Field Level Media’s Golf Glance gives weekly news and storylines from every of the key North American golf excursions.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: ATT Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Justin Rose)
THIS WEEK: Waste Management Phoenix Open, Scottsdale, Ariz., Feb. 9-12
Courses: TPC Scottsdale – Stadium Course (Par 71, 7,261 yards)
Purse: $20 Million (Winner: $3.6M)
Defending Champion: Scottie Scheffler
FedEx Cup chief: Jon Rahm
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 3:30-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (GC); 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (GC); 3-6 p.m. (CBS)
Streaming on ESPN: Thursday-Friday: 9:15 a.m.-7:30 p.m. ET; Saturday, 12-6:30 p.m.; Sunday, 11:30 a.m-6 p.m.
Twitter: @WMPhoenixOpen
NOTES: This is the fifteenth of 44 FedEx Cup occasions in the course of the common season, and the second designated occasion with elevated purses. The $3.6 million winner’s share matches final 12 months’s Players Championship for the most important in PGA Tour historical past. … The 134-player area options 22 of the highest 25 gamers within the Official World Golf Ranking. … The 6 p.m. scheduled finish to the published is ready to accommodate the Super Bowl in close by Glendale, with the occasion swapping with final week’s ATT Pebble Beach Pro-Am to maintain its conventional Super Bowl Sunday spot. … Scheffler is the defending champion of 4 of the following 9 occasions on tour. … World No. 1 Rory McIlroy gained his lone begin of the autumn swing on the 2022 CJ Cup, following his victory on the Tour Championship. He’s looking for to develop into the primary participant to win three consecutive begins on tour since Dustin Johnson in 2016-17. … Rickie Fowler’s most up-to-date win got here on the 2019 WM Phoenix Open, and he has three different top-fives in six earlier begins. … Taylor Montgomery, who’s No. 8 within the FedEx Cup standings, is within the area on a sponsors exemption, as is fellow rookie Davis Thompson (No. 22). … TPC Scottsdale was opened in 1986 and designed by Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf, who handed away final August.
BEST BETS: Rahm (750 at BetMGM) starred at close by Arizona State and has 4 wins amongst eight consecutive top-10s worldwide.. … McIlroy (800) is making his first PGA Tour begin of 2023. He is coming off a victory in Dubai and has gained three of his previous seven worldwide begins. … Scheffler (1200) and Xander Schauffele (1600) are tied for the second-lowest scoring marking amongst any participant with a minimum of 10 rounds for the reason that occasion moved to TPC Scottsdale in 1987. Schauffele has completed T2 and T3 the previous two years. … Justin Thomas (2000) has three top-10 previously 4 WM Phoenix Opens. … Patrick Cantlay (2000) misplaced in a playoff to Scheffler in his occasion debut final 12 months. … Max Homa (2200), considered one of a number of Scottsdale residents within the area, one his most up-to-date begin on the Farmers Insurance Open. … Hideki Matsuyama (2800) has a pair of wins amongst 5 profession top-10s at TPC Scottsdale. He is the latest participant to repeat a title on the Phoenix Open and is coming off a T9 at Torrey Pines. … Montgomery (5500) is looking for his first tour win however does have eight top-15s in 10 begins this season.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: The Genesis Invitational, Pacific Palisades, Calif., Feb. 16-19
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: Tournament of Champions (Brooke Henderson)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Honda LPGA Thailand, Chonburi, Thailand, Feb. 23-26
Champions Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (Steve Stricker)
THIS WEEK: Trophy Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco, Feb. Sep 11
Courses: Royal Golf Dar Es Salam – Red Course (Par 73, 7,349 yards)
Purse: $2M (Winner: $320,000)
Defending Champion: Brett Quigley
Charles Schwab Cup chief: Stricker
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 8-11 a.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Twitter: @ChampionsTour
NOTES: The 54-hole match is the primary Champions Tour occasion to be held in Northern Africa since 2020 and contains a 66-player area. It can also be a joint occasion with the Ladies European Tour, which is competing within the Lalla Meryem Cup on the Blue Course … Quigley’s victory final 12 months got here in Marrakesh. Other previous champions within the area are Roger Chapman, Santiago Luna and Colin Montgomerie, who gained the Trophy Hassan II at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in 1997. … World Golf Hall of Fame members within the area are Montgomerie, Bernhard Langer, Retief Goosen and Jose Maria Olazabal.
NEXT WEEK: Chubb Classic, Naples, Fla., Feb. 17-19
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