WM Phoenix Open odds, staff picks: Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas headline field

After an incredible week at Pebble Seashore, the PGA Tour hopes to maintain its momentum with the always-entertaining WM Phoenix Open. Twenty-nine of the highest 50 gamers within the Official World Golf Rankings are teeing it up this week, together with World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who heads to Phoenix after making his PGA Tour season debut final week in Monterrey.

Scheffler is making his sixth profession begin at TPC Scottsdale, having gained on the Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish structure in each 2022 and 2023. Final yr, Scheffler tied for third, narrowly lacking out on the epic playoff between Nick Taylor and Charley Hoffman. Taylor went on a tear down the stretch to eclipse the 47-year-old American on the second additional gap.

Different gamers within the high 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings embrace World No. 5 Hideki Matsuyama, who started the season with a record-breaking win at The Sentry, and 2023 U.S. Open Champion Wyndham Clark, who’s presently seventh. Matsuyama, like Scheffler, has gained the WM Phoenix Open twice, additionally successful back-to-back years in 2016 and 2017.

Justin Thomas, in the meantime, arrives in Scottsdale with the second-lowest odds behind Scheffler, a testomony to his stable begin to the 2025 season. He posted a solo second at The American Specific however did have his justifiable share of struggles at Pebble Seashore on Saturday, posting a 2-over 74 within the wind and rain. He finally tied for forty eighth, however he has had blended outcomes at Pebble Seashore. On the flip facet, Thomas has had loads of success at TPC Scottsdale, recording 4 high 10s in 10 profession begins. He completed in solo fourth in 2023 and has made seven consecutive cuts.

WM Phoenix Open Odds:

Listed below are the most recent odds for gamers to win the 2025 WM Phoenix Open, courtesy of FanDuel:

Scottie Scheffler +280

Justin Thomas +1200

Hideki Matsuyama +1600

Sungjae Im +2200

Sam Burns +2500

Tom Kim +3300

Sahith Theegala +4500

Sepp Straka +4500

Corey Conners +5000

Byeong Hun An +5000

Rasmus Højgaard +5500

Robert MacIntyre +6000

Si Woo Kim +6000

Matt Fitzpatrick +6000

Maverick McNealy +6000

Nick Taylor +6500

Wyndham Clark +7000

Cameron Younger +7000

Kurt Kitayama +7000

Luke Clanton +7000

J.T. Poston +7500

Akshay Bhatia +7500

Min Woo Lee +7500

Billy Horschel +7500

J.J. Spaun +7500

Rickie Fowler +8000

Jordan Spieth +8000

Max Greyserman +8000

Samuel Stevens +8000

Davis Thompson +8000

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Taking part in By’s Picks:

Jack Milko — Workers Author, Golf

The 2025 PGA Tour season has had an fascinating pattern up to now: all 5 tournaments contested have already got been gained by gamers who already had a number of PGA Tour wins.

I consider that continues this week. Like Nick Taylor at Wailae and Harris English at Torrey Pines, Si Woo Kim will decide up the fifth win of his PGA Tour profession on the WM Phoenix Open. The 29-year-old South Korean missed the minimize in two of his first 4 begins to start the yr, together with his greatest end being a T-32 at The Sentry. However Kim confirmed flashes of brilliance final week at Pebble Seashore, tying for twelfth and posting a bogey-free 67 within the ultimate spherical. What provides me hope about Kim is that he gained 2.55 strokes on Pebble’s small and undulating greens, part of his recreation that he has notoriously struggled with through the years.

It’s additionally price noting that he ranked 14th in strokes gained from tee-to-green final yr on the PGA Tour. He has super management of his golf ball, however his placing is at all times the distinction between whether or not he can contend or not. However Kim will get the job carried out this week since his putter is trending in the correct path, and he has posted under-par scores in 11 of his final 12 rounds at TPC Scottsdale, together with all 4 final yr.

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FanDuel Odds: Kim to win at +6000

RJ Ochoa — Senior Producer, Running a blog the Boys

Final week, I went with Scottie Scheffler to win at Pebble Seashore, and though he got here up in need of Rory McIlroy, I wasn’t as far off because the scoreboard would counsel.

It was the Waste Administration a number of years in the past when Scottie kind of introduced himself, and I’m taking that to occur once more. That is one other massive week for the PGA Tour, and Scottie is the largest present on the town proper now.

Growth.

FanDuel Odds: Scheffler to win at +280

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Mark Schofield — Workers Author, NFL and System 1

Nicely, Jack was type sufficient to ask me again this week. I suppose my debut was not too dangerous, as Collin Morikawa completed tied for seventeenth at Pebble Seashore, so I’ve earned one other shot at this.

Let’s go wildly off the board a bit, as my two pricey buddies have gone with a little bit of chalk.

At first blush, J.J. Spaun may not be the wisest decide, and he missed the minimize at this occasion final yr. However he has discovered his type as of late, ending third on the Sony Open in Hawaii and fifteenth on the Farmers Insurance coverage Open. He has additionally performed effectively at this occasion prior to now, with a career-best T4 on the 2017 WM Phoenix Open. Add in his latest correct play, and I believe he’s acquired an actual shot this week.

FanDuel Odds: Spaun to win at +7500

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Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By. Comply with him on X @jack_milko.