Tournament Preview - WM Phoenix Open

Tournament Preview - WM Phoenix Open

The WM Phoenix Open is this week at TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course. Also, the Super Bowl is this week in Glendale, AZ, just 32.5 miles away. Phoenix is the place to be! The tournament is known for being a party, but this week is also the first tournament with an "elevated event" with a $20m purse. The winner will take home $3.6m. The field is stacked and the PHX airport is going to be swamped. Let's strap in.

Jon Rahm is the odds on favorite to win, as he should be, at +700. Rory is back in the States and at +900. Some big names are relative long shots and could be good value, like Spieth at +5000 and Viktor Hovland at +4000.

Weather

Weather should be less of a storyline this week with sun and temps between mid-70s and mid-40s.

The full field is found here. 134 players with big name non-LIV players, like Rahm, Rory, Spieth, Scottie, Homa, Viktor, Collin, Cameron Young, JT, Tom Kim, and more. Tee times start at 7:15am MST / 9:15am EST.

• Previous Winners in this week's field:

  • Scottie Scheffler - 2022

  • Webb Simpson - 2020

  • Rickie Fowler - 2019

  • Gary Woodland - 2018

  • Hideki Matsuyama - 2017, 2016

• Notable previous winners absent (cough cough LIV):

  • Brooks Koepka - 2021, 2015

The tournament socials can be found here for Twitter, Instagram, and their own website. Feel free to give them a follow!

ESPN Plus starting at 9:15am through 7:30pm ESTGolf Channel starting at 3:30pm through 7:30pm EST

• The TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course is one of two courses on property. Par 71 and 7,026 yards long.

• Tom Weiskopf / Jay Morrish are the architects from 1988.

• Golf rates range from $125 up to $525 for the Stadium Course.

• There is a cool option to potentially save some money via the TPC Pass. More info found here.

Betting Odds provided by Bovada.lv at this link (not sponsored)Some notable players to consider:

• Scottie as the defending champ - +1200

• Tom Kim - +2500

• Jon Rahm (of course) - +700

• Rory (of course) - +900

Notes and News- Tiger has a new course design in Utah and it's looooooong (twitter) (twitter)- Video of the Swilcan Bridge patio being removed (twitter)- Only 7 more days until the first episodes of Full Swing are released on Netflix. Here's the most recent trailer (youtube)

May your rounds be filled with #oneputts.