Preview | Waste Management Phoenix Open
COURSE: TPC Scottsdale
ARCHITECTS: Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish
YARDS/PAR: 7,261 yards/Par 71
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $8,200,000/$1,476,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Brooks Koepka
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points / to Winner: 500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @WMPhoenixOpen
TV COVERAGE: First two rounds of coverage (Feb 10-11) are scheduled for TV from 3:00pm to 7:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel. Saturday coverage is set for 1:00pm to 3:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel and 3:00 to 6:30pm (ET) on CBS. On Sunday CBS’ coverage goes 3:00 to 6:00pm (ET). The Super Bowl kicks-off around 6:30pm ET.
PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING on ESPN+: Streaming coverage will be featured on ESPN-Plus Thursday and Friday with Main Feed, Featured Hole and Featured Groups from 9:15am to 7:00pm (ET). On Saturday ESPN+ streams 12:00 noon to 6:30pm (ET) while, on Sunday, ESPN+ streaming is from 11:30am to 6:00pm (ET)
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live radio coverage of WM Phoenix Open with Thursday and Friday broadcasts from 1:00pm to 7:00pm (ET). Saturday coverage on Sirius XM Radio runs from 1:00pm to 6:00pm and Sunday from 1:00 to 7:00pm (ET). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92 or online via PGATour(dot)com.
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
Waste Management phoenix Open - Tournament Preview
SCOTTSDALE - The Waste Management (WM) Phoenix Open field features six of the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking, the most since 2003, and 28 of the Top 50 which is the most since 2004. In addition, there are 99 PGA Tour winners in the field, tied for the most of any event on Tour since the 2021 PLAYERS Championship.
Headlining the field are World No. 1 Jon Rahm, a graduate of Arizona State and Scottsdale resident; World No. 3 Viktor Hovland, who won his third PGA TOUR title earlier this season at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba; and Patrick Cantlay, the reigning FedExCup Champion who is making his tournament debut. In addition, FedEx Cup leader and two-time WM Phoenix Open champion Hideki Matsuyama looks for his third victory of the season.
The Basics:
The Waste Management Phoenix Open Tee Times start Thursday at 7:15am (local)/9:15pm (ET) and going to 1:50pm (local)/3:50pm (ET).
Weather: Thursday’s forecast is for sunny skies and 65-degrees for the opening round with winds five to 13 mph and a 0% chance of rain (link). Sunny skies and low winds expected all weekend.
PGATourBrunch will post at Noon (ET) on Thursday.
Next Week: The Genesis Invitational (link)
WM Phoenix Open - Field and Tee Times:
The Field: (link)
Update:
Lanto Griffin (out) - Mito Pereira (in)
Andrew Landry (out) - Beau Hossler (in via top-10)
Maverick McNealy (out) - Jonathan Byrd (in via top-10)
Tee Times: (link)
Monday Qualifiers: (link)
Odds for WM Phoenix Open:
Source: CBS Sportsline
Jon Rahm +750
Justin Thomas +1400
Viktor Hovland +1600
Patrick Cantlay +1600
Hideki Matsuyama +1800
Xander Schauffele +2000
Jordan Spieth +2000
Scottie Scheffler +2800
Daniel Berger +3000
Tony Finau +3300
Sam Burns +3300
Brooks Koepka +3500
Webb Simpson +3500
Bubba Watson +3500
Seamus Power +4000
Louis Oosthuizen +4000
Matt Fitzpatrick +4000
Adam Scott +4500
Corey Conners +5000
Russell Henley +5000
Abraham Ancer +5000
Harold Varner +5000
Talor Gooch +5500
Billy Horschel +5500
Tom Hoge +6000
Luke List +6000
Harris English +6000
Max Homa +6600
Matt Kuchar +8000
Francesco Molinari +8000
Kevin Kisner +8000
Si-Woo Kim +8000
Rickie Fowler +8000
Andrew Putnam +9000
Brian Harman +9000
Keith Mitchell +9000
Joel Dahmen +9000
Branden Grace +9000
Gary Woodland +10000
Denny McCarthy +10000
Russell Knox +10000
Cam Davis +10000
Pat Perez +10000
Troy Merritt +10000
Lucas Herbert +10000
Aaron Wise +10000
Keegan Bradley +10000
Michael Thompson +12500
Kevin Streelman +12500
Adam Hadwin +12500
Alex Noren +12500
Mito Pereira +12500
Carlos Ortiz +12500
Chris Kirk +12500
Kyoung-Hoon Lee +12500
Matt Jones +12500
Brendon Todd +12500
Charles Howell +12500
Brendan Steele +15000
Emiliano Grillo +15000
Hudson Swafford +15000
Wyndham Clark +15000
Garrick Higgo +15000
Stewart Cink +15000
Sahith Theegala +15000
Patton Kizzire +15000
Matthew NeSmith +15000
Martin Laird +15000
Matt Wallace +15000
Charley Hoffman +15000
Doug Ghim +15000
Chez Reavie +15000
Nate Lashley +15000
Nick Taylor +15000
Beau Hossler +15000
Dylan Frittelli +15000
Brandt Snedeker +15000
Lucas Glover +15000
Zach Johnson +15000
Patrick Rodgers +15000
James Hahn +20000
Adam Long +20000
Scott Piercy +20000
Kramer Hickok +20000
Sebastian Munoz +20000
Scott Stallings +20000
Harry Higgs +20000
J.T. Poston +20000
Joseph Bramlett +20000
Sepp Straka +25000
Kyle Stanley +25000
C.T. Pan +25000
Ryan Moore +25000
Henrik Norlander +25000
TL’s Wedge for an Edge: This week at the WM Phoenix Open, Tee Els’ PGA Fantasy game foursome (and two reserves)will be: Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas, Harris English and a flavor of the week play on Keith Mitchell. TL bench players will be: Russell Henley and Max Homa. For my One and Done, I’m going with Mitchell.
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Radio Host Mark Lye is Out (ESPN.Com)
On This Day in Golf History:
February 9, 1997 - Mark O’Meara won for the second consecutive week, taking the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines in San Diego by two shots over seven players. The previous week O’Meara won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am for the fifth time. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt:
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