2025 WM Phoenix Open PGA Online Betting
Once we hit the end of the spring, none of the golfers are going to want to be in the desert heat in Scottsdale. But in early February, it's a fantastic time of year to be in Arizona, and the WM Phoenix Open is considered to be a great early-season tournament. The event had previously been known as the Waste Management Phoenix Open but perhaps WM is easier to market for the media. The 2025 WM Phoenix Open did not make the cut in terms of a Signature Event with a $20 million dollar prize purse, so players will have to accept the $9.2 million dollar purse. The field is usually a good one, as players enjoy playing TPC Scottsdale, but it will be interesting to see how many top players bypass this event because of past incidents with unruly fans.
Catch all of the action at the WM Phoenix Open from Thursday, February 6 through Sunday, February 9.
2025 PGA Tour Betting Lines
2025 WM Phoenix Open at a Glance
Course: TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ
Par: 71
Course Lengths: 7,261 yards
Defending Champion: Nick Taylor
Tournament Record: -28 (Mark Calcavecchia 2001, Phil Mickelson 2013)
This is one of the oldest tournaments in the history of the PGA Tour. Once known as the Arizona Open, the WM Phoenix Open dates all the way back to 1932.
The one notable factor about the WM Phoenix Open is that it concludes on Super Bowl Sunday. Generally speaking, the end of this event doesn't end up coinciding with the start of the Super Bowl, but if the event goes to a playoff, there's always that chance.
WM Phoenix Open Winners (2000)
| YEAR |
WINNER |
SCORE TO PAR |
| 2024 |
Nick Taylor |
-21 |
| 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 |
| 2014 |
Kevin Stadler |
-16 |
| 2013 |
Phil Mickelson |
-28 |
| 2012 |
Kyle Stanley |
-15 |
| 2011 |
Mark Wilson |
-18 |
| 2010 |
Hunter Mahan |
-16 |
| 2009 |
Kenny Perry |
-14 |
| 2008 |
J.B. Holmes |
-14 |
| 2007 |
Aaron Baddeley |
-21 |
| 2006 |
J.B. Holmes |
-21 |
| 2005 |
Phil Mickelson |
-17 |
| 2004 |
Jonathan Kaye |
-18 |
| 2003 |
Vijay Singh |
-23 |
| 2002 |
Chris DiMarco |
-17 |
| 2001 |
Mark Calcavecchia |
-28 |
| 2000 |
Tom Lehman |
-14 |
The list of winners at the WM Phoenix Open features Scheffler, Koepka, Simpson, Fowler, Matsuyama and Mickelson but also includes Vijay Singh, Sandy Lyle, Paul Azinger, Johnny Miller and Arnold Palmer.
Most Career Wins
| WINS |
GOLFER |
YEARS |
| 3 |
Phil Mickelson |
1996, 2005, 2013 |
| 3 |
Mark Calcavecchia |
1989, 1992, 2001 |
| 3 |
Gene Littler |
1955, 1959, 1969 |
| 3 |
Arnold Palmer |
1961, 1962, 1963 |
You'd think that a tournament with this type of history would have someone win it more than three times in a career. Arnold Palmer had the greatest run in the history of the WM Phoenix Open, winning it three straight years from 1961 through 1963, making him a rare back-to-back winner. Phil Mickelson is the most recently to pull off the trio of wins at the WM Phoenix Open. He captured the crown in 1996 for one of the first victories of his career, and most recently, he was the winner in 2013. Mark Calcavecchia and Gene Littler are also three-time winners of the event. A total of 15 different men have won the WM Phoenix Open twice.
Best Winning Tournament Scores
| SCORE |
GOLFER |
YEAR |
| -28 (256) |
Phil Mickelson |
2013 |
| -28 (256) |
Mark Calcavecchia |
2001 |
| -26 (258) |
Steve Jones |
1997 |
| -24 (260) |
Johnny Miller |
1975 |
| -23 (261) |
Vijay Singh |
2003 |
| -23 (261) |
Miller Barber |
1971 |
Though it really looks like the scores have been historically low at the WM Phoenix Open; that really isn't the case. Most of the winning scores have been in the mid-teens. That said, every now and again, someone has come up with a fantastic individual effort to really put away a big-time tournament here in Scottsdale, the most recently of which was when Phil Mickelson fired a -28 and beat the field by four strokes in 2013 for his third championship at the WM Phoenix Open.
The only other time someone shot anywhere near that low was in 2001 when Mark Calcavecchia went off for -28 as well, and he won by eight shots. The biggest margin of victory in the history of the WM Phoenix Open was an insane 14 strokes, a mark which Johnny Miller won by in his second of back-to-back titles in 1975 with his -24 effort.
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