Joel Dahmen already faces an uphill climb to receive PGA Tour status in 2025. But that road just got a whole lot tougher. During Thursday’s opening round of the Shriners Children’s Open, the PGA Tour assessed Dahmen a four-shot penalty.

During the first round of the 2024 Shriners Children's Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, fan-favorite Joel Dahmen was assessed a four-stroke penalty for having 15 clubs in his bag. Dahmen made par on his opening two holes,

The Sixers have been honest about their plan to make sure Embiid makes it to the finish line and is healthy for the playoffs.

The No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft has played in Philadelphia three times with the Nets since forcing his way out of town. Coach Jordi Fernandez gamely offered that Simmons would only play three of four preseason games after declaring himself healthy despite having played just 49 games the last three seasons.

Joel Embiid will miss the entirety of the preseason as the Sixers manage his knee injury and Paul George will be re-evaluated in a week which would make Oct. 22 a target date for the next update for him.