Monday qualifiers are coming to an end. Registration for WM Phoenix Open opens for last time

It’s the end of an era and nowhere will the impact be felt more than in the greater Phoenix area.

It’s the end of an era, and there’s likely nowhere the impact will be felt more than in the greater Phoenix area.

Pre-qualifying registration for the 2025 WM Phoenix Open went live Monday. There will eight locations in five different cities in Arizona in late January holding these events, with them all funneling players into a Monday qualifier on Feb. 3. From there, only the top three finishers will earn a spot on the tee sheet at TPC Scottsdale, Feb. 6-9, for the Greenest Show on Grass.

This time, however, marks the final time in the wake of the PGA Tour instituting a new rule regarding qualifiers.

The Southwest Section PGA, which has run the pre-qualifying and Monday qualifying for years, is urging interested golfers to not delay and sign up now “as all sites will fill up.”

The Phoenix Open qualifier earlier this year drew 104 golfers after more than 600 signed up for one of the eight pre-qualifiers. The max field size for each pre-Q will be 84. Multiply that by the eight locations and that’s possibly 672 golfers with visions of greatness dancing in their heads.

If you’re going to register, the PGA Tour rules say you can only do so at one pre-Q site.

Where are the WM Phoenix Open pre-qualifying sites?

Jan. 28

McCormick Ranch GC, Scottsdale

The 500 Club, Glendale

Jan. 29

The Legend at Arrowhead, Glendale

Dobson Ranch Golf Course, Mesa

Jan. 30

Aguila Golf Course, Laveen

Lone Tree Golf Club, Chandler

McCormick Ranch GC, Scottsdale

Toka Sticks Golf Club, Mesa

Dobson Ranch and Aguila are municipal golf courses.

When is the WM Phoenix Monday qualifier?

The final qualifying stage for the 2025 WM Phoenix Open will be on Feb. 3 at Pinnacle Peak Country Club in Scottsdale.

How do you sign up?

For more information or to register for the any of the pre-qualifiers, go to the sign-up page on the Southwest Section PGA’s website.

Monday qualifier for WM Phoenix Open went to a playoff before these three got in the field

The day started with 104 golfers at Pinnacle Peak Country Club.

The day started with 104 golfers at Pinnacle Peak Country Club, all vying for one of three spots in the 2024 WM Phoenix Open.

The tee sheet was full of names golf fans would recognize: Ryan Palmer, Wesley Bryan, DJ Trahan, James Hahn, Martin Trainer. There even a few golfers from PGA Tour Champions – Esteban Toledo, Billy Mayfair – who wanted a crack at it.

By the afternoon there were 13 withdrawals on one end of the leaderboard and some 64s at the top. Only the top three advance but late in the day, Jim Knous posted the fourth 7-under 64, forcing a 4-for-3 playoff. He was joined in the sudden death by Nicolo Galletti, Jacob Bridgeman and two-time PGA Tour winner Patton Kizzire.

The Southwest Section PGA even fired up a live stream for the playoff.

On the second playoff hole, in the waning daylight, Galletti made birdie while Kizzire and Knous made par. For Galletti, who hails from Phoenix and was Jon Rahm’s roommate at Arizona State, it’ll be his first PGA Tour start.

Bridgeman was facing a bogey putt but it didn’t matter, as he was the odd man out.

Sami Valimaki played in the qualifier but found out after his round he was in the WM Phoenix Open field as an alternate after Patrick Rodgers withdrew.

The Phoenix Open starts Thursday with 132 players.

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WM Phoenix Open Monday qualifier features 18 golfers with a combined 32 PGA Tour wins

Only the top three finishers Monday will earn a spot in the field at next week’s PGA Tour stop.

There are currently 104 golfers in the Monday qualifier for the 2024 WM Phoenix Open. This after more than 600 golfers tried to navigate one of the eight pre-qualifiers this past week.

Only the top three finishers Monday will earn a spot in the field at next week’s PGA Tour stop at TPC Scottsdale.

It’s probably too late to get anyone to do a live stream but you’d have golf fans interested in watching because once again, the field for this is loaded, maybe even Korn Ferry Tour-level good.

There are 18 golfers who have earned 32 PGA Tour wins combined playing Monday:

  • Billy Mayfair, 5
  • Ryan Palmer, 4
  • J.J. Henry, 3
  • Sangmoon Bae, 2
  • James Hahn, 2
  • Jonathan Kaye, 2
  • Tom Pernice, 2
  • DJ Trahan, 2
  • Eric Axley, 1
  • Charlie Beljan, 1
  • Wesley Bryan, 1
  • Austin Cook, 1
  • Robert Garrigus, 1
  • Patton Kizzire, 1
  • Ted Purdy, 1
  • Martin Trainer, 1
  • Kevin Tway, 1
  • Bo Van Pelt, 1

Kaye is a past tournament champion. Other notables in the field include: Ricky Barnes, MJ Daffue, Harry Higgs, Morgan Hoffman and Hayden Springer.

The WM Phoenix Open is Feb. 8-11 at TPC Scottsdale.

Held for years at McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, this year’s Monday qualifier will be contested at Pinnacle Peak Country Club in Scottsdale.