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Feb 5, 2021 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Co-leader Matthew NeSmith nearly made a hole-in-one on the par-3 16th — and barely got a reaction from the few fans. Xander Schauffele flubbed a chip — and couldn’t help but hear a surprised spectator’s reaction. With attendance capped at about 5,000 at sunny TPC Scottsdale — a fraction of the usual turnout but the most for a PGA Tour event since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — the Waste Management Phoenix Open opened Thursday with some ve...

In COVID era, players adjusting to ‘weird’ Phoenix Open with limited fans Players are used to hearing the roar of the crowd as they walk onto 16. It will have a different vibe this year. (Source: Cronkite News) By Marco Peralta | February 5, 2021 at 12:20 PM MST - Updated February 5 at 12:20 PM PHOENIX – The 16th hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open is not just any par-3. The 16th hole is three stories high. The 16th hole is a coliseum, built to hold tens of thousands ...

“Well, out here I dont know if I feel like I belong anymore, to be quite honest,” he said after taming TPC Scottsdale with his wife, Nicki, as his caddie, and their two daughters, Bobbi and Isabella, tagging along on foot. “These guys, they all hit it 300 plus, 320s, 330s, and Im just trying to get it in the fairway and get it up to 280. So the game has changed.” Apparently, though, not beyond recognition for the veteran from Wisconsin who has been hunkered down in Naples, Florida, with...

By Staff/Cronkite News Thursday, Feb. 4, 4:19 p.m. The view from the upper deck of the 16th Hole of the TPC Scottsdale. (Photo by Marlee Smith/Cronkite News) The walkway up to the 16th-hole Coliseum would make any golfer nervous, amature or professional. (Photo by Marlee Smith/Cronkite News) At the entry to the course, the Thunderbirds sign shows the dollar amount of charitable donations. (Photo by Marlee Smith/Cronkite News) Maintenance workers walk behind perimeter fen...

Featured Groups roundtable: Waste Management Phoenix Open   Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy will be grouped with Daniel Berger in Rounds 1 and 2. (Matthew Lewis/Getty Images) One of the PGA TOUR’s most popular events tees off this week at TPC Scottsdale. The Waste Management Phoenix Open may have smaller crowds this year but it still is home to the famous par-3 16th and a Tom Weiskopf-Jay Moorish design that offers up excitement on an annual basis. RELATED: PGA...

Image: Brian Rothmuller RORY MCILROY RIPPED the R&A and US Golf Association distance study as a waste of time and money, saying Wednesday the governing bodies should focus on growing the game. On the eve of his debut Thursday at the US PGA Tour’s Phoenix Open, the four-time major winner from Northern Ireland said trimming distance from elite players was much less important than keeping the sport enjoyable for recreational players. “I think the authorities, the R&A and USGA, are looking at ...

Waste Management Phoenix Open Picks and Predictions Feb 4, 2021 | By: Covers Staff Webb Simpson (+1,600) won this event last year, and both his price and current form look right for us to feel confident backing him for a repeat. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports Webb Simpson (+1,600) won this event last year, and both his price and current form look right for us to feel confident backing him for a repeat. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports While most of the betting public will be fixated on Super...

Birdie-or-Better Jon Rahm ($11,200) It’s almost a sure thing for Rahm to finish in the top-10 each time he tees it up of late. His last four starts include three straight T7s and a T2. He didn’t have his best stuff in California last week but still found a way to stay in the mix. Now Rahm goes to an event where he placed T5 in 2015 and finished T11 or better in the last three years. Xander Schauffele ($11,000) Schauffele had all facets of his game working last week at the Farmers Insurance ...

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First Look At The Field: Betting odds for the Waste Management Phoenix Open With four of the top-10 golfers in the world teeing it up this week at TPC Scottsdale, Jon Rahm is the +600 favourite to win over Justin Thomas. Michael Harrison (@houndogharrison) The TSN Edge Jon Rahm , The Canadian Press Following a bizarre Farmers Insurance Open that saw Patrick Reed mired in another rules controversy, the PGA Tour heads to Phoenix for the normally raucous...