2023 WM Phoenix Open Odds and Picks

Are you ready for the WM Phoenix Open, which is often called the Peoples Open? It’s the rowdiest of the PGA Tour events during the season and it has now been proclaimed as being an elevated event. That means the purse jumped from around 9 million last year to 20 million! That’s drawing in big names, such as co-favorites Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy who both come in at +750.

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That puts them ahead of Scottie Scheffler who is currently the No. 2 player in the world according to the OWGR. Scheffler enters the opening round at +1200. Rory is currently ranked as the No. 1 player in the world while Rahm is No. 3 and the ranked players in the field keep coming.

First, here are the favorites to win the 2023 WM Phoenix Open outright:

Jon Rahm +750

Rory McIlroy +750

Scottie Scheffler +1200

Xander Schauffele +1400

Patrick Cantlay +1800

Back to the world rankings mentioned above. Xander Schauffele is ranked No. 6, while Patrick Cantlay is ranked No. 5. So, what happened to the No. 4 player? That would be Cameron Smith and he’s now part of the LIV Golf exhibition tour so he’s not in the field. There are eight of the top ten players in the world teeing it up in Scottsdale this week.

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2023 WM Phoenix Open Preview

Where: Scottsdale, Arizona

Course: TPC Scottsdale

Format: Stroke Play

Par: 71

Length: 7266 Yards

When: February 9 –12, 2022

Purse: $20 Million.

TV Coverage: CBS, Golf Channel, Peacock

What do you get when you combine NASCAR at Talladega with Golf? You get the WM Phoneix Open! The course plays long, has greens averaging 7000 sg. feet, tall roughs, and fans that love to try and get under the skin of players.

That’s especially the case for the No. 16 hole known as the Birds Nest as well as the Colosseum. Fans pour it on at this hole which caused Justin Leonard to give the crowd a one-fingered salute a few years ago when they booed him for a bad shot.

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2023 WM Phoenix Open Predictions

Rory McIlroy +750

Rory McIlroy comes into the event following his win on the DP World Tour two weeks ago and as the No. 1 ranked player on the OWGR. This is his first PGA Tour event since he won the CJ Cup back in October. McIlroy has been playing great golf while balancing the role he’s taken with being one of the public faces of the PGA against LIV Golf. It does not seem to have slowed him down.

Scottie Scheffler +1200

Scottie Scheffler enters the tournament as the defending champ. He defeated Patrick Cantlay last year at Scottsdale in a playoff. Speaking of playoffs, this event has ended in a playoff five of the last seven times. Scheffler seems to play this course well and should be able to take full advantage of his short iron and putter at TPC Scottsdale.

Max Homa +2000

Max Homa has made it to the weekend all four times he’s played here and that includes two T15 finishes. Homa is now sitting at No. 2 in FedEx points and moved to the No. 12 spot on the OWGR. He has already won twice this season with both the Farmers and the Fortinet Championship. He also carded a T3 at the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

Others: Why am I not all-in on Jon Rahm (+750) this week? He just looked a bit off during his last PGA Tour outing. However, he’s playing on his college home turf, so he’ll be feeling the love from his Arizona State fans. Rickie Fowler (+5000) is showing flashes of his former playing level and seems to keep improving. He has come close to winning this event several times so he’s familiar with how this course plays.

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2023 WM Phoenix Open Betting Lines

Jon Rahm +750

Rory McIlroy +750

Scottie Scheffler +1200

Xander Schauffele +1400

Patrick Cantlay +1800

Tony Finau +2000

Collin Morikawa +2000

Justin Thomas +2000

Max Homa +2000

Sungjae Im +2500

Hideki Matsuyama +2500

Cameron Young +2800

Tom Kim +2800

Viktor Hovland +3300

Matt Fitzpatrick +3300

Jordan Spieth +3300

Sahith Theegala +4000

Sam Burns +4000

Taylor Montgomery +5000

Tyrrell Hatton +5000

Jason Day +5000

Rickie Fowler +5000

Keegan Bradley +5000

Shane Lowry +6000

Alex Noren +6000

Si-Woo Kim +6000

Tommy Fleetwood +6600

Corey Conners +6600

Russell Henley +6600

Seamus Power +6600

Billy Horschel +6600

Keith Mitchell +6600

Lucas Herbert +6600

Aaron Wise +6600

Brian Harman +8000

Maverick McNealy +8000

Kyoung-Hoon Lee +8000

Tom Hoge +8000

Chris Kirk +8000

JT Poston +10000

Andrew Putnam +10000

Taylor Pendrith +10000

JJ Spaun +10000

Denny McCarthy +10000

Adam Hadwin +10000

Matt Kuchar +10000

Christiaan Bezuidenhout +12500

Gary Woodland +12500

Brendon Todd +12500

Kurt Kitayama +12500

Brendan Steele +12500

Francesco Molinari +12500

Joel Dahmen +15000

Wyndham Clark +15000

Garrick Higgo +15000

Harris English +15000

Scott Stallings +15000

Taylor Moore +15000

Luke List +15000

Hayden Buckley +15000

Beau Hossler +15000

Davis Thompson +15000

Emiliano Grillo +15000

Patrick Rodgers +15000

Cameron Champ +20000

Kevin Kisner +20000

Mackenzie Hughes +20000

Trey Mullinax +20000

Ryan Palmer +20000

Matt Wallace +20000

Brandon Wu +20000

Davis Riley +20000

Stephan Jaeger +20000

Webb Simpson +20000

David Lipsky +20000

Sam Ryder +20000

Matthew Nesmith +20000

Russell Knox +20000

Martin Laird +25000

Jhonattan Vegas +25000

Aaron Rai +25000

Adam Svensson +25000

Nate Lashley +25000

Nick Taylor +25000

Erik Van Rooyen +25000

Lanto Griffin +25000

Patton Kizzire +25000

Greyson Sigg +25000

Scott Piercy +25000

Mark Hubbard +25000

Peter Malnati +25000

Callum Tarren +25000

Stewart Cink +25000

Michael Thompson +30000

Charley Hoffman +30000

Troy Merritt +30000

Ryan Moore +30000

Chez Reavie +30000

Lee Hodges +35000

Kevin Streelman +35000

Dylan Frittelli +40000

Justin Lower +40000

Chesson Hadley +40000

Danny Lee +40000

James Hahn +40000

Lucas Glover +40000

Kevin Tway +40000

Adam Schenk +50000

Adam Long +50000

Doug Ghim +50000

Zach Johnson +50000

Doc Redman +50000

Austin Smotherman +50000

Matthias Schwab +50000

John Huh +50000

Kramer Hickok +50000

J.B. Holmes +50000

Tyler Duncan +50000

Chad Ramey +75000

Jimmy Walker +75000

Rory Sabbatini +75000

Andrew Landry +100000

Richy Werenski +100000

Jason Dufner +100000

Nick Watney +100000

Kelly Kraft +100000

Robert Streb +100000

Brian Gay +100000

Max McGreevy +100000

Ryan Brehm +100000

Jim Herman +100000

Ricky Barnes +100000

Michael Hopper +150000