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?FOR RELEASE: October 5, 2020CONTACT: Amanda Herrington, PGA TOUR, 770-616-4412, amandaherrington@ Featured Groupings announced for Shriners Hospitals for Children OpenPast winners Na, DeChambeau, Cantlay, Simpson highlight Featured GroupingsPONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA – The PGA TOUR announced today the four featured groupings for the opening rounds of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas. Full groupings and starting times for the first two rounds of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open will be released officially at approximately 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 6. To watch the featured groupings on Thursday-Friday, fans in the United States can tune into the Golf Channel telecast (5-8 p.m. ET) as well as PGA TOUR LIVE, the PGA TOUR’s Over-The-Top subscription service. PGA TOUR LIVE is available via subscription on NBC Sports Gold (pgatour) and Amazon Prime Video Channels (video/pgatourlive) in the United States, and GOLFTV powered by PGA TOUR outside the United States. Live audio coverage is also available on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio (Sirius 208, XM 92), and streams free via (liveaudio) as well as the TOUR’s official iPhone, iPad and Android apps. Follow the action on your mobile device with the PGA TOUR App featuring TOURCast, a video and 3-D graphics experience, and TOURPulse, an evolution of the leaderboard that combines traditional scoring with artificial intelligence-created content.Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Featured Groupings Kevin Na, Patrick Cantlay, Rickie FowlerNotable: Na defeated Cantlay in a playoff to win the 2019 Shriners Hospitals for Children OpenTwo of Na’s four PGA TOUR wins have come at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (2011, 2019); the Las Vegas resident will make his 14th start in the eventIn three starts at TPC Summerlin, Cantlay has one win (2017) and two runner-up results (2018, 2019), losing in last year’s playoff to NaFowler has never missed a cut in four starts in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open where he owns two top-10s, most recently a T4 in 2018Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Champ, Matthew WolffNotable: DeChambeau has two wins in his last eight starts; Wolff finished solo-second at both tournaments (2020 Rocket Mortgage Classic, 2020 U.S. Open)DeChambeau, who captured his fifth of seven PGA TOUR titles at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in 2018, will make his first start since winning the U.S. Open; has three consecutive top-10s at TPC Summerlin, including a T4 in 2019Wolff finished runner-up at the U.S. Open, his lone start of the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season; makes his second start in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (T18/2019)Champ, who is making his second start of the season (MC/U.S. Open), has won in his second start in each of his first two seasons on TOUR (2018 Sanderson Farms Championship, 2019 Safeway Open)Webb Simpson, Collin Morikawa, Joaquin NiemannFollowing two wins and a 12th-place finish in the 2019-20 FedExCup, Simpson finished T8 at the U.S. Open, his lone start in the 2020-21 season; the seven-time PGA TOUR winner won the 2013 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open2020 PGA Championship winner Morikawa will make his second start in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (T42/2019); the Las Vegas resident finished No. 6 in the 2019-20 FedExCup after his first multi-win seasonNiemann has a T10 (2018) and missed cut (2019) in two previous starts at TPC SummerlinSergio Garcia, Jason Day, Hideki MatsuyamaGarcia won his first PGA TOUR title since the 2017 Masters at last week’s Sanderson Farms Championship; makes his first start in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open since 2003Day, who seeks his first victory since the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship, will compete in Las Vegas for the first time since 2012 (4th)Matsuyama has qualified for the TOUR Championship in each of his first seven seasons on TOUR; makes his third start at TPC Summerlin (T10/2014, T16/2019)###About PGA TOURBy showcasing golf’s greatest players, the PGA TOUR engages, inspires and positively impacts our fans, partners and communities worldwide. 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