of his recreation however no query on how a lot he loves a great desert course.

Adam Schenk

Sticking with the theme of Adams who’ve been dormant because the FedExCup Playoffs, Schenk can also be displaying up this week to take one other crack at TPC Summerlin. He was the 54-hole chief throughout the 2021-22 version which was the primary 54-hole lead of his Tour profession at that time. Schenk remains to be trying to find his breakout win and it’s typically a good suggestion to maintain taking part in a course in the event you beforehand discovered your self main there after three days of play. Similar to Hadwin, his type is a query mark with him resting since East Lake.

Matthew NeSmith

He arrives off a T-25 end on the Country Club of Jackson. He was T-4 after day one earlier than fading over the ultimate three days. It was nonetheless a pleasant displaying for him after lacking the reduce in Napa. Now he returns to “his course” at TPC Summerlin. I say that as a result of NeSmith has 12 profession top-15s in stroke-play occasions and three of them have come at TPC Summerlin. That contains his career-best end on the PGA Tour, a runner-up end eventually yr’s version. NeSmith is 72nd within the FedExCup Fall standings however may surge into the “Next 10″ dialog if he continues his course consistency this week in Las Vegas.

Ranking the Field

1. Tom Kim
2. Ludvig Aberg
3. Si Woo Kim
4. Cam Davis
5. Eric Cole
6. J.T. Poston
7. Adam Schenk
8. Andrew Putnam
9. J.J. Spaun
10. Nicolai Hojgaard
11. Adam Hadwin
12. Emiliano Grillo
13. Tom Hoge
14. Beau Hossler
15. Aaron Rai
16. Vincent Norrman
17. Mark Hubbard
18. Lucas Herbert
19. Justin Suh
20. Christiaan Bezuidenhout