The next stop of the PGA Tour is The Waste Management Phoenix Open taking place at the TPC Scottsdale course in Arizona and we take a look at the Tournament from a betting angle.

This Tournament is unique in that players need to be able to handle a very vocal crowd particularly on the 16^th hole, the famous par 3, where the crowd get very involved particularly on Sunday. Accuracy is more important than length at this course which plays to a par 71 and finding Greens in Regulation has been a fairly reliable pointer to performing well here.

Jon Rahm tops the betting boards at 15/2 and Justin Thomas tucks in behind him in the betting at 12/1 with Patrick Cantlay 14/1 and 16/1 and better the balance.

Past Winners

2021 – Brooks Koepka -19

2020 – Webb Simpson -17*

2019 – Rickie Fowler -17                                                                                   

2018 – Gary Woodland -18*

2017 – Hideki Matsuyama -17*

Playoff*

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Jon Rahm 15/2

Justin Thomas 12/1

Patrick Cantlay 14/1

Viktor Hovland 16/1

Hideki Matsuyama 18/1

Jordan Spieth 22/1

Xander Schauffele 22/1

25/1 and better the balance, prices correct at the time of posting but are subject to change.

Selections

Jon Rahm each way at 15/2

I am going to be pretty boring this week because I do think that one of the market leaders is going to win an event where the cream tends to rise to the top. Jon Rahm has excellent recent form with 2 Top 3’s and a Top 15 in his last 3 starts and his course form is also super impressive with 5 consecutive starts seeing him finish between 9^th and 16^th, although he has never done better than his debut here in 2015 when he was 5^th.

Hideki Matsuyama each way at 18/1

Matsuyama was disappointing here last season finishing just outside the Top 40, but he has spectacular course form with 2 victories and two Top 5 finishes to his name. It has been a while since he has been involved at the top end of the leader board down the stretch on a Sunday, but given he won in his penultimate start he has excellent form and this could be the week where he makes it a 3rd win at TPC Scottsdale.

Webb Simpson each way at 40/1

Simpson has been lightly raced this year and he now plays a course where he not only won 2 years ago, but has had a runner-up finish and a couple of 10 finishes in the last decade. Simpson is a quality player who seems to be playing as well as ever despite the fact that he is getting on a bit in years.

Branden Grace each way at 110/1

Grace is not in the best of form and his last start was a missed cut, but at a triple figure price I am willing to throw the South African this week as he has shown a liking for this course, finishing runner-up on debut and Top 10 the year after. He didn’t play last season and let’s hope he can give us South Africans a good interest over the weekend.

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