LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV men’s golf senior Caden Fioroni tees off in the PGA Tour’s local Shriners Children’s Open Thursday at TPC Summerlin (Par 71, 7,255,yards).
The La Jolla, California native, who will be playing in his first PGA event on a sponsor exemption, begins the first round at 1:35 p.m. Thursday (Hole 1) and the second round at 8:45 a.m. Friday (Hole 10).
Fioroni has posted two top-10 finishes through the Rebels’ first three events of the 2024-25 season. Most recently, the three-time Mountain West All-Conference selection tied for fifth with a season-low 11-under 205 while helping guide UNLV to the team title at SMU’s Trinity Forest Invitational.
REBELS ON TOUR: Along with Fioroni, six golfers on the PGA Tour that have come from Rebel men’s golf program will be playing in the event. Among them are Harry Hall, Garrick Higgo, Charley Hoffman, Kurt Kitayama, Taylor Montgomery and Ryan Moore.
WATCH LIVE: The event will be broadcast via the Golf Channel from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. PT and featured groups on ESPN+ from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the first round. Round two’s broadcast will air from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the Golf Channel and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. PT for the featured groups on ESPN+. For the week’s full broadcast schedule, visit the PGA Tour website here.
LIVE SCORING: Live scoring will be available at the tournament leaderboard link here.
FORMAT: The Shriners Children’s Open holds four 18-hole rounds of stroke play with a cut after the first two rounds. The top-65 players through 36 holes, including ties, will advance to weekend play.
TICKETS: Spectators will have the opportunity to purchase tickets and watch their favorite PGA Tour players compete at ShrinersChildrensOpen.com/Tickets.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Updates will also be provided via the tournament’s official X, formerly known as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook pages, as well as the UNLV men’s golf X, formerly known as Twitter (@UNLVGolf) and Instagram (@UNLVRebelGolf) accounts.
ABOUT THE SHRINERS CHILDREN’S OPEN
The tournament is the third event of the PGA Tour’s FedExCup in the fall. Established in 1983, the Open is held at the beautiful TPC Summerlin, in Las Vegas which has been honored by Golf Digest magazine as “One of America’s Best Golf Courses.” The event attracts some of the most recognized names in golf each year – Tiger Woods took home his inaugural PGA TOUR win here in 1996. Past Open tournament champions include Greg Norman, Davis Love III, Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk, Webb Simpson, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Cantlay, Kevin Na, Sungjae Im and in 2023 Tom Kim.
ABOUT SHRINERS CHILDREN’S
Shriners Children’s is the sponsor and benefactor of the Shriners Children’s Open. This international pediatric healthcare system has 22 locations in North America, and national and international outreach programs. Additionally, the system has an extensive telehealth network that extends the system’s expertise of care to rural communities and other locations. Proceeds from the tournament support the health care system and its mission to improve the lives of children.
