After a thrilling week in Utah at the Black Desert Championship, the PGA Tour heads to Las Vegas and a familiar venue in TPC Summerlin. The Shriners Children’s Open has been a mainstay on the PGA Tour since 1983, and it has been home to many iconic moments over the years, including Tiger Woods’ first career victory.
TPC Summerlin has been the host course for over a decade, and the Bobby Weed/Fuzzy Zoeller design annually plays as one of the easiest courses on the schedule. Playing as a par 71, and measuring just a hair over 7,100 yards, TPC Summerlin is one of the most wedge-heavy golf courses on tour, and it is very easy off the tee and features an incredibly high greens in regulation percentage. Wedge play and putting will be the name of the game this week, as Tom Kim will look to collect his third consecutive victory at this event.
Kim will be met by an intriguing crop of challengers, including Davis Thompson, Taylor Pendrith, Cameron Davis, Stephan Jaeger and Las Vegas resident, Kurt Kitayama, amongst others. Let’s dive into the DraftKings slate.
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Read The Line Shriners Children’s Open odds 2024: Our PGA pro’s bold Tom Kim fade $10,000 range Play: Tom Kim, $10,800:
There’s no need to overthink this one. Tom Kim is definitively the best player in this field, and TPC Summerlin is a perfect golf course for his skill-set, as evidenced by his back-to-back victories over the last two years. I was expecting a much more exorbitant price tag on Kim, and he is an easy lineup anchor at $10,800.
Fade: Davis Thompson, $10,300: 
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While there are only three players in the $10,000 range this week, Davis Thompson is my least favorite of the group. We were on him for his victory at the John Deere Classic, but since his breakthrough, Thompson’s approach play has dropped significantly. I’d rather take my chances on players in more reliable approach form.
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$9,000 range Play: Tom Hoge, $9,800: 
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Speaking of approach, Tom Hoge is the best iron player in this field, and he raises his baseline even further on shorter courses with a large plurality of shots inside 150 yards. It should not come as a surprise that the former AT&T National Pebble Beach winner has already recorded four top-25 finishes in eight appearances at TPC Summerlin, and I expect his strong play in the desert to continue this week.
Fade: Keith Mitchell, $9,200:
While I won’t read too deeply into Keith Mitchell’s missed cut last week on the heels of a crushing defeat at the Sanderson Farms, TPC Summerlin is not an ideal fit for his game. Mitchell’s greatest weapon, his driver, will be largely mitigated this week, and the emphasis will fall squarely on his wedge play and putter. Furthermore, Mitchell has missed four of five cuts at TPC Summerlin, with a 60th as his best finish.
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$8,000 range Play: Harry Hall, $8,400: 
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Harry Hall is a Las Vegas resident who has already proven his comfortability at TPC Summerlin with top-26 finishes in all three of his appearances at the Shriners. Outside of his familiarity with altitude and similar turf conditions, Hall is one of the best long-term bentgrass putters in this field and presents a ton of upside on easy golf courses with a high greens in regulation percentage.
Fade: Maverick McNealy, $8,600:
Maverick McNealy has been a fade for me in each of his first two starts this Fall Swing, and I will continue to look in the other direction until he is priced appropriately. While I have no major objections to his course fit, $8,600 is far too much to pay for a player in such shaky ball-striking form.
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$7,000 range Play: Andrew Putnam, $7,700: 
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Andrew Putnam checks all the boxes I’m looking for this week. He’s played well at TPC Summerlin in the past, he’s a great wedge player, and he possesses a ton of upside on the greens as well. Putnam is coming off a 25th-place finish at the Alfred Dunhill Links, where he gained over six strokes on approach, and I expect him to continue his momentum this week in the desert.
Fade: Austin Eckroat, $7,600:
Austin Eckroat is an incredibly accurate driver who can really compete on difficult ball-striking courses, yet I’m not sold on his fit at TPC Summerlin. The Bobby Weed design fails to accentuate his accuracy off the tee, and I still have major concerns about his putting. A 60th and a MC in his past two appearances aren’t helping the case either.
Flier: Justin Lower, $7,200: 
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This is a great bounce-back opportunity for Justin Lower, who narrowly missed the cut on the number last week at the Black Desert Championship. Over the past three years, Lower remains the No. 1 bentgrass putter in this field, and upside on the greens make him a deadly option on any course with a high greens in regulation percentage.
$6,000 range Play: Joel Dahmen, $6,600: 
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Joel Dahmen checks the box of a great wedge player with prior success at TPC Summerlin. The Netflix star is coming off a top-40 finish at the Black Desert Championship where he gained over four strokes on approach, and he now returns to a golf course where he finished seventh last year.
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Andy Lack is a PGA Tour writer and podcaster from New York City who now resides in Los Angeles. He hosts Inside Golf, a twice weekly podcast focused on the PGA Tour, betting, daily fantasy, golf course architecture, and interviews, as part of the BlueWire podcast network. He came to Golf Digest’s betting panel after previously writing for Run Pure Sports, RickRunGood.com, the Score and GolfWRX. In his free time, Andy can likely be found on a golf course. Follow him on Twitter: @adplacksports
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