Golf tips, free bets and latest odds for the WM Phoenix Open 2025
THIS week’s Phoenix Open loves to boast that it is the “best supported tournament” in all of golf - and it is hard to argue, even though Rory McIlroy is not supporting it this week.
McIlroy is putting his feet up after making a nonsense of his previous form at Pebble Beach by charging to a two shot victory there last week.
But world No 1 Scottie Scheffler will be back at TPC Scottsdale, one of his favourite courses. And the monster crowds of up to 200,000 - many of them crowding into the beer-filled stands around the par three 16th - will be there to cheer him on.
Scheffler has sandwiched back-to-back victories here in 2022 and 2023 with fifth and third place finishes.
So it is no wonder he is as short as 3-1 for a third win, especially after returning from surgery on his badly cut hand with a top ten finish at Pebble. But let’s be brave, and try to take him on!
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Phoenix Open Golf tips
One of the players who could give Scheffler most to do is his closest friend in the game - and his preferred Ryder Cup and President’s Cup partner - Sam Burns.
Burns does not possess Scottie’s stellar record at Scottsdale - just a thought, did they name the course after him? - but the demon putter has shown some good form here.
He followed a share of sixth in 2023 ago by tying for third with Scheffler last year. Burns is widely available at 22-1, and that is not to be sniffed at.
McIlroy’s win last week showed muscle memory can be over-rated. But I still think course form is valuable in Phoenix. So defending champion Nick Taylor deserves consideration, especially at a tempting 55-1.
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