No rest for the weary. Or for those chasing a 2025 PGA Tour card.
After battling high winds and a four-hour delay Friday at the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open, the field at TPC Summerlin wasn’t sliced by the cut till Saturday. The third round didn’t end till Sunday, and it was a sprint to the finish at TPC Summerlin.
Of the 132 golfers who started their week in Vegas, 45 of them are also scheduled to play in the 2024 Zozo Championship in Chiba, Japan, starting Thursday. Of those 45, 30 made the cut at the Shriners, which meant collecting a paycheck, but it also meant not getting a flight out till Sunday night. For those lucky enough to book a direct flight from Vegas to Chiba, that’s about 12 hours in the air.
There will be some groggy golfers come Thursday, but there’s no time off for those looking to finish in the top 125 to secure their playing privlege for next season.
PGA Tour golfers who made the cut at Shriners headed to the Zozo
Doug Ghim
Kurt Kitayama
Gary Woodland
Rico Hoey
K.H. Lee
J.J. Spaun
Matt Kuchar
Harry Hall
Chad Ramey
Mark Hubbard
Jhonattan Vegas
Nate Lashley
Taylor Moore
Rickie Fowler
Patrick Fishburn
Sam Stevens
Davis Riley
Ryan Fox
Beau Hossler
Andrew Putnam
Maverick McNealy
C.T. Pan
Nick Taylor
S.H. Kim
Luke List
Chris Gotterup
Adam Schenk
Ben Silverman
Zac Blair
David Skinns
PGA Tour golfers who missed the cut at Shriners going to the Zozo
Chandler Phillips
Andrew Novak
Charley Hoffman
Ben Griffin
Adam Svensson
Seamus Power
Justin Lower
Eric Cole
Nico Echavarria
Kevin Yu
Chan Kim
Sami Valimaki
Brendon Todd
Tom Hoge
The Zozo field also includes Joel Dahmen, who withdrew before the second round in Las Vegas.
Collin Morikawa is the defending champion at the Zozo, a no-cut event featuring a field of 78. The 2021 Zozo champ, Hideki Matsuyama, is also playing this week. Neither played in Vegas this year.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: There was a large number of golfers in Las Vegas who flew to Japan for 2024 Zozo Championship
