PGA Tour Brunch | WM Phoenix Open
Third Round Coverage of the 2026 WM Phoenix Open | Scottsdale
Note: Suspension Summary: The second round was suspended due to darkness at 6:17pm (local)/8:17pm ET. Play will resume Saturday at 8:15am (local)/10:15am ET.
By TERRY LYONS, Editor-in-Chief Digital Sports Desk
SCOTTSDALE - Blame it on Ryo. Yes, Ryo Hisatsune surged to the lead at the 2026 Waste Management Phoenix Open with a scorching, second round (63). He leads Hideki Matsuyama by a single stroke after Matsuyama shot (64). That makes for al all Japan Top 2.
Hisatsune (1st/-11) played his final six holes in 6-under (four birdies, one eagle) for a 63 to complete his low 18-hole score in his 208 career rounds on TOUR. His (131) combined score marked his career-low 36-hole score on TOUR with the previous: 132/2024 Puerto Rico Open, 2024 American Express).
Hisatsune now has his first career 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR after entering the week with only one career lead/co-lead after any round on TOUR after R-1 of the 2024 Puerto Rico Open where he finished T18.
Hisatsune finished T2 at last week’s Farmers Insurance Open, his best career finish on TOUR in 65 starts.
He seeks to become the sixth different player from Japan to win on the PGA TOUR (Hideki Matsuyama, Shigeki Maruyama, Isao Aoki, Ryuji Imada, Satoshi Kodaira).
Guess who is lurking one stroke behind?
Yes, Matsuyama.
The two-time WM Phoenix Open champion (2016, 2017), Matsuyama (2nd/-10) posted an impressive (64) for his second-lowest 18-hole score in 47 career tournament rounds at the WM Phoenix Open (63/R3/2015). He birdied six in a row (Nos. 13-18) to equal his longest streak of consecutive birdies on TOUR, tying 2023 Sentry/R3) while his back-nine (30) now marks his career-low score on the back nine at TPC Scottsdale.
Noteable players who MTC: A not-so-sharp Brooks Koepka (T86/+2) posted rounds of (75-69) to miss the cut (-1). Other noteables to to MTC include, Joel Dahmen, Corey Conners, Billy Horschel, Tony Finau and Sam Burns.
WM Phoenix Open | Partial 36 Hole Leaderboard
1 Ryo Hisatsune 68 63 131 (-11)
2 Hideki Matsuyama 68 64 132 (-10)
T3 Pierceson Coody 66 68 134 (-8)
T3 Chris Gotterup 63 71 134 (-8)
Partial R-2 Leaderboard: (link)
WM Phoenix Open | Tournament Facts
COURSE: TPC Scottsdale, Arizona (Stadium Course)
YARDS/PAR: 7,261 yards/Par 71
OVERVIEW: (link)
ARCHITECTS: Tom Weiskopf /Jay Morrish
PRIZE Money - Purse: $9,600,000/$1,728,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Thomas Detry
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @WMPhoenixOpen
📺 How to Watch - Saturday, February 7, 2026
(All Times Eastern)
10:15 - 7:30pm - ESPN+ (Streaming) and ESPN Betcast (Four Live Streams by ESPN+)
1:00pm - 6:30pm - PGA Tour Radio on Sirius XM and Online
12:00 Noon - 3:00pm - Golf Channel and Peacock Network
3:00pm - 6:30pm - CBS and Paramount/+
How to Watch: (PGATourCom)
WM Phoenix Open | Basics
The Tee Times at TPC Scottsdale to continue R-2 will be at 10:15am ET, R-3 will tee-it-up at approximately 11:30am (ET) to 1:30pm (ET) today.
Weather: Sunny with highs reaching 78 degrees. Winds at 4 mph. No chance of rain.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Info: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 9:00am (ET) on Super Bowl Sunday.
What They’re Saying
Hitsatsuna Leads; Scottie Advances (ESPN)
Big Names Survive, Koepka Does Not (PGATourCom)
How to Watch Saturday (PGATourCom)
CBS Sports HQ Coverage (CBSSportsCom)
On This Day in Golf History
February 7, 1999 - Payne Stewart won his 10th PGA Tour title without hitting a shot in the final round when rain cancelled the fourth round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Stewart was the leader after 54 holes and was declared the winner when the tour decided against completing the tournament on Monday. Stewart was the U.S. Open that same year but tragically died in an airplane accident that October 25th. (Courtesy of Randy Walker), Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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