The WM Phoenix Open celebrates its 88th playing this year, and it will also mark the biggest, highest-profile rendition to date.
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.
The Sentry Tournament of Champions, also a designated event, featured a $15 million purse. The Phoenix Open is the first $20 million tournament in 2023 and the first of consecutive events at $20 million, as the Tour goes to the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles the following week. The No. 4-ranked Smith, now a member of the LIV Golf League, isn’t coming to Scottsdale. He was among those suspended by the PGA Tour for joining the upstart league. He previously played the event five times, last making the cut in 2019.
In 2023, however, the field will be expanded to 136 so tournament director Pat Williams and company are prepared for the first and second rounds to spill over to the following day, if necessary, and if that happens, the cut won’t be made until Saturday morning. The golf course begins its transformation to a tournament venue in October and the work goes right on up to tournament week.“We’re preparing for the 2024 DraftKings sportsbook that is under construction right now and so the entry is going to be a new, temporary entry that next year will evolve into permanent in the same location," Williams said.
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