After the blustery conditions at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am that saw Rory McIlroy emerge victorious, things should be calmer this week - on the course at least.
The PGA Tour heads to the Arizona desert for the WM Phoenix Open, with the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale perhaps the most atmospheric arena in golf.
The tournament was first held in 1932 and has been contested every year since 1944 under various guises and is now best known as the WM Phoenix Open.
Notable for its raucous atmosphere, the event has become one of the highlights of the PGA Tour's calendar, particularly for its par-3 16th stadium hole. Stands built all around the hole create an enclosure with fans cheering tee shots that find the green and booing tee shots that fail to find the putting surface, and witnessed a hole-in-one by Tiger Woods in his first full season as a professional. Sam Ryder's ace in 2022 prompted a beer shower from the stands, with hundreds of cups cascading down onto the green.
The tournament was an elevated event in the 2023 season and attracted a stellar field with Scottie Scheffler defending his 2022 title, but returned to a regular season event in 2024 and remains so in 2025.
Read all you need to know about the 2025 WM Phoenix Open below.
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Ballester Barrio, Jose Luis
Berger, Daniel
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
Bhatia, Akshay
Bridgeman, Jacob
Burns, Sam
Campos, Rafael
Capan III, Frankie
Cauley, Bud
Clanton, Luke
Clark, Wyndham
Cole, Eric
Conners, Corey
Dahmen, Joel
Detry, Thomas
Dunlap, Nick
Echavarria, Nico
Eckroat, Austin
Fishburn, Patrick
Fitzpatrick, Matt
Fowler, Rickie
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Ghim, Doug
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Greyserman, Max
Griffin, Ben
Griffin, Lanto
Grillo, Emiliano
Hadwin, Adam
Hall, Harry
Hardy, Nick
Harman, Brian
Highsmith, Joe
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Hodges, Lee
Hoey, Rico
Hoffman, Charley
Hoge, Tom
Højgaard, Nicolai
Højgaard, Rasmus
Homa, Max
Horschel, Billy
Hossler, Beau
Hubbard, Mark
Hughes, Mackenzie
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Kim, Chan
Kim, Michael
Kim, Si Woo
Kim, Tom
Kirk, Chris
Kisner, Kevin
Kitayama, Kurt
Kizzire, Patton
Knapp, Jake
Kohles, Ben
Kuchar, Matt
Lashley, Nate
Lawrence, Thriston
Lee, K.H.
Lee, Min Woo
Lipsky, David
List, Luke
MacIntyre, Robert
Malnati, Peter
Martin, Ben
Matsuyama, Hideki
McCarthy, Denny
McCarty, Matt
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Meissner, Mac
Mitchell, Keith
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Mueller, Jesse
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Norlander, Henrik
Norrman, Vincent
Novak, Andrew
Palmer, Ryan
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Perez, Victor
Phillips, Chandler
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Putnam, Andrew
Ramey, Chad
Reavie, Chez
Riley, Davis
Rodgers, Patrick
Ryder, Sam
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Schenk, Adam
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Spaun, J.J.
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Svensson, Adam
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PGA Tour tips and predictions for the WM Phoenix Open
All four days of the Phoenix Open will be available on Sky Sports Golf and Sky Sports Main Event.
Coverage will start at 21:00 on Sky Sports Golf and 23:00 GMT on Sky Sports Main Event on Thursday.
Coverage will start at 21:00 on Sky Sports Golf and 22:30 GMT on Sky Sports Main Event on Friday.
Coverage will start at 18:00 on Sky Sports Golf and 19:30 GMT on Sky Sports Main Event on Saturday.
Coverage will start at 18:00 on Sky Sports Golf and 18:30 GMT on Sky Sports Main Event on Sunday.
bet365 will also stream the 4th and 16th holes live and you can follow all the action on bet365’s Live Golf Tracker.
The WM Phoenix Open will be held between 6th and 9th February and takes place at TPC Scottsdale, its host since moving in 1987.
The prize money won by Nick Taylor, last year's winner, was $1,584,000, though that should increase slightly with the purse being enhanced from $8,800,000 last year to $9,200,000 this year.
Phil Mickelson and Mark Calcavecchia in 2013 and 2001 respectively both shot 256 for 28-under-par. They also hold the course record at TPC Scottsdale having shot 60 - Mickelson twice, Calcavecchia once with Grant Waite in 1996 also shooting 60.
Phil Mickelson (1996, 2005, 2013), Mark Calcavecchia (1989, 1992, 2001) and Arnold Palmer (1961, 1962, 1963) each hold the record with three wins each.
Played in the Arizona desert, TPC Scottsdale is typically very dry and warm, letting the ball fly further through the air.
Fairways are neither particularly restrictive nor expansive, but the rough is certainly more formidable than players experienced at last week's Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Playing a par-71, all three par-5s are reachable in two, presenting plenty of birdie and eagle opportunities for players with enough length and accuracy off the tee. A bonus eagle opportunity is presented to players at the par-4 17th, which plays around 332 yards, but with water running up the left side, players can be swayed into laying up.
Played on Bermudagrass greens, overseeded with Poa trivialis (seen at the likes of TPC Sawgrass for The Players Championship and the Pete Dye Stadium Course for the American Express), the putting surfaces will run at a quick 12 on the stimpmeter.
After the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass, the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale is arguably the most famous on the PGA Tour.
Tiger Woods memorably made a hole-in-one at the 1997 Phoenix Open, played at TPC Scottsdale, a couple of months before winning his first major at the 1997 Masters.
While the atmosphere on that day was electric, the backdrop was notably different to the scenes we see today, with a fully enclosed stadium housing 20,000 spectators who are encouraged to create a Ryder Cup-style atmosphere.
Only 163 yards, players use no more than a short iron, but tee shots that find one of the four greenside bunkers are booed, while tee shots that find the green are cheered.
And tee shots that find the bottom of the cup? Prepare for chaos.