Phoenix Open

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox golf tournament The Phoenix Open (branded as the WM Phoenix Open for sponsorship reasons)[1] is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held in early February at TPC Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.

The tournament was originally the Arizona Open but was known for most of its history as the Phoenix Open until the investment bank Friedman Billings Ramsey became the title sponsor in October 2003. For the next six editions, it was known as the FBR Open. Waste Management, Inc. began its sponsorship in 2010.

The event's relaxed atmosphere, raucous by professional golf standards, has earned it the nickname "The Greatest Show on Grass" and made it one of the most popular events on the PGA Tour calendar.

History

The Phoenix Open began Template:Time ago in 1932 but was discontinued after the 1935 tournament. The rebirth of the Phoenix Open came in 1939 when Bob Goldwater Sr. convinced fellow Thunderbirds to help run the event. The Thunderbirds, a prominent civic organization in Phoenix, were less enthusiastic about running the event than he was, leaving Goldwater Sr. to do most of the work in getting a golf open started.

The event was played at the Phoenix Country Club in Phoenix (Template:Coord),[2] both in its earlier incarnations and after Goldwater resuscitated it. Beginning in 1955, the Arizona Country Club (also in Phoenix) (Template:Coord),[3] alternated as event host with Phoenix Country Club; this arrangement lasted until Phoenix Country Club took The Arizona Country Club's turn in 1975 and became the event's permanent home again.

The tournament moved Template:Time ago in 1987 to its current home, the Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale, northeast of downtown Phoenix. The approximate average elevation of the course is Template:Convert above sea level.

The purse was $8.2 million in 2022, then increased over 140% to $20 million for 2023, with a winner's share of $3.6 million.

File:Phoenix Open logo (2010-2020).png
Logo from 2010 to 2020

Popularity

The five-day attendance of the tournament is usually around a half million, the best-attended event in golf. In 2016, it set a PGA Tour and Phoenix Open single-day attendance record with 201,003 fans on Saturday, February 6, and a tournament week attendance record of 618,365 fans.[4]

The most popular location for spectators is the par-3 16th hole, nicknamed "The Coliseum." (Template:Coord) One of the shortest holes on tour at Template:Convert, it is enclosed by a temporary 20,000-seat grandstand. The hole could be described as "one big party," with many students from the nearby Arizona State University in Tempe in attendance. Poor shots at the 16th hole receive boos because the hole is straightforward by the PGA's standards. Good shots, however, are cheered loudly. Players who make holes in one at the 16th will cause the gallery to erupt, leading to beverages and other objects being tossed in celebrations; Tiger Woods (1997),[5] Jarrod Lyle (2011), and Sam Ryder (2022) have each aced the hole on Saturday, creating raucous celebrations at the hole.[6] The anger of a poor shot can lead to tempers flaring, as Justin Leonard gave obscene gestures to the gallery after a poor shot one year. After 2013, the PGA Tour banned the practice of caddies racing the Template:Convert from the tee box to the green, citing injury concerns.[7]

Former Arizona State players are very popular at the Phoenix Open, with many often wearing a Pat Tillman jersey when entering the 16th-hole stadium. Phil Mickelson and Jon Rahm are popular there for that reason. In addition to golf, there is a concert/party held in the Scottsdale area called the Birds Nest, at which music artists like Huey Lewis and the News play.

The Thunderbirds are still highly active in organizing the tournament. The Thunderbirds use portions of the proceeds to fund Special Olympics activities in Phoenix.

Conflicts with the Super Bowl

Since 1973,[8] the Phoenix Open has been played on the weekend of the Super Bowl. In 1976, coverage of the tournament's final round was joined in progress immediately after CBS's coverage of Super Bowl X.[9] In 1996, it was played Wednesday through Saturday, as Super Bowl XXX was held at Sun Devil Stadium in nearby Tempe.[10] In 2009, the tournament overlapped with Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida, when Kenny Perry and Charley Hoffman went to a playoff. That denied the spectators a chance to watch the beginning of the game on NBC, which featured the local Arizona Cardinals.

Because of the Super Bowl weekend status, the PGA Tour's television contracts with CBS and NBC include an alternating tournament. Usually, a CBS tournament occurs when NBC or Fox televises the Super Bowl, the Phoenix Open airs on NBC when CBS has the Super Bowl, and NBC's Honda Classic aired on CBS during the 2018 Winter Olympics.

In 2015, Super Bowl XLIX was held in Glendale at University of Phoenix Stadium in 2015 and broadcast by NBC; the network would use sister network Golf Channel (which broadcasts early-round coverage for PGA Tour events) to provide cross-promotional tie-ins for the Super Bowl.[11]

Highlights

  • 1949: Ben Hogan loses in a playoff; driving home with his wife; he is involved in a near-fatal accident.[12]
  • 1987: Paul Azinger wins the first edition of the Phoenix Open held at TPC Scottsdale.
  • 1990: Tom Pernice Jr. makes the first double eagle in tournament history on the par-5 15th hole.
  • 1996: Grant Waite sets the course record of 60 (−11). Phil Mickelson, an alumnus of nearby Arizona State University, wins the tournament for the first time.
  • 1997: Tiger Woods aces the par-3 16th hole in the third round on Saturday.
  • 2000: Andrew Magee makes the first ace on a par-4 in PGA Tour history on the par-4 17th hole.
  • 2001: Mark Calcavecchia sets the tournament record for lowest aggregate score with 256 (−28), including a course record-tying 60 (−11) in the second round.
  • 2011: Jarrod Lyle aces the par-3 16th hole in the first round.
  • 2019: Amy Bockerstette, a golfer with Down syndrome, pars the par-3 16th hole during the pro-am in front of Gary Woodland, a moment that went viral on social media.
  • 2020: Woodland and Bockerstette reunite one year after their viral moment with a $25,000 contribution to the I Got This! Foundation, launched the previous year.
  • 2022: Sam Ryder aces on the par-3 16th hole during the third round on Saturday, then in the final round, Carlos Ortiz would have a hole in one at the same hole.
  • 2025: Thomas Detry becomes the first Belgian PGA Tour winner.

Records

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The 17th hole during the 2020 Waste Management Phoenix Open.

The tournament's lowest 72-hole score was set by Mark Calcavecchia in 2001 with 256 (–28), which was matched by Mickelson in 2013. In the second round Calcavecchia scored a 60 (–11), which equalled the lowest score at the Phoenix Open (by Grant Waite in 1996) and subsequently matched by Mickelson in 2005 and 2013. Calcavecchia had 32 birdies in the tournament, which was also an all-time record.

There have been only two double eagles in the history of the Phoenix Open. Tom Pernice Jr. made the first one on the Template:Convert par-5 15th hole in 1990. Andrew Magee scored the second on the Template:Convert par-4 17th hole in 2001, and was the first-ever ace on a par-4 in PGA Tour history.[13]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Purse
($)		 Winner's
share ($)
WM Phoenix Open
2025 Template:Flagicon Thomas Detry 260 −24 7 strokes Template:Flagicon Daniel Berger
Template:Flagicon Michael Kim		 9,200,000 1,656,000
2024 Template:Flagicon Nick Taylor 263 −21 Playoff Template:Flagicon Charley Hoffman 8,800,000 1,584,000
2023 Template:Flagicon Scottie Scheffler (2) 265 −19 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Nick Taylor 20,000,000 3,600,000
2022 Template:Flagicon Scottie Scheffler 268 −16 Playoff Template:Flagicon Patrick Cantlay 8,200,000 1,476,000
Waste Management Phoenix Open
2021 Template:Flagicon Brooks Koepka (2) 265 −19 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Lee Kyoung-hoon
Template:Flagicon Xander Schauffele		 7,300,000 1,314,000
2020 Template:Flagicon Webb Simpson 267 −17 Playoff Template:Flagicon Tony Finau 7,300,000 1,314,000
2019 Template:Flagicon Rickie Fowler 267 −17 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Branden Grace 7,100,000 1,278,000
2018 Template:Flagicon Gary Woodland 266 −18 Playoff Template:Flagicon Chez Reavie 6,900,000 1,242,000
2017 Template:Flagicon Hideki Matsuyama (2) 267 −17 Playoff Template:Flagicon Webb Simpson 6,700,000 1,206,000
2016 Template:Flagicon Hideki Matsuyama 270 −14 Playoff Template:Flagicon Rickie Fowler 6,500,000 1,170,000
2015 Template:Flagicon Brooks Koepka 269 −15 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Hideki Matsuyama
Template:Flagicon Ryan Palmer
Template:Flagicon Bubba Watson		 6,300,000 1,134,000
2014 Template:Flagicon Kevin Stadler 268 −16 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Graham DeLaet
Template:Flagicon Bubba Watson		 6,200,000 1,116,000
2013 Template:Flagicon Phil Mickelson (3) 256 −28 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Brandt Snedeker 6,200,000 1,116,000
2012 Template:Flagicon Kyle Stanley 269 −15 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Ben Crane 6,100,000 1,098,000
2011 Template:Flagicon Mark Wilson 266 −18 Playoff Template:Flagicon Jason Dufner 6,100,000 1,098,000
2010 Template:Flagicon Hunter Mahan 268 −16 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Rickie Fowler 6,000,000 1,080,000
FBR Open
2009 Template:Flagicon Kenny Perry 270 −14 Playoff Template:Flagicon Charley Hoffman 6,000,000 1,080,000
2008 Template:Flagicon J. B. Holmes (2) 270 −14 Playoff Template:Flagicon Phil Mickelson 6,000,000 1,080,000
2007 Template:Flagicon Aaron Baddeley 263 −21 1 stroke Template:Flagicon John Rollins 6,000,000 1,080,000
2006 Template:Flagicon J. B. Holmes 263 −21 7 strokes Template:Flagicon J. J. Henry
Template:Flagicon Steve Lowery
Template:Flagicon Ryan Palmer
Template:Flagicon Scott Verplank
Template:Flagicon Camilo Villegas		 5,200,000 936,000
2005 Template:Flagicon Phil Mickelson (2) 267 −17 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Scott McCarron
Template:Flagicon Kevin Na		 5,200,000 936,000
2004 Template:Flagicon Jonathan Kaye 266 −18 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Chris DiMarco 5,200,000 936,000
Phoenix Open
2003 Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh (2) 261 −23 3 strokes Template:Flagicon John Huston 4,000,000 720,000
2002 Template:Flagicon Chris DiMarco 267 −17 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Kenny Perry
Template:Flagicon Kaname Yokoo		 4,000,000 720,000
2001 Template:Flagicon Mark Calcavecchia (3) 256 −28 8 strokes Template:Flagicon Rocco Mediate 4,000,000 720,000
2000 Template:Flagicon Tom Lehman 270 −14 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Robert Allenby
Template:Flagicon Rocco Mediate		 3,200,000 576,000
1999 Template:Flagicon Rocco Mediate 273 −11 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Justin Leonard 3,000,000 540,000
1998 Template:Flagicon Jesper Parnevik 269 −15 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Tommy Armour III
Template:Flagicon Brent Geiberger
Template:Flagicon Steve Pate
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson		 2,500,000 450,000
1997 Template:Flagicon Steve Jones 258 −26 11 strokes Template:Flagicon Jesper Parnevik 1,500,000 270,000
1996 Template:Flagicon Phil Mickelson 269 −15 Playoff Template:Flagicon Justin Leonard 1,300,000 234,000
1995 Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh 269 −15 Playoff Template:Flagicon Billy Mayfair 1,300,000 234,000
1994 Template:Flagicon Bill Glasson 268 −16 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Bob Estes 1,200,000 216,000
1993 Template:Flagicon Lee Janzen 273 −11 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Andrew Magee 1,000,000 180,000
1992 Template:Flagicon Mark Calcavecchia (2) 264 −20 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Duffy Waldorf 1,000,000 180,000
1991 Template:Flagicon Nolan Henke 268 −16 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Gil Morgan
Template:Flagicon Curtis Strange
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson		 1,000,000 180,000
1990 Template:Flagicon Tommy Armour III 267 −17 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Jim Thorpe 900,000 162,000
1989 Template:Flagicon Mark Calcavecchia 263 −21 7 strokes Template:Flagicon Chip Beck 700,000 126,000
1988 Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle 269 −15 Playoff Template:Flagicon Fred Couples 650,000 117,000
1987 Template:Flagicon Paul Azinger 268 −16 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Hal Sutton 600,000 108,000
1986 Template:Flagicon Hal Sutton 267 −17 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Calvin Peete
Template:Flagicon Tony Sills		 500,000 90,000
1985 Template:Flagicon Calvin Peete 270 −14 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Morris Hatalsky
Template:Flagicon Doug Tewell		 450,000 81,000
1984 Template:Flagicon Tom Purtzer 268 −16 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Corey Pavin 400,000 72,000
1983 Template:Flagicon Bob Gilder (2) 271 −13 Playoff Template:Flagicon Rex Caldwell
Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller
Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara		 350,000 63,000
1982 Template:Flagicon Lanny Wadkins 263 −21 6 strokes Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate 300,000 54,000
1981 Template:Flagicon David Graham 268 −16 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Lon Hinkle 300,000 54,000
1980 Template:Flagicon Jeff Mitchell 272 −12 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Rik Massengale 300,000 54,000
1979 Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 199Template:Efn −14 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jay Haas 250,000 33,750
1978 Template:Flagicon Miller Barber 272 −12 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate
Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino		 200,000 40,000
1977 Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate 277 −7 Playoff Template:Flagicon Dave Stockton 200,000 40,000
1976 Template:Flagicon Bob Gilder 268 −16 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Roger Maltbie 200,000 40,000
1975 Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller (2) 260 −24 14 strokes Template:Flagicon Jerry Heard 150,000 30,000
1974 Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller 271 −13 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Lanny Wadkins 150,000 30,000
1973 Template:Flagicon Bruce Crampton 268 −12 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Steve Melnyk
Template:Flagicon Lanny Wadkins		 150,000 30,000
1972 Template:Flagicon Homero Blancas 273 −11 Playoff Template:Flagicon Lanny Wadkins 125,000 25,000
Phoenix Open Invitational
1971 Template:Flagicon Miller Barber 261 −23 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Billy Casper
Template:Flagicon Dan Sikes		 125,000 25,000
1970 Template:Flagicon Dale Douglass 271 −13 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Howie Johnson
Template:Flagicon Gene Littler		 100,000 20,000
1969 Template:Flagicon Gene Littler (3) 263 −21 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Miller Barber
Template:Flagicon Don January
Template:Flagicon Billy Maxwell		 100,000 20,000
1968 Template:Flagicon George Knudson 272 −12 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Julius Boros
Template:Flagicon Sam Carmichael
Template:Flagicon Jack Montgomery		 100,000 20,000
1967 Template:Flagicon Julius Boros 272 −12 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Ken Still 70,000 14,000
1966 Template:Flagicon Dudley Wysong 278 −6 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Gardner Dickinson 60,000 9,000
1965 Template:Flagicon Rod Funseth 274 −14 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Bert Yancey 65,000 10,500
1964 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 271 −13 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Bob Brue 50,000 7,500
1963 Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer (3) 273 −15 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Gary Player 35,000 5,300
1962 Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer (2) 269 −15 12 strokes Template:Flagicon Billy Casper
Template:Flagicon Don Fairfield
Template:Flagicon Bob McCallister
Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus		 35,000 5,300
1961 Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 270 −10 Playoff Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders 30,000 4,300
1960 Template:Flagicon Jack Fleck 273 −11 Playoff Template:Flagicon Bill Collins 22,500 3,150
1959 Template:Flagicon Gene Littler (2) 268 −12 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Art Wall Jr. 20,000 2,400
1958 Template:Flagicon Ken Venturi 274 −10 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Walter Burkemo
Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert		 15,000 2,000
1957 Template:Flagicon Billy Casper 271 −9 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff
Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak		 15,000 2,000
Phoenix Open
1956 Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff 276 −8 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak 15,000 2,400
1955 Template:Flagicon Gene Littler 275 −5 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Billy Maxwell
Template:Flagicon Johnny Palmer		 15,000 2,400
1954 Template:Flagicon Ed Furgol 272 −12 Playoff Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff 10,000 2,000
1953 Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum (2) 272 −12 6 strokes Template:Flagicon Johnny Bulla
Template:Flagicon Ted Kroll
Template:Flagicon Bo Wininger		 10,000 2,000
1952 Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum 274 −10 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Dutch Harrison 10,000 2,000
1951 Template:Flagicon Lew Worsham 272 −12 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Lawson Little 10,000 2,000
Ben Hogan Open
1950 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret (2) 269 −15 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 10,000 2,000
Phoenix Open
1949 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret 278 −6 Playoff Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan 10,000 2,000
1948 Template:Flagicon Bobby Locke 268 −16 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret 10,000 2,000
1947 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan (2) 270 −14 7 strokes Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum
Template:Flagicon Ed Oliver		 10,000 2,000
1946 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan 273 −11 Playoff Template:Flagicon Herman Keiser 7,500 1,500
1945 Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson (2) 274 −10 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Denny Shute 5,000 1,000
1944 Template:Flagicon Jug McSpaden 273 −11 Playoff Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson 5,000 1,000
1941–1943: No tournament
1940 Template:Flagicon Ed Oliver 205 −8 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan 3,000 700
1939 Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson 198 −15 12 strokes Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan 3,000 700
1936–1938: No tournament
1935 Template:Flagicon Ky Laffoon 281 −3 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Craig Wood 2,500 500
1934 No tournament
Arizona Open
1933 Template:Flagicon Harry Cooper 281 −3 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Ray Mangrum
Template:Flagicon Horton Smith		 1,500 400
1932 Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl 285 −1 5 strokes Template:Flagicon John Perelli 2,500 600

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Sources:[14][15][16]

Notes

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References

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  14. ↑ 2015 Waste Management Phoenix Open Media Guide – Section 14: Top Finishers 1932–2014 – at wmphoenixopen.com
  15. ↑ Phoenix Open – Winners Template:Webarchive – at www.pgatour.com
  16. ↑ Phoenix Open – Winners – at golfobserver.com
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