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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Betting preview
Ludvig Aberg hits his tee shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament at Spyglass Hill Golf Course. Mandatory Credit: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports
Max Homa (16/1): T-66
Patrick Cantlay (18/1): T-11
Justin Thomas (25/1): T-6
Ludvig Aberg (25/1): 2nd
We got Mother Natured last week. Thanks to one helluva storm on Sunday, Justin Thomas and Ludvig Aberg were unable to chase down Wyndham Clark for the title. The golf gods owe us one in the desert.
| Player | Odds | Player | Odds |
| Scottie Scheffler | (+500) | J.T. Poston | (+3000) |
| Justin Thomas | (+1000) | Tom Kim | (+3500) |
| Max Homa | (+1400) | Sahith Theegala | (+3500) |
| Sam Burns | (+2000) | Cameron Young | (+3500) |
| Jordan Spieth | (+2000) | Eric Cole | (+4500) |
| Min Woo Lee | (+2800) | Adam Hadwin | (+4500) |
| Ben An | (+2800) | Si Woo Kim | (+5000) |
| Wyndham Clark | (+3000) | Rickie Fowler | (+5000) |
| Sungjae Im | (+3000) | Corey Conners | (+5000) |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | (+3000) | Beau Hossler | (+5000) |
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