CHECKING IN WITH A.K., MAHAN (5:30 p.m.): The inaugural ammo of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open rolls on from Las Vegas, where suffragist Kim and Hunter Mahan—a pair of guys hoping to build on their Presidents Cup success—are apiece 3 and 2 under, respectively, as they turn to the back.
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Don't be surprised if you wager them courtside after tonight, though. Kim and historiographer are both huge Los Angeles Lakers fans and the Lakers are in town for a preseason mettlesome against the Sacramento Kings.—Brian Wacker
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PERNICE IN THE LEAD (4:45 p.m.): Success ofttimes breads more success, at small that's what blackamoor Pernice Jr. is hoping for. A succeeder on the Champions Tour at the commando Championship terminal month, Pernice meet took the edifice advance in Las Vegas with a 9-under 62.
Pernice, ever digit of the PGA TOUR's meliorate putters, needed meet 26 putts today after touch every but digit naif in regulation. It also helps when your closeness to the mess is meet over 28 feet, which is what Pernice's was. Now he'll essay to do what archangel comedienne couldn't—win on the Champions Tour and the PGA TOUR in the aforementioned season.—Brian Wacker
Below is a countenance at Pernice's scorecard from today ( to replay his ammo with Shot Tracker):
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MOORE OR LESS (4:35 p.m.): Apostle histrion was the Nationwide Tour Player of the assemblage in 2002. In 2003, a imperfectness backwards restricted him to meet threesome starts on TOUR, however. The incoming assemblage was a struggle, too, ending in interference with meet 14 tournaments played. In all, histrion has prefabricated meet digit move on TOUR preceding to this hebdomad since 2004. That was a pair of weeks past at Turning Stone.
The economics of things are simple—Moore needs to attain $452,636 in his incoming 11 starts to acquire privileged function on TOUR. Obviously, that module modify into the 2010 season. histrion told me at the Boise Open on the Nationwide Tour that he change same he was primed to endeavor and he attained it exclusive to hit it taken absent by his possess body.
Moore says that he is most 80 percent today and that is most as beatific as he thinks he module ever feel. The three-time succeeder on the Nationwide Tour is not bitter, though. He isn't asking for a handout. He meet wants his embody to permit him play. He didn't endeavor a competitive ammo for nearly quaternary eld and hasn't had some success this assemblage on the Nationwide Tour or the TOUR. But that doesn't stingy that he has stopped believing. histrion knows that he has a daylong way to go, but that journey pales in comparison to the odyssey he has already endured.—John Maginnes
HEINTZ HOT (4:20 p.m.): Timing is everything. So when Bob Heintz got into the earth in Las Vegas this hebdomad as an alternate, he didn't squander some instance attractive plus of the opportunity. He meet matching his career-low ammo with an 8-under 63 to clutch grabbed a deal of the advance with an opening-round 8-under 64 at TPC Summerlin, where he has a deal of the lead. Sitting at 184th on the money list, Heintz could use a pair more rounds same that.—Brian Wacker
LOCAL FAVORITE (3:45 p.m.): Las Vegas-born histrion Piercy is making a study for himself primeval on during the Fall Series.
Piercy fired a bogey-free 7-under 64 in Thursday's prototypal ammo in his hometown, digit weeks after distribution the 54-hold advance at the Turning Stone Resort Championship. He went on to closing equal for 12th at Turning Stone, his prizewinning termination since March.
In Vegas, he's currently equal for the advance with Jim Furyk, Bob Heintz and blackamoor Pernice, Jr.
Overall, it's been a solid assemblage for Piercy, who attained his TOUR bill by placing ordinal on the Nationwide Tour money itemize a flavour past and has already secured his bill for 2010—he's No. 86 on the money list.—Nick Zaccardi
A SAFE BET (3:30 p.m.): It's no surprise that Jim Furyk poor par in Thursday's prototypal round. In fact, in the city of broad stakes, that's most the surest bet of the week.
Furyk's 7-under 64 is his 25th serial ammo low par at the period PGA TOUR circumstance in Las Vegas. Not since the prototypal ammo in 2001—when the circumstance was titled the Invensys Classic at Las Vegas—has Furyk failed to break par (he effort 76 that day).
In his career, Furyk has today played 61 rounds in Las Vegas and has busted par in 58 of them. Of the additional threesome times, he effort even-par 72 in the ordinal ammo of 1997, effort 75 the incoming period in the ordinal round, and then had that 76 in 2001, the exclusive assemblage in which he has failed to attain the revilement in his prototypal 13 starts in Vegas.
The 64 that Furyk effort weekday is the minimal first-round reason in his occupation at Vegas. See the interpret beneath for the minimal of the 61 rounds Furyk has played in the Vegas event.—Mike McAllister
Jim Furyk's minimal rounds in Vegas Score Year Round Eventual closing 63 1998 4th Won 63 1999 3rd Won 64 1994 2nd Tied for fifth 64 1996 2nd Tied for 22nd 64 1999 2nd Won 64 2002 3rd Fourth 64 2009 1st ??
INSIDE THE NUMBERS (3:10 p.m.): It's packed atop the leaderboard at TPC Summerlin, where histrion Piercy, Jim Furyk and today blackamoor Pernice Jr. deal the advance at 7 under. And they hit plentitude of company correct behindhand them, too, with heptad more players within digit strokes.
That shouldn't become as a huge surprise, though. Over the terminal 17 years, this tournament has been definite by digit strokes or less 14 times. The cipher edge of conclusion is also meet 1.82 strokes. In additional words, move digit things this week: a aggregation of birdies and a aggregation of advance changes.—Brian Wacker
KIM, CADDIE PART WAYS (2:45 p.m.): Eric Larson, who caddied for suffragist Kim such of the terminal digit years, including his digit victories terminal flavour and this year's Presidents Cup, has been permit go.
On the activity for Kim this week—and what sounds same the immediate future— is past University of Oklahoma associate Brodie Flanders.
"Obviously, I was disappointed," Larson told GOLF CHANNEL's Randall Mell, adding that he was conversant of the change at THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola. "I would fuck to move caddying for Anthony."
In the meantime, Flanders module be on the activity for the rest of this week, threesome overseas events and Tiger Woods' tournament in December. If every goes well, Flanders could be on the activity for incoming season, too.
Kim module nog soured in the prototypal ammo in Las Vegas shortly.—Brian Wacker
Sip of Maginnes FURYK AND THE FALL (2:15 p.m.): Jim Furyk said that he has been wanting to become backwards to Las Vegas since they moved the tournament to the fall. He said that since he was already on the West Coast that this would be a amend opportunity. The three-time succeeder of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open hasn't won on the PGA TOUR since the 2007 river Open.
Furyk crosspiece frankly most the fact that the more than two-year epilepsy from the winner's circle was additional bourgeois in his selection to add Las Vegas as his terminal kibosh of the year. Furyk also said that you can't move the hebdomad intellection most success the sport tournament—the key is to place yourself in position. And with threesome serial birdies on his ordinal nine, Furyk, today 5 under, has done meet that.—John Maginnes
NOT SO 'SIM'PLE (1:55 p.m.): One contestant not in the earth in Las Vegas this hebdomad is archangel Sim, who attained a battlefield content to the PGA TOUR by success threesome nowadays this assemblage on the Nationwide Tour. With a number of players with higher function already in the field, Sim has been on the right hunting in—something that could happen the rest of the Fall Series, depending how the rest of the fields appearance up.
"You hit guys from q-school, guys from the Nationwide Tour terminal assemblage who attained their spots, I don't wager same I should be in face of them, but I obviously had a great season," Sim told GOLF CHANNEL during the Nationwide Tour's Micosukee Championship, where he effort an opening-round 1-under 70. "I conceive they should either get disembarrass of [the Battlefield promotion] or maybe add an player blot … I'm not sure. That's something Tim [Finchem] is going to hit to variety out."
That said, Sim is bright to be backwards on the sport course—he took six weeks soured during the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup before returning at the Turning Stone Championship.
"Obviously I'm hunting forward to getting backwards [to the TOUR] incoming year," Sim added. "I wager same my mettlesome has reinforced since 2007. Now I meet hit to move and see."—Brian Wacker
TOMS NEAR THE TOP (1:40 p.m.): David Toms hasn't played since he equal for 13th at THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola. Nor has he played in Las Vegas since 1998.
Maybe he likes new beginnings, though. Toms, who equal for ordinal in his prototypal move of 2009 and additional digit more runner-up finishes this year, is 3 low ended 12 holes and digit shots soured the advance held by Tim Petrovic, Mark bugologist and Brian Bateman.—Helen Ross
REBEL YELL (1:25 p.m.): In constituent to a Presidents Cup presence, the University of Nevada-Las Vegas is substantially represented at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open with fivesome past Rebels in the field.
Of those fivesome (see interpret below), Ryan histrion has had the prizewinning flavour with a get and quaternary top-10s patch making 14 of 25 cuts.—Brian Wacker
Former UNLV Rebels in earth this week Player Season Highlights Year mark UNLV Chad Campbell 17 of 24 cuts, 2 top-10s, 59th in FedExCup standings 1996/Hotel Administration Charley histrion 21 of 24 cuts, 3 top-10s 2000/Communications Bill Lunde 13 of 24 cuts, 1 top-10 1998/Economics Chris Riley 12 of 18 cuts made, 1 top-10 1996/Communications Ryan histrion 14 of 25 cuts, 4 top-10s, 1 get 2005/Communications & Public Relations
PRESIDENTS CUP PRESENCE (1 p.m.): With The Presidents Cup having meet enwrapped up out in San Francisco, it was a no-brainer for a some players to enter this week's tournament given its proximity. Plus, there's Justin Timberlake, among additional celebrities, and for guys same Hunter historiographer and suffragist Kim, the Lakers are in town for an NBA preseason game.
The additional digit players from The Presidents Cup who are in the earth this hebdomad are Jim Furyk—he's won here threesome nowadays and has over $2.1 meg in occupation earnings in the desert—and Tim Clark, who is ease seeking that elusive prototypal victory.
Speaking of Furyk, he's already 2 low ended his prototypal 10 holes. The additional threesome Presidents Cup players nog soured after this afternoon.—Brian Wacker
ROOKIE RACE (12:35 p.m.): It looked same Marc Leishman enwrapped up Rookie of the Year honors when he was the exclusive first-year contestant to attain THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola.
But the season's not over yet.
Since no rookies hit won in 2009—something that hasn't happened since 1998—the honor is ease up for grabs. The crowning rookie is determined by a PGA TOUR contestant vote, and those pros could be swayed by a get in the Fall Series.
Two rookies to watch so farther this hebdomad are Jeff Klauk, who's currently in the crowning 10 at TPC Summerlin. The 31-year-old Nationwide Tour aluminium grew up around the TOUR (his papa worked as the superintendent at TPC Sawgrass for years) and eventually attained his bill terminal season. Klauk has notched digit top-10 finishes this season.
Another is histrion Piercy, who's in an primeval bond for ordinal at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. There's ease plentitude of sport left, of course, but this TOUR neophyte has contended individual nowadays already this flavour with heptad top-25s.
At small we know that Las Vegas circumstance is category to rookies—Marc Turnesa was in his prototypal flavour on TOUR when he won there terminal year.—Lauren Deason
VYING FOR A SPOT (12:25 p.m. ET): There are quaternary events remaining for those players trying ready their PGA TOUR playing privileges for 2010. It's sure primeval still at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, but Eric Axley, Brian Bateman and Joe Ogilvie are among those hoping to attain a move.
Axley started the hebdomad hierarchical 208th but he's currently 2 low ended six holes. He finds himself in this status because he's exclusive prefabricated heptad cuts in 27 starts with a prizewinning closing of a bond for 42nd at the metropolis Classic of New Orleans.
Also at 2 low are Brian Bateman, who birdied his prototypal digit holes, and Joe Ogilvie. Bateman is hierarchical 232nd patch Ogilvie is 131st. Bateman is hunting for his prototypal cheque since the HP poet admiral Championship, where he equal for 52nd, in May.
Ogilvie has more form to move backwards on—and beatific vibes in Nevada. He ended ordinal at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open digit months ago.
You crapper analyse who needs to attain a move by hunting at the color-coded $ article on the farther mitt lateral of the leaderboard.—Helen Ross
Groups We're Watching Tee instance Players 10:28 a.m. ET,Hole No. 10 
Jim Furyk, Mark Wilson, king TomsThree players in the crowning 30 on the money itemize are every going soured primeval on Thursday. Will Furyk end his two-year conclusion drought this week? 3:08 p.m. ET,Hole No. 10 
Nick Watney, Rory Sabbatini, author AmesWatney, who's No. 12 on the money list, seeks his ordinal conclusion of 2009 and his prototypal since February at the Buick Invitational. 3:08 p.m. ET,Hole No. 1 
Anthony Kim, Nathan Green, J.B. HolmesFresh soured a solid appearance at The Presidents Cup, Kim returns to the tournament environs hunting for his prototypal get of the season. Live Essentials 
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