A clerical error at PGA Tour headquarters will result in 12 players getting an unexpected start this week at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
The Tour's annual Las Vegas stop is typically staged in mid-October and boasts a field of 144 players, but this year it will be played in November for the first time. To compensate for the reduced daylight available, Tour officials planned to trim the field to 132 players.
But according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal report, a "clerical error" meant the change was never input into Tour computers, and players and agents were informed of their playing status based on a 144-man field.