Phoenix Open

WM Phoenix Open
Tournament information
LocationScottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Established1932
Course(s)TPC Scottsdale
Par71
Length7,261 yards (6,639 m)
Organized byThe Thunderbirds
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$8,800,000
Month playedFebruary
Tournament record score
Aggregate256 Mark Calcavecchia (2001)
256 Phil Mickelson (2013)
To par−28 as above
Current champion
Canada Nick Taylor
Location map
TPC Scottsdale is located in the United States
TPC Scottsdale
TPC Scottsdale
Location in the United States
TPC Scottsdale is located in Arizona
TPC Scottsdale
TPC Scottsdale
Location in Arizona

The Phoenix Open (branded as the WM Phoenix Open for sponsorship reasons)[1] is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held in early February at TPC Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.

The tournament was originally the Arizona Open but was known for most of its history as the Phoenix Open until the investment bank Friedman Billings Ramsey became the title sponsor in October 2003. For the next six editions, it was known as the FBR Open. Waste Management, Inc. began its sponsorship in 2010.

The event's relaxed atmosphere, raucous by professional golf standards, has earned it the nickname "The Greatest Show on Grass" and made it one of the most popular events on the PGA Tour calendar.

  1. ^ "Waste Management to sponsor Phoenix Open". PGA Tour. December 9, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2013.

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