Tom Kim smiles after closing out the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open. | Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images
The PGA Tour heads to Las Vegas for the Shriners Children’s Open. Here is how to watch that and more.
The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall continues in Las Vegas, where Tom Kim returns to defend his back-to-back Shriners Children’s Open titles. Should the 22-year-old South Korean go on to win again this week, he would become the first player since Steve Stricker in 2011 to win the same tournament three years in a row. Stricker accomplished this feat at the John Deere Classic, winning at TPC Deere Run from 2009 to 2011.
Other notables at TPC Summerlin this week include Rickie Fowler, Nick Taylor, Cameron Davis, Tom Hoge, Harry Hall, and the most recent PGA Tour winner, Matt McCarty, who won last week’s Black Desert Championship in Utah. Only four events remain on the FedEx Cup Fall after this week, as players will continue to jockey for position for the 2025 season. Those who finish between 51st and 60th after the RSM Classic in mid-November qualify for the first two Signature Events in 2025. Players who finish within the top 125 keep their PGA Tour status throughout next year.
Meanwhile, across the Pacific Ocean, the LPGA continues its Asian Swing in Korea. Although World No. 1 Nelly Korda will not play. Korda withdrew from this week’s BMW Championship due to a neck injury she suffered while practicing. However, this no-cut event features an impressive field that includes the likes of Lydia Ko, Rose Zhang, Lilia Vu, Minjee Lee, and reigning U.S. Women’s Open champion Yuka Saso.
Then, in Southern Spain, Jon Rahm headlines the field at the Andalucía Masters, which will be held at the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande. Twin brothers Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard, Matt Wallace, Victor Perez, and Rahm’s fellow countryman, Angel Hidalgo, will all tee it up this week. The Andalucía Masters marks the final DP World Tour event in continental Europe this season. It’s also the second to last event of the regular season. The DP World Tour Playoffs begins in the Middle East on Nov. 7.
And finally, the PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs begin this week at the Country Club of Richmond in Virginia. The top 72 players from the regular season money list qualified for this week’s Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first event of the Playoffs. The top 54 players will make it to next week’s TimberTech Championship in Little Rock, Arkansas. Then, on Nov. 7, the top 36 players will tee it up in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship at the Phoenix Country Club. Ernie Els, Steven Alker, Stephen Ames, Richard Green, and Stricker are currently among the top five. Padraig Harrington is 10th.
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Jon Rahm during the Pro-Am ahead of the 2024 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters.
Golf on TV Oct. 17-20:
PGA Tour: Shriners Children’s Open
Thursday, Oct. 17: 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Featured Group coverage begins on ESPN+ at 10 a.m. ET
Friday, Oct. 18: 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Featured Group coverage begins on ESPN+ at 10 a.m. ET
Saturday, Oct. 19: 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Sunday, Oct. 20: 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel)
LPGA: BMW Ladies Championship
Wednesday, Oct. 16: 11 p.m.-3 a.m. (Golf Channel)
Thursday, Oct. 17: 11 p.m.-3 a.m. (Golf Channel)
Friday, Oct. 18: 11 p.m.-3 a.m. (Golf Channel)
Saturday, Oct. 19: 11 p.m.-3 a.m. (Golf Channel)
DP World Tour: Estrella Damn N.A. Andalucía Masters
Thursday, Oct. 17: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Friday, Oct. 18: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Saturday, Oct. 19: 7:30 a.m.-Noon (Golf Channel)
Sunday, Oct. 20: 5-10 a.m. (Golf Channel)
PGA Tour Champions: Dominion Energy Charity Classic
Friday, Oct. 18: 2-5 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Saturday, Oct. 19: 2-5 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Sunday, Oct. 20: 2-5 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.
