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.

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Jordan Spieth gained true strokes across the board during his solid T24 start to the season at the Sony Open, and his track record at TPC Scottsdale pops. In addition to his T4-T6-T6 run across his past three trips to the Waste Management, Spieth has added three more Top 10s across his nine total appearances in this event.

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

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The Good Good Desert Open was a refreshing change of pace, said golf fans who were disillusioned by the party scene at the WM Phoenix Open Pro-AM.