The PGA TOUR is celebrating another Super Bowl week with a trip to TPC Scottsdale for the WM Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona. The “People’s Open” is one of the biggest non-majors of the season and always makes a great spectacle with an iconic course and raucous spectators. The event begins on Thursday, Feb. 4, and will conclude on Sunday, Feb. 8 just hours before kickoff of Super Bowl LX.
Last week, Justin Rose ran away with the Farmers Insurance Open, while the big story was the return of Brooks Koepka to the PGA TOUR. Koepka made the cut and will play again this week at TPC Scottsdale, where he won twice earlier in his career. Koepka will be playing alongside Scottie Scheffler for the first time this season, since Scheffler took last week off after winning The American Express in his first start of 2026.
DraftKings Network will have a variety of coverage leading up to Thursday’s tee times. Let’s start the week with a look at the tournament’s history and the courses it will be played on.
The History of WM Phoenix Open
The WM Phoenix Open dates all the way back to 1932, but the tournament hasn’t been played continuously since then. It found its current home at the Stadium Course of TPC Scottsdale in 1987 and has been held at this track every year since then. The event has been held the same week as the Super Bowl, dating back even further, since 1973.
Last year, Thomas Detry ran away with the win to become the first winner on the PGA TOUR from Belgium. He beat the rest of the field by seven strokes, while Michael Kim and Daniel Berger tied for second and Jordan Spieth and Christiaan Bezuidenhout tied for fourth. Scheffler did play the event last year but faded to a T-25. It was only his second event after an extended layoff due to a hand injury.
This year, Scheffler comes back to Phoenix with much better form and leads a solid field that includes 121 golfers, 10 major champions and 11 of the top 20 in the OWGR (Official World Golf Ranking). Check out the full field and opening odds on DraftKings Sportsbook.
The tournament is the first full-field event in North America that will be held on a single course after course rotations were used for the tournaments in the last two weeks. After this week, the PGA TOUR has back-to-back Signature Events on the schedule at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis Invitational, before the focus shifts from the West Coast swing to Florida.
The PGA TOUR also announced that this tournament will mark the debut of PGA TOUR LIVE Betcast presented by DraftKings. The stream will be part of ESPN+ and provide bettors an opportunity to view every birdie and bogey through the lens of shifting odds and fast-developing live markets on DraftKings Sportsbook. The Betcast will be part of the coverage for a dozen of the top tournaments this year, starting with the WM Phoenix Open.
Matching last week’s purse exactly, the total purse for this week’s event is $9.6 million, with the winner claiming a $1.728 million payday.
A Closer Look at the Course
The Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale is a Par 72 set in the Sonoran Desert just outside of Phoenix. Designers Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish finished working on the course in 1986 and the PGA TOUR arrived the following year. The tournament always draws huge crowds and provides a fan-friendly, raucous atmosphere. It claims to draw the biggest crowds of any stop on the PGA TOUR, and it usually turns into an outstanding event to watch in person or on TV.
The event typically provides plenty of drama as well, with a playoff or a one-stroke win in 15 of the last 19 years. Last year’s runaway was the exception, and hopefully we get some great pre-Super Bowl drama again this week.
The course itself rewards distance and precision off the tee, with all three par-5s presenting eagle opportunities for longer players in the field. While there are plenty of birdie chances, the course doesn’t usually give up extremely low scores. Over the last five years, scoring has averaged just -0.89 per round.
Here is a drone flyover from this year and a look at the stadium stretch getting set up for this year’s big event.
The most famous hole on the course is the Par-3 No. 16, known as “The Coliseum” since it has fans all around and is fully enclosed. It’s the loudest hole in golf and can lead to memorable moments any time a player tees off.
From a statistical perspective. Strokes Gained: Approach is the key stat to consider this week with Total Driving and Birdie or Better % along with course history helping to indicate which golfers will find success in the desert this week.
Stay tuned to DK Network all week as we run down our top picks and best bets for this week’s event!
