J.B. Holmes aces fourth hole at Waste Management Phoenix Open in up-and-down opener

J.B. Holmes’ early hole-out did much to erase a double-bogey at the second hole and help him chart a path to the clubhouse lead early in the day.

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It’s hard to lament the timing of a hole-in-one, but at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, everything is more exciting at the par-3 16th, also known as the stadium hole at TPC Scottsdale. Alas, when J.B. Holmes made an ace in the opening round, it came at the par-3 fourth, not the 16th.

Still, the early hole-out erased a double-bogey at the second hole and helped Holmes chart a path to the clubhouse lead early in the day.

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Holmes, who also got considerable TV time at last week’s Farmers Insurance Open when he drew a final-round pairing alongside Tiger Woods, opened with 7-under 64.

At the fourth hole, which checked in at 175 yards, he chose a 7-iron for his tee shot. When he walked away with the hole-in-one, it helped Holmes on his way to quite the rollercoaster round. After a double, a bogey, two birdies and the hole-in-one on the front, he straightened things out for the second half of his round.

Holmes closed with six birdies on his back nine and, oh yeah, one of those just happened to be in front of the crowd at No. 16.

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Jon Rahm wears Pat Tillman-inspired golf shoes at Waste Management Phoenix Open

Arizona State alum Jon Rahm found another way to show support for fellow former Sun Devil Pat Tillman at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Arizona State alum Jon Rahm has shown his support for fellow former Sun Devil Pat Tillman at the Waste Management Phoenix Open before.

Rahm routinely breaks out a No. 42 ASU football jersey at the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale. Tillman wore 42 during his playing days at ASU (1994-97) and has inspired other former Sun Devils to don the jersey. Former ASU golfer Billy Mayfair wore a 42 on the 16th hole as well.

Now, Rahm is honoring Tillman in another way.

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On Instagram on Wednesday night, Rahm showed off some new Adidas golf shoes featuring ASU’s maroon and gold colors and images of Tillman.

Rahm, currently ranked third in the World Ranking, can ascend to the No. 1 spot with a win this week. It’s a detail that Rahm admitted he just found out about on Wednesday about 10 minutes before meeting with the media.

“A little surprised. I mean, I have been playing really, really good golf, especially since that U.S. Open,” he said. “And for the better part of the tournaments I play, pretty much I’ve had a chance to win or finish top-10.”

Golfweek’s Eamon Lynch contributed to this article.

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Waste Management Phoenix Open: Updates, scores, TV info

Here are updates, scores and TV info for the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

The PGA Tour’s next stop is in Arizona this week for the 2020 Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Rickie Fowler returns to TPC Scottsdale for “The People’s Open” and it’s famous party at the par-3 16th hole to defend his 2019 title, along with the likes of Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau and Gary Woodland.

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Here are this week’s featured groups: Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama and Rahm; DeChambeau, Tony Finau and Fowler; Schauffele, Cameron Smith and Woodland; Andrew Landry, Jordan Spieth and Bubba Watson.

Updates

https://twitter.com/i/lists/1222868668452831232

TV, radio information

(All times Eastern)

Thursday

TV: 3 – 7 p.m. (Golf Channel)
PGA Tour Live: (Featured Groups, Featured Holes), 9:15 a.m. – 7 p.m.
PGA Tour Live on Twitter: 9:15 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. ET
Radio: 1 – 7 p.m. ET, PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio.

Friday

TV: 3 – 7 p.m. (Golf Channel)
PGA Tour Live: (Featured Groups, Featured Holes), 9:15 a.m. – 7 p.m.
PGA Tour Live on Twitter: 9:15 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. ET
Radio: 1 – 7 p.m. ET, PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio.

Saturday

TV: 1 – 2:45 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3 – 6 p.m. (CBS)
PGA Tour Live: (Featured Groups, Featured Holes), 10:45 a.m. – 6 p.m.
PGA Tour Live on Twitter: 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. ET
Radio: 1 – 6 p.m. ET, PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio.

Sunday

TV: 1 – 2:45 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3 – 6 p.m. (CBS)
PGA Tour Live: (Featured Groups, Featured Holes), 10:45 a.m. – 6 p.m.
PGA Tour Live on Twitter: 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. ET
Radio: 1 – 6 p.m. ET, PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio.

Phoenix Open crowds would make for an epic Ryder Cup at TPC Scottsdale

That idea has been advocated for several years by former Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman, and David Feherty has echoed those sentiments.

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How about a Ryder Cup at TPC Scottsdale?

That idea has been advocated for several years by Scottsdale resident and former Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman, and David Feherty echoed those sentiments Wednesday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

The Ryder Cup, a biennial team event featuring the top players from the United States and Europe, is a loud, rowdy affair and one in which fans are not shy about voicing their bipartisanship.

Those also are characteristics of the Open, which is being played this week, and a big reason why Lehman and Feherty think it would be a good fit. Both have competed in the event and know the value of the home-course advantage it presents.

“There are similarities,” said Feherty, who is from Ireland but holds American citizenship. “In fact, I suggested years ago that if we (Americans) want to win, they should hold it here where, A, you can sell a lot more tickets, and B, you want to talk about a partisan crowd, having this crowd on your side. There’s a rowdiness here that is very similar.”

Lehman was among eight former Ryder Cup players named to a task force to explore ways for the Americans to improve their chances of winning the Cup after they lost the event in 2014 at Gleneagles in Scotland. It marked the seventh loss for the Americans in eight events, dating to 2002.

Fans at the 16th hole at the TPC Scottsdale Stadium.

“I was always a strong advocate of looking at what the other team does that makes them so successful,” Lehman said before the Charles Schwab Cup event in November at Phoenix Country Club.

“A big part of that is that they play on courses that they know really well in Europe. They want to host a Ryder Cup at a course that their golfers have played for eight or 10 years. We don’t do that, and I have been urging our guys to do it that way.”

The Ryder Cup is conducted by the PGA of America, which chooses courses for the matches many years in advance of when they are played. There are no current conversations about bringing the event to Scottsdale, and Ryder Cup venues have been chose for U.S. hosting years through 2036.

Weather in the Phoenix area makes it unsuitable to host most major golf competitions because they are played in the summer months.

But the Ryder Cup is played in the fall when temperatures are much more bearable. This year, the build-out for the Open started on Sept. 14, so a Ryder Cup build could be kept in place for the PGA Tour event.

It would be a challenge to host both within a few months, but it most likely would be a one-time-only happening. No U.S. venue has hosted the matches more than once since they began in 1927.

Feherty, who is beginning the 10th season of his popular TV show on the Golf Channel, said that, with the crowds the event probably would draw, “I think it would be a tremendous advantage for the Americans to have it in a place like this.”

Golf fans sing the National Anthem on the 16th hole at 2018 Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale. Photo by USA SPORTS

Lehman also has been a long-time advocate of that move, largely because of the crowd factor, especially with the stadium-style design of the course, but also because of the excitement the matches might generate over the risk-reward back nine. That has been seen repeatedly with dramatic finishes since the Open moved to the course in 1986.

“I pushed really hard for a long time for them to use TPC Scottsdale as a venue,” Lehman said. “Number one, it’s a tremendous match-play golf course, especially over the last nine holes. The drama coming down the stretch is just phenomenal.

“Then you have the massive crowds and, on top of that, it’s a course that our players know extremely well. Some of the European players know the course too, but there is every good reason to play it at this course. That’s the kind of thing that would give our team the best chance to succeed.”

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She’s still got this: Amy Bockerstette’s viral moment thriving one year later

“Virtually every day, somebody comes up to Amy and tells her that they saw the video and that they were inspired,” Joe Bockerstette said.

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SCOTTSDALE – Amy Bockerstette is a golfer.

That’s why she’s famous.

“This is so awesome,” the 21-year-old Bockerstette said Wednesday on No. 16 at TPC Scottsdale, where she was reunited with PGA Tour pro Gary Woodland.

It was the one-year anniversary of Bockerstette becoming a viral sensation after making a par putt on the infamous hole during the Waste Management Phoenix Open pro-am.

Woodland had surprised Bockerstette by inviting her to play to raise awareness for the Special Olympics. Her parents were in on it and had her clubs and shoes hidden nearby.

Bockerstette was an ideal choice. She became the first person with Down syndrome to earn a college scholarship for sports when she signed with Paradise Valley CC in 2018. Before that, she had been the first golfer with Down syndrome to compete in the Arizona high school playoffs.

Her caddie/father, Joe Bockerstette, was surprised when Amy put her tee shot in the bunker.

Woodland went to take it out, but Amy Bockerstette wasn’t having it.

“She said, ‘No, I’ve got this,’” Woodland said.

She chipped out of the sand and she stroked a par putt.

The Arizona Republic, Golfweek and the USA TODAY Network picked up on the story. The PGA Tour and the Special Olympics put their PR muscle into promoting the video. TV networks lined up to produce features.

Tens of millions of people ended up seeing the sequence online, sharing, liking and commenting the entire way.

“I Got This” has become a rallying cry and the name of Amy Bockerstette’s foundation, focused on using golf to create more opportunities for people with disabilities. The Thunderbirds, the special events committee that runs the People’s Open, presented Bockerstette with a check for $25,000 Wednesday to help with that mission.

“Everywhere I go, I hear ‘I got this,’” Woodland said. “I have adults coming up to me, crying … the impact that it’s had on other people has been tremendous. To be part of that has been amazing.”

None of it would have happened if Bockerstette had put up a triple-bogey.

‘Every day, somebody comes up to Amy’

Amy Bockerstette is a golfer.

That’s why she’s famous.

And her story shows that people with disabilities can accomplish as much as people who don’t, provided they’re given the right support.

Woodland, who won the Phoenix Open in 2018, was right there when Bockerstette nailed that putt last year.

It ended up giving him an advantage for the rest of the tournament.

“My putting coach sent me a picture of her stroke at impact, and he said, ‘This is where you need to be,’” Woodland said this week. “The next morning, Phil Kenyon didn’t waste any time and sent the picture to me and said, ‘This is what you need to do, this is what you need to pay attention to.’”

Woodland finished in the top 10 and was 1-under on No. 16 for the tournament.

Bockerstette is more famous now than ever.

“Virtually every day, somebody comes up to Amy and tells her that they saw the video and that they were inspired,” Joe Bockerstette said. “It’s just been a fabulous experience.”

Strangers approach her for selfies. She gets random high-fives. And she’s traveled the country, telling people her story at banquets, celebrations and award shows.

That’s something else that few people would have expected.

People with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities often have a tough time communicating verbally. They’ll slur, mumble or say one word and mean another.

Bockerstette has put in countless hours over the last year to memorize her lines and deliver them cleanly. Her mother, Jenny Bockerstette, is her coach.

“She works so hard,” Jenny Bockerstette said. “She had to give a keynote address at the National Down Syndrome Congress’ annual convention, and she probably worked three or four months on practicing that speech. It was a 20-minute speech. … She’s grown a lot in the last year.”

‘You cannot put limits on people’

Amy Bockerstette is a golfer.

That’s why she’s famous.

She became a viral sensation when she made a par putt on one of the PGA Tour’s toughest holes in front of cameras, spectators and her favorite tour pro.

The accomplishment showed that people with disabilities need chances to show what they’re capable of doing. And it gave Woodland an edge when he recognized that Bockerstette’s stroke was ideal for that green.

And she’s learned to tell her story, showing that she can’t be limited by preconceptions and that athletes can transcend sports to make a difference in the lives of others.

There’s no telling what’s next — and that’s exactly the point.

“Amy is proof positive that you cannot put limits on people with disabilities and what they might do,” Joe Bockerstette said.

Amy Bockerstette is a golfer.

That’s why she’s famous.

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Lynch: Being No. 1 doesn’t sound like Jon Rahm’s No. 1 priority

Rahm says he’s a little surprised to learn he can supplant Brooks Koepka as No. 1, but the Spaniard has played well since the U.S. Open.

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SCOTTSDALE — The No. 1 ranking means different things to different men. It probably feels like a birthright to Brooks Koepka, who swaggers through the PGA Tour like John Wayne on his way to a gunfight. Koepka has held the No. 1 ranking for 37 consecutive weeks since May 19, and for 46 weeks total. He might lose it in four days.

This is the second straight week that Koepka’s ranking has been under threat. Had Rory McIlroy won last week at the Farmers Insurance Open, he would have reclaimed the top spot he last held in September 2015. He finished T-3. This week’s challenger is Jon Rahm, who can topple the four-time major champion with a victory at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Not that the fiery Spaniard learned as much until Wednesday afternoon.

“I found that out 10 minutes ago. I had no idea,” he admitted. “A little surprised. I mean, I have been playing really, really good golf, especially since that U.S. Open. And for the better part of the tournaments I play, I pretty much I’ve had a chance to win or finish top-10.”

Since finishing T-3 at Pebble Beach last summer — which left him 11th in the world — Rahm has made 14 worldwide starts. He has won three times, been second four times, and had just one finish outside the top 13, a missed cut at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship last fall. The run of hot form has him ranked third, behind only McIlroy, who is idle this week, and Koepka, who is playing against lighter opposition in Saudi Arabia.

“Being No. 1 in the world, it’s a consequence of good golf,” Rahm said with a shrug, which might explain why he’s focused less on how the ranking will look on Monday than on how the leaderboard appears Sunday night. “I got to take care of business this week and it’s not going to change my mindset. Obviously, it’s a goal in every player’s mind to be No. 1 in the world, and it is a goal of mine at some point, but I still got things to do to, take care of every day and make the right putts and hit the right shots for that to really happen. So I’m just going to focus on what I have to do starting tomorrow.”

If Rahm sounds like he considers the ranking a byproduct of good play, other PGA Tour stars still think of it as a sought-after status, even those who have scaled the lofty heights before.

“It’s a huge goal. It still is for me because I’ve lost it. But it’s a tremendous honor,” said Justin Thomas. “I think it’s always really cool being a part of something that not very many people have done. It’s pretty cool walking around — I mean, I did it for all of two weeks or whatever it was — but walking around, it’s like, I’m better than every single person on this planet in golf.”

Thomas is underselling himself. He held the No. 1 ranking for four weeks in the spring of 2018, ending Dustin Johnson’s 64 weeks on top before being replaced by Johnson again for another 13 weeks. There were nine changes at the top of the ranking that year, with Koepka and Justin Rose also enjoying stints atop the mountain.

That’s a perch only 23 men have ever experienced since Bernhard Langer topped the first ranking in 1986. Some legends set up residency at No. 1 —Tiger Woods held it for 683 weeks, Greg Norman for 331 — while others were ousted before a celebratory hangover would have had time to clear (Tom Lehman was No. 1 for one week).

Rahm would be the second Spaniard to be world No. 1 after the late Seve Ballesteros, who totaled 61 weeks on top more than 30 years ago. When it was suggested that he didn’t seem overly excited at the prospect of being officially crowned the best golfer on the planet, Rahm added a little pep to his position. “Of course. Yeah, it is. I mean, I wouldn’t be doing this if my goal wasn’t to be the best. It’s as simple as that,” he said. “I tee it up to win every time, I practice to be the best I can be, and hopefully the best I can be takes me to No. 1 at some point.”

That point may be just days away.

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Gary Woodland and Amy Bockerstette reunite at TPC Scottsdale’s 16th hole

The Waste Management Phoenix Open always has held a special place in Gary Woodland’s heart, in part because of Amy Bockerstette.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The Waste Management Phoenix Open always has held a special place in Gary Woodland’s heart. For starters, he earned his way into the field at a Monday Qualifier in his rookie season in 2009, received his first sponsor exemption into a PGA Tour field here in 2011 and joined an illustrious list of tournament champions in 2018. Woodland has played here every year except once, in part, because his friends and family in Kansas consider it the closest thing to a home game.

“I think they want to get out of the snow,” said Woodland, who tees off Thursday at 7:50 a.m. local time, with Cameron Smith and Xander Schauffele.

But Woodland’s fondest memory of competing at TPC Scottsdale happened during last year’s pro-am round when he met Amy Bockerstette, a then 20-year-old with Down Syndrome, and invited her to play the par-3 16th hole. The video of her making a par went viral.

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“Last year had a bigger impact on me than winning,” Woodland said. “The impact she had on me that day was not only me, but millions around the world. You’ve seen the people that have been impacted by this, by the video and her attitude, her energy, her love. I keep saying it, it’s so contagious and the world needs a lot more of it. And especially with everything that’s going on in the world right now, we need a lot more Amy in it.”

Woodland credits Bockerstette as his unofficial mental coach, and said that in the crucible of the final round of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach he channeled her positive energy and mantra – “I got this” – en route to winning his first major.

The two reunited on Wednesday, first at the the 16th hole, where Bockerstette’s Foundation, I Got This, received a check for $25,000 from The Thunderbirds, the host tournament sponsor. Later, Bockerstette joined Woodland at the press conference where she gave him a ball mark and a divot tool engraved with her catchphrase and posed the following question to him: “Gary, when are you going to play golf with me like you said last time?”

Woodland smiled. “We need to do that,” he said. “Sooner than later. When I get back in town we’ll play golf together. Is that a deal?”

On Sunday, Woodland was playing a practice round at TPC Scottsdale when he learned that Kobe Bryant had died in a helicopter crash. He said he and his wife took the news hard.

“You wanted to believe it was fake,” he said. “I’ve looked up to Kobe my whole life. I grew up in that generation with him dominating, so I’ve always wanted to be him, the way he worked on the basketball court, I wanted his work ethic. You talked to people with the ‘Mamba mentality,’ that’s what we all strive for as athletes out here.

“For me personally, looking at him the last couple years I want to be like him as a father. I want to be able to spend time with my kids. I brought my kid out yesterday. My kid’s two and a half. That’s the first time he’s walked with me on a golf course. He came out during the practice round. Because with Kobe being taken away, you don’t know how much time we have and I want to be able to share more time with my son now, when my daughters get older. But I brought him out yesterday because of that and let him experience being out and spending time with him. And the impact (Kobe’s) had…he shut the world down for a day.”

Woodland never met Bryant, but he will honor him in Phoenix by doing something special with his golf shoes this weekend. He also changed his Scotty Cameron putter cover to Lakers colors.

“But I think the biggest tribute is try to imitate him in the way to be a father like he was and work hard every day,” he said, “because you never know when it’s taken away from you, so you can’t take any day for granted on and off the golf course.”

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Waste Management Phoenix Open field, by the rankings

Check out the field at the 2020 Waste Management Phoenix Open by the rankings.

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The PGA Tour travels to Scottsdale, Arizona, for the 2020 Waste Management Phoenix Open as Rickie Fowler aims to defend his title.

Below is a field list for the event, with each player’s Golfweek/Sagarin Ranking and Official World Golf Ranking indicated beside his name.

Jeff Sagarin’s rating system is based on a mathematical formula that uses a player’s won-lost-tied record against other players when they play on the same course on the same day, and the stroke differential between those players, then links all players to one another based on common opponents. The ratings give an indication of who is playing well over the past 52 weeks.

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For the 2019-20 season, the average ranking of the winner heading into the week in which they won PGA Tour event has been 94.21 in Golfweek/Sagarins and 132.64 in the OWGR.

GW/Sagarin OWGR
Jon Rahm 2 3
Webb Simpson 3 11
Justin Thomas 7 4
Collin Morikawa 9 56
Hideki Matsuyama 11 24
Brandt Snedeker 13 43
Viktor Hovland 20 94
Rickie Fowler 22 26
Xander Schauffele 23 9
Jason Kokrak 25 69
Sungjae Im 26 35
Vaughn Taylor 27 100
Rory Sabbatini 28 88
Tony Finau 29 13
Matt Kuchar 30 21
Scottie Scheffler 31 53
Andrew Putnam 33 48
Gary Woodland 34 16
Russell Knox 35 112
Billy Horschel 36 40
Jordan Spieth 37 51
Cameron Tringale 38 210
Adam Hadwin 39 52
Matthew Wolff 42 95
Byeong Hun An 49 49
Bryson DeChambeau 56 17
Ryan Palmer 57 72
Scott Piercy 58 116
Kevin Na 59 28
Daniel Berger 60 160
Ryan Moore 61 96
Brian Harman 63 128
J.T. Poston 64 73
Denny McCarthy 65 153
Cameron Smith 67 34
Matt Jones 69 101
Brian Stuard 74 139
Dylan Frittelli 75 110
Mark Hubbard 77 195
Harris English 79 206
Bubba Watson 81 55
Max Homa 84 115
Nick Taylor 86 236
Corey Conners 88 61
Talor Gooch 89 198
Keegan Bradley 91 54
Doc Redman 93 157
Sebastián Muñoz 94 103
Bud Cauley 96 147
Harry Higgs 99 136
Carlos Ortiz 101 150
Emiliano Grillo 102 119
Zach Johnson 107 219
Harold Varner III 108 135
Chez Reavie 109 39
Joel Dahmen 110 105
Sam Burns 121 191
Sung Kang 125 85
Aaron Wise 126 125
Nate Lashley 130 89
Branden Grace 132 74
Grayson Murray 133 379
Sam Ryder 137 254
Kevin Streelman 140 131
Adam Schenk 148 214
Troy Merritt 149 148
Aaron Baddeley 150 276
Brendan Steele 151 167
Tom Hoge 153 142
Kyle Stanley 156 130
Beau Hossler 157 194
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 158 120
Scott Harrington 162 223
Brian Gay 163 189
Charley Hoffman 170 155
Danny Lee 173 97
Peter Malnati 174 266
Adam Long 180 118
Martin Laird 183 367
Jimmy Walker 186 239
Brice Garnett 188 231
Ryan Armour 194 212
Patrick Rodgers 196 315
Kevin Tway 199 133
Russell Henley 202 247
Tyler Duncan 210 164
J.J. Spaun 215 289
Keith Mitchell 216 108
J.B. Holmes 217 99
Si Woo Kim 223 122
Wyndham Clark 225 178
Chesson Hadley 229 186
Luke Donald 234 440
John Huh 236 792
Andrew Landry 248 106
Mackenzie Hughes 254 287
C.T. Pan 255 77
Roger Sloan 267 259
Matt Every 270 304
Luke List 272 158
Kyoung-Hoon Lee 275 291
Sepp Straka 286 170
Trey Mullinax 296 415
K.J. Choi 301 422
Chris Kirk 306 413
Austin Cook 329 299
Lanto Griffin 330 98
Chris Stroud 332 268
Sebastian Cappelen 338 307
Ted Potter, Jr. 358 298
Zack Sucher 359 169
Charl Schwartzel 371 251
Satoshi Kodaira 374 222
Patton Kizzire 383 348
Hudson Swafford 408 446
Lucas Bjerregaard 420 91
Brandon Hagy 479 499
Colt Knost 487 1342
Jamie Lovemark 632 623
Martin Trainer 749 376
Alex Smalley N/R N/R
Bo Van Pelt N/R 2080
Greg Chalmers N/R 683
James Hahn N/R 945
Kevin Chappell N/R 441
Kevin Stadler N/R 2080
Kyle Westmoreland N/R 2080
Marty Jertson N/R 1647
Patrick Flavin N/R 622
Sean O’Hair N/R 506
Seung-Yul Noh N/R 1474
Steve Stricker N/R 825

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Waste Management Phoenix Open: Round 1 tee times, TV information

Here’s everything you need to know for the PGA Tour’s stop in Arizona at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

The PGA Tour’s next stop is in Arizona this week for the 2020 Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Rickie Fowler returns to TPC Scottsdale for “The People’s Open” and it’s famous party at the par-3 16th hole to defend his 2019 title, along with the likes of Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau and Gary Woodland.

Here are this week’s featured groups: Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama and Rahm; DeChambeau, Tony Finau and Fowler; Schauffele, Cameron Smith and Woodland; Andrew Landry, Jordan Spieth and Bubba Watson.

From tee times to television information, here’s everything you need to know for this week’s event in Phoenix.

First round tee times

1st Tee

(All tee times Eastern)

Tee time Players
9:20 a.m. Matt Jones, Sean O’Hair, Tom Hoge
9:30 a.m. Adam Hadwin, Jamie Lovemark, Colt Knost
9:40 a.m. Mackenzie Hughes, Chris Kirk, Lucas Bjerregaard
9:50 a.m. Collin Morikawa, Sung Kang, Webb Simpson
10 a.m. Ryan Armour, Russell Knox, Kevin Stadler
10:10 a.m. Nate Lashley, Matt Kuchar, Scott Piercy
10:20 a.m. Martin Trainer, Aaron Wise, Satoshi Kodaira
10:30 a.m. J.B. Holmes, Greg Chalmers, Luke Donald
10:40 a.m. Corey Conners, Patton Kizzire, Grayson Murray
10:50 a.m. Kyle Stanley, John Huh, Sungjae Im
11 a.m. Zack Sucher, Alex Smalley, Kyle Westmoreland
1:35 p.m. Brian Gay, Jason Kokrak, Sam Burns
1:45 p.m. Chris Stroud, Matt Every, Brandon Hagy
1:55 p.m. Charl Schwartzel, Kevin Streelman, Beau Hossler
2:05 p.m. Andrew Landry, Bubba Watson, Jordan Spieth
2:15 p.m. Rickie Fowler, Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau
2:25 p.m. Matthew Wolff, Chez Reavie, Brandt Snedeker
2:35 p.m. Dylan Frittelli, Ryan Palmer, Adam Long
2:45 p.m. Lanto Griffin, Si Woo Kim, Hudson Swafford
2:55 p.m. Brian Stuard, Carlos Ortiz, Roger Sloan
3:05 p.m. James Hahn, Martin Laird, Trey Mullinax
3:15 p.m. Seung-Yul Noh, Adam Schenk, Sebastian Cappelen

10th Tee

Tee time Players
9:20 a.m. Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Harold Varner III
9:30 a.m. Nick Taylor, Bo Van Pelt, Kiradech Aphibarnrat
9:40 a.m. Charley Hoffman, Branden Grace, J.J. Spaun
9:50 a.m. Cameron Smith, Gary Woodland, Xander Schauffele
10 a.m. Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Hideki Matsuyama
10:10 a.m. Max Homa, Keith Mitchell, Brice Garnett
10:20 a.m. C.T. Pan, Jimmy Walker, K.J. Choi
10:30 a.m. Troy Merritt, Brendan Steele, Ryan Moore
10:40 a.m. Vaughn Taylor, Luke List, Denny McCarthy
10:50 a.m. Harris English, Byeong Hun An, Talor Gooch
11 a.m. Joel Dahmen, Sepp Straka, Doc Redman
1:35 p.m. Aaron Baddeley, Danny Lee, Harry Higgs
1:45 p.m. Chesson Hadley, Bud Cauley, Kyoung-Hoon Lee
1:55 p.m. Peter Malnati, Scottie Scheffler, Scott Harrington
2:05 p.m. Tyler Duncan, Keegan Bradley, Zach Johnson
2:15 p.m. J.T. Poston, Austin Cook, Kevin Chappell
2:25 p.m. Billy Horschel, Ted Potter, Jr., Daniel Berger
2:35 p.m. Kevin Tway, Andrew Putnam, Rory Sabbatini
2:45 p.m. Kevin Na, Sebastián Muñoz, Xinjun Zhang
2:55 p.m. Emiliano Grillo, Cameron Tringale, Patrick Rodgers
3:05 p.m. Sam Ryder, Mark Hubbard, Wyndham Clark
3:15 p.m. Viktor Hovland, Marty Jertson, Patrick Flavin

TV information

(All times Eastern)

Thursday

TV: 3 – 7 p.m. (Golf Channel)
PGA Tour Live: (Featured Groups, Featured Holes), 9:15 a.m. – 7 p.m.
PGA Tour Live on Twitter: 9:15 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. ET
Radio: 1 – 7 p.m. ET, PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio.

Friday

TV: 3 – 7 p.m. (Golf Channel)
PGA Tour Live: (Featured Groups, Featured Holes), 9:15 a.m. – 7 p.m.
PGA Tour Live on Twitter: 9:15 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. ET
Radio: 1 – 7 p.m. ET, PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio.

Saturday

TV: 1 – 2:45 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3 – 6 p.m. (CBS)
PGA Tour Live: (Featured Groups, Featured Holes), 10:45 a.m. – 6 p.m.
PGA Tour Live on Twitter: 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. ET
Radio: 1 – 6 p.m. ET, PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio.

Sunday

TV: 1 – 2:45 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3 – 6 p.m. (CBS)
PGA Tour Live: (Featured Groups, Featured Holes), 10:45 a.m. – 6 p.m.
PGA Tour Live on Twitter: 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. ET
Radio: 1 – 6 p.m. ET, PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio.

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Golfweek’s Adam Schupak discusses the players and storylines at the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week.