By Charles Hollister

Monday, September 16, 2024

Columbus, Ohio – At 10:00 a.m. EDT Tournament Officials announced the 118-player field of Korn Ferry Tour players who are eligible and have committed to compete in the 2024 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship.

The following players finished within the top 120 on the Korn Ferry Tour points list after last week’s Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation in Franklin, Tennessee, and will play in the third of four Korn Ferry Tour Finals events being hosted this coming week, September 16-22, at The Ohio State University Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio.

The current field of competitors for Columbus is highlighted by all of the top 25 players in the Korn Ferry Tour Points List and includes a number of past winners on the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA TOUR, collectively representing 59 Korn Ferry Tour wins and six TOUR victories.

2024 FIELD OF COMPETITORS AS OF MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2024, AT 10:00 A.M. (EST)

Andersen, Mason
Atkins, Matt
Baker, Chris
Bateman, Wil
Bauchou, Zach
Bennett, Sam
Biondi, Fred
Blanchet, Chandler
Blaum, Ryan
Blick, Cody
Board, Dillon
Byrd, Marcus
Campbell, Brian
Cao, Yi
Capan III, Frankie
Castillo, Ricky
Chandler, Will
Chatfield, Davis
Cole, Ryan
Cone, Trevor
Cover, Patrick
Creighton, Myles
Crick, Brandon
Cummins, Quade
Del Solar, Cristobal
Díaz, Roberto
Dickson, Taylor
Docherty, Alistair
Dossey, Cooper
Dou, Zecheng
Fisk, Steven
Gabrelcik, Nick
Gainey, Tommy
Garber, Joey
Gerard, Ryan
Gibson, Rhein
Goetz, Mark
Gómez, Fabián
Gonzalez, Emilio
Goodwin, Noah
Gore, Tanner
Goya, Tano
Grant, Brent
Greaser, Austin
Hall, Ryan
Hammer, Cole
Harkins, Brandon
Higgs, Harry
Hitt, Austin
Hoffmann, Morgan
Hopfinger, Brad
Huskey, Keenan
Jelley, Brendon
Jenkins, Carter
Johnson, Michael
Kang, Jeffrey
Knowles, Philip
Kocher, David
Lamb, Davis
Lamb, Rick
Lebioda, Hank
Ledesma, Nelson
Limbhasut, KK
Long, Adam
Maguire, Jack
McAllister, Logan
McCarthy, Dan
McCarty, Matt
McGreevy, Max
Meissner, Mitchell
Mouw, William
Naegel, Chris
Nimmer, Bryson
Noh, S.Y.
Nyholm, Pontus
Onishi, Kaito
Oppenheim, Rob
Ortiz, Alvaro
Pak, John
Papineau, Étienne
Paul, Jeremy
Peterson, Paul
Phillips, Trent
Porter, Charles
Potgieter, Aldrich
Reband, Garett
Redman, Doc
Reeves, Seth
Riedel, Matthew
Rosenmueller, Thomas
Roy, Kevin
Salinda, Isaiah
Schniederjans, Ollie
Seiffert, Chase
Shore, Davis
Smotherman, Austin
Solomon, Jacob
Steelman, Ross
Suber, Jackson
Summerhays, Daniel
Suri, Julian
Thornberry, Braden
Tuten, Shad
VanDerLaan, John
Velo, Kevin
Ventura, Kris
Vilips, Karl
Vogel, T.J.
Walker, Danny
Walsh, Thomas
Ward, Dalton
Weiler, Joe
Welch, Patrick
Werenski, Richy
Westmoreland, Kyle
Widing, Tim
Winstead, Trey
Yellamaraju, Sudarshan

118 Players in Field

The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship is one of four Korn Ferry Tour events that help determine which players will earn PGA TOUR membership each season. The top 30 players in the season-long standings at the conclusion of the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Championship will earn PGA TOUR membership for the 2025 season.

There are no longer separate point standings for pre-Finals and Finals events, but rather a cumulative standings structure. A Finals event is no longer a competition for TOUR cards between the top 75 on the Korn Ferry Tour and Nos. 126-200 in the FedExCup standings. Since 2023, “Finals” refers to the final four events of the season, where Korn Ferry Tour members compete for increased purses and points allocation.

The four Finals events – which includes the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship – feature $1.5 million purses and award 600 points to each winner. The fields for the Finals will be progressively reduced, starting with 156 players for event No. 1, 144 players for event No. 2 and finishing with 75 players in the final event. The preceding 22 events on the schedule will have a minimum purse of $1 million – a 67% increase from 2021 to 2024 – and award 500 points to the winner.

The field for the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship will compete over 72 holes of stroke play, with a cut to the top 60 players and ties after 36 holes. Golf Channel will broadcast tournament coverage from Thursday’s opening round to the trophy presentation on Sunday in high definition.

Public Tournament Schedule of Events and Broadcast times (Schedule times and events subject to change)

THURSDAY, September 19

• First Round Official Tournament Competition – Gates Open at 6:30 a.m.
• First Shot to Fight Cancer: 7:15 a.m.
• Professional Tee Times begin: 7:30 a.m.*

DAILY ACTIVITIES

• Birdie Time is Miller Time at Pub Thirteen: All Day, located on No. 13
• Food Trucks at Pub Thirteen: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Play Yellow Putting Challenge: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., located on Practice Green

Broadcast: Golf Channel: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

FRIDAY, September 20

• Second Round Official Tournament Competition – Gates Open at 6:30 a.m.
• Professional Tee Times begin: 7:30 a.m.*

DAILY ACTIVITIES

• Birdie Time is Miller Time at Pub Thirteen: All Day, located on No. 13
• Food Trucks at Pub Thirteen: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Play Yellow Putting Challenge: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., located on Practice Green

Broadcast: Golf Channel: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, September 21

• Third Round Official Tournament Competition – Gates Open at 7 a.m.
• Professional Tee Times begin: 7:20 a.m.*

DAILY ACTIVITIES

• Free Graeter’s Ice Cream compliments of Nationwide: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Birdie Time is Miller Time at Pub Thirteen: All Day, located on No. 13
• Food Trucks at Pub Thirteen: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Play Yellow Putting Challenge: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., located on Practice Green

Broadcast: Golf Channel: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

SUNDAY, September 22

• Final Round Official Tournament Competition – Gates Open at 7 a.m.
• Professional Tee Times begin: 7:20 a.m.*
• Free Pancake Breakfast: 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
• Awards Ceremony Following Play of Final Round – Including Last Putt to Cure Cancer Ceremony

DAILY ACTIVITIES

• Play Yellow Putting Challenge: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., located on Practice Green
• Birdie Time is Miller Time at Pub Thirteen: All Day, located on No. 13
• Food Trucks at Pub Thirteen: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Broadcast: Golf Channel: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

*All tee times are approximate and subject to change

For general Tournament information, including how to become a volunteer, please visit www.ncc-golf.com or call (614) 764-GOLF. Stay connected with the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship on Twitter (@NCHC_Golf), Instagram (nchcgolf) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/NationwideChildrensChampionship).

ABOUT THE NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship is owned and operated by Champions of the Community, Inc., an Ohio non-profit corporation. The event is one of four Korn Ferry Tour Finals tournaments that will determine the 30 players who earn PGA TOUR playing privileges for the 2025 season and their eligibility position under the TOUR’s enhanced qualifying system. Featuring a purse of $1,500,000 the tournament is conducted to showcase the best golf on the Korn Ferry Tour on one of the most challenging venues in the world, The Ohio State University – Scarlet Course, for the enjoyment of spectators and to benefit charitable organizations in central Ohio. For more information, call 614-764-GOLF or visit our website at www.ncc-golf.com.

ABOUT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics, and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 14,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.7 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.

ABOUT KORN FERRY TOUR
Founded (1990), owned and operated by the PGA TOUR, the Korn Ferry Tour identifies and develops golf’s next stars, preparing them to compete and win on the game’s biggest stage. The Korn Ferry Tour, which has served as a path to the PGA TOUR since its inception, will award 30 PGA TOUR cards based off its points list in 2024, with the No. 1 player earning exemptions into the following year’s PLAYERS Championship and U.S. Open. With more than 650 PGA TOUR titles, 32 major championships and seven FedExCup champions, Korn Ferry Tour alumni make up 83 percent of the PGA TOUR’s current membership. To learn more about the PGA TOUR, the Korn Ferry Tour and to follow the season-long quest for PGA TOUR cards, visit PGATOUR.COM or follow the Korn Ferry Tour on social media. At least seven Korn Ferry Tour events are televised annually on Golf Channel in the United States, with tournament coverage available internationally in more than 170 countries and territories via 23 media partners.

ABOUT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
The Ohio State University Department of Athletics is completely self-supporting and receives no university monies, tax dollars or student fees. The Department of Athletics sponsors 36 fully funded varsity teams – 17 for women, 16 for men and three that are co-educational – and is committed to providing the very finest in academic and athletics support in an effort to provide its more than 1,000 student-athletes with a quality, life-changing experience at Ohio State.

ABOUT HNS SPORTS GROUP
HNS Sports Group is a Dublin, Ohio-based LLC founded in 2000. The company offers over 125-plus years of collective experience and is committed to providing professional, efficient and effective client representation in the categories of sponsorship consultation, event management, hospitality management, sales representation and tournament operation within the golf market. To learn more about HNS Sports Group, visit www.hnssports.com.

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