Pat Mayo and Geoff Fienberg preview the course and run through the odds while making their 2024 Waste Management Open Picks, bets, and One and Done — while also providing their 2024 Pebble Beach Recap and LIV Mexico Recap.
FULL WASTE MANAGEMENT OPEN PICKS, BETS, PREVIEW
2024 WMPO — Picks & Preview | Info & Research | Stats/Tools
2024 WMPO— DraftKings Picks | Podcast | DK Ownership Projections
DraftKings Golf Strategy — How/Where to Research | DK Showdown/In Play Wagering | Building Lineups
2024 WM Phoenix Open Overview
- Field: 132 Players
- Cut: Top 65 and Ties
- Lineup Lock: Thursday, February 8
- Defending Champ: Scottie Scheffler
2024 WM Phoenix Open Key Stats
- Strokes Gained: Ball Striking
- Par 4s Gained: 450-500 Yards
- Eagles Gained
- Opportunities Gained
Mayo’s Key Stat Rankings powered by FantasyNational.com
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2024 WM Phoenix Open Course
Course: TPC Scottsdale
- Yardage: 7,261
- Par: 71
- Greens: Poa trivialis/Perennial rye overseed
DraftKings Showdown Streak
Going back-to-front is a minor edge chasing a birdie streak. Holes 17-18-1 play 0.25 strokes under par while Holes 8-9-10 play 0.03 strokes over par. The easiest of the holes in consideration is, pretty easily, the 332-yard Par 4 17th (39.1% birdie-or-better rate) — as good a starting point for a streak as any. Also, don’t rule out the in-round form. Heading into the 17th are two of the seven easiest holes on the course — a contrast to Hole #7 being the lead into the other streak-potential as the second toughest on the course.
2024 WM Phoenix Open: Past Winners
- 2023: Scottie Scheffler -19
- 2022: Scottie Scheffler -16
- 2021: Brooks Koepka -19
- 2020: Webb Simpson -17
- 2019: Rickie Fowler -17
- 2018: Gary Woodland -18
- 2017: Hideki Matsuyama -17
- 2016: Hideki Matsuyama -14
- 2015: Brooks Koepka -15
2023: Scottie Scheffler
– He matched Nick Taylor with a 65 on Sunday (second best round of the day). He was better than Taylor just once in four rounds (fired a 64 on Friday)
-Scheffler led the field in Prox: 150-175, a distance range that all top-9 finishers gained
2022: Scottie Scheffler
– His 62 on Saturday was 2 strokes better than any other round for any other golfer during the tournament (the only round in which he topped Cantlay)
– Of the nine that gained 5+ strokes with the flat stick, six cashed top 10 checks
2024 WM Phoenix Open Picks
All WM Phoenix Open Picks, Bets
Justin Thomas
This feels like the chalk pick of the century, but here we are. JT’s recent form coupled with his event history is pretty hard to ignore. He could have won at Pebble if he’d just made a few putts Saturday, finishing as just one of two players inside the Top 20 who lost strokes on the green for the two rounds at Pebble Beach. Thomas has played in Phoenix every year since 2015, and hasn’t finished worse than T17 in any of the past six seasons.
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