It may be Super Bowl week, but the PGA TOUR has a fun event in Arizona, and with tee times released, it’s time to dive in and see what we can expect.
Calm Weather in Phoenix Keeps DFS Golf Strategy Relatively Stable
We continue to play golf in some optimal conditions. Forecasts for the first half of the week look to be about what you’d expect: temperatures in the 70s and a nice breeze.
The wind is supposed to taper off as Thursday progresses, but with all projections suggesting that the peak is going to be in the 15-mile-per-hour range, it’s not as if major adjustments need to be made when it comes to a DFS wave stack.
Golfers who start on Hole #10 have a slight edge in birdie-streak equity, but, as with the gusts, the impact figures to be minimal at best. Both sets of nine holes conclude with one of the toughest on the property, thus making the stringing of three together improbable.
WM Phoenix Open Round 1 Tee Times, Hole #1
All times listed are EST (local time is two hours earlier). We’ve had amateurs and course rotations lately: neither is the case this week, giving us a chance to enjoy the best in the world at one of the more entertaining events we have all year.
- 9:20 – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Rasmus Hojgaard, and Kevin Roy
- 9:31 – Patton Kizzire, Michael Thorbjornsen, and Danny Walker
- 9:42 – Daniel Berger, Michael Kim, and Bud Cauley
- 9:53 – Jake Knapp, Chris Kirk, and Webb Simpson
- 10:04 – Ryan Fox, Sepp Straka, and Nick Taylor
- 10:15 – Brian Harman, Harris English, and Davis Thompson
- 10:26 – Kurt Kitayama, William Mouw, and Joe Highsmith
- 10:37 – Adam Schenk, Gary Woodland, and Jacob Bridgeman
- 10:48 – Tom Hoge, Eric Cole, and Marco Penge
- 10:59 – Dan Brown, Kensei Hirata, and Keita Nakajima
- 2:00 – Rafael Campos, Corey Conners, and Chandler Phillips
- 2:11 – Tom Kim, Thorbjorn Olesen, and Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson
- 2:22 – Max Homa, Joel Dahmen, and Keith Mitchell
- 2:33 – Viktor Hovland, Hideki Matsuyama, and Collin Morikawa
- 2:44 – Xander Schauffele, Cam Young, and Brooks Kopeka
- 2:55 – Min Woo Lee, Rickie Fowler, and Si Woo Kim
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- 3:06 – Mav McNealy, Matt McCarty, and Billy Horschel
- 3:17 – Austin Eckroat, Charley Hoffman, and Matti Schmid
- 3:28 – Zach Bauchou, Emilio Gonzalez, and Chandler Blanchet
- 3:39 – Haotong Li, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, and Neal Shipley
WM Phoenix Open Round 1 Tee Times, Hole #10
- 9:20 – Mackenzie Hughes, Ryo Hisatsune, Max McGreevy
- 9:31 – Max Greyserman, Nicolai Hojgaard, and Pierceson Coody
- 9:42 – Brice Garnett, Mark Hubbard, and Vince Whaley
- 9:53 – JJ Spaun, Sahith Theegala, and Sam Burns
- 10:04 – Ben Griffin, Wyndham Clark, and Matt Fitzpatrick
- 10:15 – Scottie Scheffler, Chris Gotterup, and Jordan Spieth
- 10:26 – Michael Brennan, Karl Villips, and Tony Finau
- 10:37 – Peter Malnati, Patrick Rodgers, and Alex Smalley
- 10:48 – Zecheng Dou, John VanDerLaan, and AJ Eward
- 10:59 – Dave Chatfield, ST Lee, and Thomas Avant
- 2:00 – Emiliano Grillo, Rico Hoey, and Takumi Kanaya
- 2:11 – SH Kim, Mac Meissner, and Kristoffer Reitan
- 2:22 – Matthieu Pavon, Chad Ramey, and Sam Stevens
- 2:33 – JT Poston, Davis Riley, and Stephan Jaeger
- 2:44 – Andrew Novak, Harry Hall, and Akshay Bhatia
- 2:55 – Brian Campbell, Aldrich Potgieter, and Cam Davis
- 3:06 – Sami Valimaki, Garrick Higgo, and Nico Echavarria
- 3:17 – Erik van Rooyen, Hank Lebioda, and Johnny Keefer
- 3:28 – Jordan Smith, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, and Pontus Nyholm
- 3:39 – Austin Smotherman, John Parry, and Christo Lamprecht
- 3:50 – Alejandro Tosti, Adrien Saddier, and Jeffery King
WM Phoenix Open Final Notes
You didn’t think I’d leave you out to dry without giving you a few more notes to consider, did you?
- Pierceson Coody, fifth best in terms of birdie-or-better rate over his past 36 rounds
- Jordan Spieth is always a fun click, but he ranks No. 94 in the field in that key approach range of 150-200 yards
Average approach distribution rates from each yardage range for TPC Scottsdale for this week’s WM Phoenix Open.
All of this data can be found in the Rabbit Hole’s course pages.
150-200 yds 📈
50-150, 200+ yds📉 pic.twitter.com/nbtVeMEwsl— Ron Klos (@PGASplits101) February 3, 2026
- Michael Thorbjornsen and Rico Hoey both rank inside the top 10 in eagle rate over the past year in this field
- Looking for One-and-Done advice? Check out the WM Phoenix Open Rankings
- Surprise names in the top-25 of ball striking over the last 12 months include the aforementioned Hoey (No. 2), Daniel Berger (No. 7), Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson (No. 15), and Austin Smootherman (No. 23)
- Looking to spin last week’s Farmers ‘ Insurance Open forward? I’ve got you covered with the notes of Justin Rose’s dominance.
