2017 Shriners Open Field: By the Numbers

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Bubba Watson

A field of 138 players will tee it up this week at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, the sixth of eight 2017-18 fall tournaments.

It’s one of three remaining tournaments in the wrap-around portion of the season, where struggling veterans and young up and comers can score some cash and FedExCup points before the big guns return in January.

As we do each week, here’s a look at the field in Vegas, by the numbers.


FEDEXCUP TOP 30

Eight of the top 30 in the current FedExCup standings are in this week’s field.

  • Tony Finau (5)
  • Chesson Hadley (6)
  • Ryan Armour (9)
  • Nick Taylor (24)
  • Luke List (25)
  • Anirban Lahiri (26)
  • Whee Kim (27)
  • Scott Brown (29)

WORLD TOP 50

Five players in the top 50 of the Official World Rankings.

  • Charley Hoffman (24)
  • Kevin Chappell (30)
  • Webb Simpson (37)
  • Tony Finau (41)
  • Gary Woodland (50)

2017 PRESIDENTS CUP PARTICIPANTS

Five participants of the recent Presidents Cup will be teeing it up. Three players, and *two assistant captains.

  • Kevin Chappell (USA)
  • Charley Hoffman (USA)
  • Anirban Lahiri (INTL)
  • Ernie Els (INTL*)
  • Geoff Ogilvy (INTL*)

EAST LAKE PERFORMERS

Six players who advanced to the 2017 TOUR Championship are in this week’s field.

  • Webb Simpson
  • Tony Finau
  • Charley Hoffman
  • Kevin Chappell
  • Gary Woodland
  • Patrick Cantlay

FORMER VEGAS WINNERS

Eight past winners of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in the field this week.

  • Rod Pampling (2016)
  • Smylie Kaufman (2015)
  • Ben Martin (2014)
  • Webb Simpson (2013)
  • Ryan Moore (2012)
  • Kevin Na (2011)
  • Jonathan Byrd (2010)
  • Martin Laird (2009)

MAJOR CHAMPIONS

There are eight major championship winners totaling 16 major wins.

  • Ernie Els (4)
  • Vijay Singh (3)
  • Retief Goosen (2)
  • Bubba Watson (2)
  • Graeme McDowell (1)
  • Lucas Glover (1)
  • Geoff Ogilvy (1)
  • Webb Simpson (1)

SIX-PLUS PGA TOUR WINS

There are eight players with at least six career PGA Tour wins.

  • Vijay Singh (34)
  • Ernie Els (19)
  • Bubba Watson (9)
  • Geoff Ogilvy (8)
  • Retief Goosen (7)
  • Hunter Mahan (6)
  • Rory Sabbatini (6)
  • Jimmy Walker (6)
  • Jimmy Walker (1)

2017 SHRINERS OPEN FIELD

Sorted By World Rank

RNKPLAYER
24Charley Hoffman
30Kevin Chappell
37Webb Simpson
41Tony Finau
50Gary Woodland
51Ryan Moore
53Jimmy Walker
55Billy Horschel
59Anirban Lahiri
63Bubba Watson
64J.B. Holmes
66Russell Knox
67Patrick Cantlay
70James Hahn
72Kevin Na
75William McGirt
76Byeong Hun An
81Jamie Lovemark
86Chesson Hadley
96Bryson DeChambeau
97Scott Piercy
98Martin Laird
110David Lingmerth
111Jason Kokrak
113Scott Brown
117Luke Donald
120Luke List
127Daniel Summerhays
132Robert Streb
141Harold Varner III
146Kevin Streelman
148Meenwhee Kim
155Patrick Rodgers
156Ryan Armour
159C.T. Pan
162Graeme McDowell
169Morgan Hoffmann
173Kevin Tway
174J.J Spaun
176Chris Kirk
179Nick Taylor
183Billy Hurley III
185Harris English
186Andrew Landry
187Aaron Baddeley
189Kelly Kraft
191Smylie Kaufman
198Ted Potter-jr
206Talor Gooch
207Chad Campbell
209Brice Garnett
211Robert Garrigus
212Sam Ryder
215Brian Stuard
216Richy Werenski
220Ben Martin
222Jonathan Randolph
226Rob Oppenheim
231Aaron Wise
232Sam Saunders(July1987)
234Vaughn Taylor
235Rod Pampling
237Nate Lashley
239Martin Flores
241Benjamin Silverman
242Stephan Jaeger
249Scott Stallings
253D.A. Points
254Brian Gay
258Jonathan Byrd
261David Hearn
265Brandon Hagy
269Geoff Ogilvy
276Ricky Barnes
281Abraham Ancer
282Kyle Thompson
287Michael Kim
289Zhang Xin-jun
292Patton Kizzire
293Marty Dou Zecheng
298Derek Fathauer
299Adam Schenk
300Alex Cejka
301Austin Cook
302Andrew Putnam
303Seamus Power
304Nicholas Lindheim
308Cameron Tringale
313Fabian Gomez
315Tyrone van Aswegen
316Vijay Singh
317Michael Thompson
331Keith Mitchell
335Camilo Villegas
339JT Poston
345Shawn Stefani
352Rory Sabbatini
354Jon Curran
356Ryan Blaum
358Andrew Yun
361Lanto Griffin
362John Huh
363Martin Piller
365Retief Goosen
367Zac Blair
375Brandon Harkins
377Nick Watney
385Beau Hossler
392Tom Lovelady
393Matt Atkins
394Ben Crane
396Tyler Duncan
400Troy Merritt
403Colt Knost
406Matt Jones
411Jonas Blixt
419Bronson Burgoon
424Taylor Moore
431Greg Chalmers
467Tom Hoge
477Joel Dahmen
481Ethan Tracy
506Steve Wheatcroft
521Ernie Els
530Denny McCarthy
542Roberto Diaz
575Brett Stegmaier
611Hunter Mahan
613Corey Conners
631Alex Kang
661Matt Every
694Peter Malnati
865Scott Strohmeyer
1022Sam Burns
1221A.J. McInerney
1867Maverick McNealy
1936Brian Davis
1936Sangmoon Bae
1936Jimmy Stanger

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