The 2026 Waste Management Phoenix Open, one of the PGA Tour’s most electric and fan-friendly events, officially tees off Thursday at TPC Scottsdale in Arizona.

SportsLine's model simulated the WM Phoenix Open 2026 10,000 times and revealed its PGA Tour picks for TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course)

The party is what gets the fans going, but it's the golf course that has the players' attention at the WM Phoenix Open.

Matsuyama is a two-time winner of the WM Phoenix Open, going back-to-back in 2016 and 2017. He has four top-5s and five top-10s and he's fourth on the tournament's all-time money list. So maybe it's no surprise, then, what he did on the Stadium Course's back nine on Friday. It was also impressive.

SportsLine golf expert Brady Kannon just locked in his PGA Tour best bets for the 2026 WM Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Ariz.

The 2026 WM Phoenix Open commenced with the first round on Thursday, Feb. 5. See the best photos of golf action from TPC Scottsdale.

Fans at No. 16 are used to seeing shots go awry, but didn’t expect to see a rough landing during the opening ceremony.