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HIGHLIGHTS
Gary Woodland's extended highlights | Round 4 | Waste Management
The event also serves as the goodbye call for NBC analyst Johnny Miller, a two-time Phoenix champion who will step aside after marking 30 seasons in the tower and 50 in the game. Miller won the 1974 and ’75 titles when the tournament was played at Phoenix Country Club.
FIELD NOTES: Matt Kuchar, who joins Schauffele as the season’s only two-time winners to date, also boosts the lineup along with Justin Thomas, Tony Finau and Rickie Fowler. … In all, TPC Scottsdale is expected to welcome 22 of the top 30 in the latest FedExCup standings. … Kenny Perry, 58, tees it up for just the third time this season as he uses a one-year exemption for players among the top 50 in career earnings. The two-time U.S. Senior Open champion was the 2009 winner at TPC Scottsdale. … Oklahoma State sophomore Matthew Wolff, who won his first three starts of this college season, is in the field on a sponsor invite.
Field Link
https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/waste-management-phoenix-open/field.html
FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 500 points.
STORYLINES: Mickelson, denied a possible 44th PGA TOUR win by Adam Long’s closing birdie at the Desert Classic, turns his attention to becoming Phoenix’s first four-time winner. He’s currently tied at three with Arnold Palmer, Gene Littler and Mark Calcavecchia. … A Mickelson win also would break a tie with Miller for the most TOUR wins in Arizona. Both have six – Mickelson also owns three wins at the old Nortel Open in Tucson; Miller won four times in Tucson and twice in Phoenix. … Mickelson is guaranteed to have one mark all to himself, as his 30th appearance breaks a tie with Littler. … Hideki Matsuyama will seek a third victory in a four-year span, seeing last year’s quest for a three-peat derailed by a wrist injury that forced him to withdraw after one round. His 2016 and ’17 titles both came in playoffs. … Miller will make his final NBC call on Saturday, a move designed to help ensure Sunday’s spotlight falls on the WMPO winner. Paul Azinger will slide into Miller’s chair starting Sunday.
COURSE: TPC Scottsdale (Stadium), 7,261 yards, par 71. Nowhere else has “The Coliseum,” where fans each day fill the stands that surround the par-3 16th and raise the noise level for everyone. Tiger Woods aced No. 16 in his first Phoenix Open in 1997, one of just nine recorded at the hole. Andrew Magee made history in 2001 by holing his tee shot at No.17 – still the only TOUR ace on a par-4. The Tom Weiskopf/Jay Morrish design opened in 1986 and got a $12 million upgrade in 2014.
72-HOLE RECORD: 256, Mark Calcavecchia (2001), Phil Mickelson (2013).
18-HOLE RECORD: 60, Grant Waite (4th round, 1996), Mark Calcavecchia (2nd round, 2001), Phil Mickelson (2nd round, 2005, and 1st round, 2013).
LAST YEAR: Woodland’s first victory in 4 ½ years was an emotional one, dispatching Chez Reavie in a one-hole playoff that helped lift the cloud from a stressful 2017. Woodland birdied three of his last four holes in regulation for a closing 7-under-par 64, only to watch Reavie ram home a 20-foot putt at No. 18 to cap his own birdie/birdie finish. Both missed the green the second time down No.18, with Woodland chipping to 3 feet for par while Reavie couldn’t get his 11-foot par attempt to fall. Woodland's third career PGA TOUR win was his first since the 2013 Reno-Tahoe Open, made even sweeter with wife Gabby and son Jaxson in tow. Jaxson was born 10 weeks premature in June 2017; a twin had been lost months earlier in a miscarriage.
HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION: Thursday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (NBC).
PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 9:15 a.m.-7 p.m. (featured groups). Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (featured groups), 3-6 p.m. (featured holes).
RADIO: Thursday-Friday, 1-7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com).
GOLFTV: International fans can stream PGA TOUR LIVE coverage from approx. 5 p.m. – Midnight (GMT) via subscription to GOLF.TV.
The PGSF rolls into Arizona for the loudest tournament of the year
Congratulations again to lat weeks winner and his brand new divining rod @seminoleed
@Bill From Tampa holds onto his lead with @seminoleed and @NoleLizards moving into the top 3
Good luck to everyone this week
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