The field at the Shriners Open at TPC Summerlin is not what you’d call loaded, but it does have a bunch of big names – including members of the winning U.S. Ryder Cup team, and several former major champions.
Here’s a look at the Vegas field by the numbers, 1 through 10.
1
One former winner of the Masters Tournament:
–Vijay Singh (2000)
2
Two players who have already won during the early 2016-17 season:
–Brendan Steele (Safeway Open)
–Cody Gribble (Sanderson Farms)
3
Three members of the winning U.S. Ryder Cup Team:
–Jimmy Walker, Brooks Koepka, Ryan Moore
4
Four UNLV alumni:
–Chad Campbell (’96), Charley Hoffman (’00), Moore (’04), Andres Gonzales (’06)
5
Every player who finished inside 2015 Shriners Top 5:
1st – Smylie Kaufman
T2 – Patton Kizzire, Cameron Tringale, Jason Bohn, Alex Cejka, Kevin Na, Brett Stegmaier
6
Six players who advanced to East Lake for the Tour Championship and finished in the FedEx Cup Top 30:
-Moore (7)
-Walker (14)
–Roberto Castro (22)
–William McGirt (24)
–Sean O’Hair (27)
-Na (29)
7
Seven players ranked inside the World Top 50:
-Walker (18)
-Koepka (22)
-Moore (32)
–Scott Piercy (34)
–Francesco Molinari (37)
-Na (39)
-McGirt (44)
8
Eight players with the name Jon/John in some form:
Jon Rahm
Jon Curran
John Huh
John Senden
John ‘J.J.’ Spaun
Jonas Blixt
Jonathan Byrd
Johnson Wagner
9
Nine major championship winners:
The Masters – Singh (2000)
U.S. Open – Ernie Els (1994, 1997), Lucas Glover (2009), Graeme McDowell (2010), Webb Simpson (2012)
The Open – Els (2002, 2012), Stewart Cink (2009)
PGA Championship – Singh (1998, 2004), Davis Love III (1997), Keegan Bradley (2012), Walker (2016)
10
There are ten former Shriners Open champions in the field:
90s – Love III (’93)
00s – Martin Laird (’09), Stuart Appleby (’03), Bob Estes (’01)
10s – Kaufman (’15), Ben Martin (’14), Simpson (’13), Moore (’12), Na (’11), Byrd (’10)
Full Field at the 2016 Shriners Children Hospitals Open.
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