The People’s Open. The Darty — a day party for those unfamiliar with the lingo — in the Desert.
Whatever you call it, the WM Phoenix Open is the PGA Tour’s annual bash at TPC Scottsdale.
And a loaded field has traveled to Arizona this year, including back-to-back defending champion and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. He’ll be joined by Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Sam Burns, Jordan Spieth, last week’s 54-hole winner Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee.
Two top-5 players in the world, Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele, withdrew from the tournament on Monday.
Scheffler is the first Tour player this year hoping to make it a turkey, with Tom Kim set to pursue the same feat later this year at the Shriners Children’s Open.
Golf course
TPC Scottsdale | Par 71 | 7,261 yards
Charley Hoffman plays his tee shot on the 16th hole during the final round of the 2023 WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale. (Photo: Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic)
Course history
Course history at TPC Scottsdale for the @WMPhoenixOpen going back to 2016.
-Includes average finish position and Strokes Gained per round in each category. Players are sorted by SG: Total.
-4th (out of 44) most predictive annual course on Tour.
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