SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The WM Phoenix Open is the fifth-oldest tournament on the PGA Tour. In 2023, it will celebrate its 88th playing and 36th time at TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium course.
This year will also mark the biggest, most high profile, most star-studded rendition of what has become the “People’s Open.”
The PGA Tour, in an effort to stave off the upstart LIV Golf League, which has been pilfering some of the top names in the game for the last nine months, has ramped up the prize money in a big way. The Phoenix Open had a purse of $9 million in 2022. It’s more than double that in 2023.
Here’s a closer look at some of the reasons why 2023 will be the biggest, loudest, and perhaps most interesting Phoenix Open ever.