Strap on your beer hat and prepare your worst name callings! Twofer Tuesday joins the maelstrom higher referred to as the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
TPC Scottsdale is a par-71 course measuring 7261 yards long and with a decibel rating similar to a rock concert. That raucous 16th hole, aka "the Coloseum," is one of the most famous holes in modern golf and the beginning of a three-hole finishing stretch than can easily destroy a player's nerves. The water bordering the 17th and the "church pew" bunkers on the 18th play a major role in determining every winner at this event.
Rickie Fowler has felt the heartbreak regularly enough, and possibly felt the course owed him the win he snagged ultimate 12 months.
The WM Phoenix Open is such an unusual event that I cannot use the everyday criteria to make alternatives. This occasion exams gamers in a manner that no different can healthy; it's about embracing chaos that execs never see at different activities... Besides maybe on the Ryder Cup. (And there they have got teammates to lean on!) So let's examine if I can select a couple of Top10ers who would possibly get the activity performed.
- Despite that win in Singapore, Matt Kuchar hasn't done quite as well on the PGA Tour this year. But Phoenix seems to agree with him -- while he hasn't won here, his last three finishes have been T9, T5 and T4. Despite his 2020 PGA Tour starts, that Singapore win means his game is in pretty good shape. And since he's clearly comfortable here, he gets a nod from me.
- Likewise, Jon Rahm has never won in Phoenix. But his last three appearances -- his whole pro career -- have been T16, T11 and T10. And going back to the US Open, he's only been out of the Top10 in PGA Tour events twice -- a T11 at THE OPEN and a T12 at the Tour Championship. Given his steadily improving record in Phoenix and his amazing performances over the last half year or so, I think he'll be high on the scoreboard come Sunday.
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