The WM Phoenix Open almost always delivers maximum drama and this year’s edition on the Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale was no different.
Hideki Matsuyama entered Sunday’s final round with a one-shot lead over Si Woo Kim, Maverick McNealy and Nicolai Hojgaard, with a group of players including world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland not far behind.
Matsuyama couldn’t find a fairway on the front nine on Sunday, but still managed to shoot a bogey-free, two-under 33 to maintain a one-shot lead over Kim and Michael Thorbjornsen going into the back nine.
Then, as always at TPC Scottsdale, things got wild.
Scheffler birdied 13, 14, 15 and 17 to get within one of Matsuyama. Chris Gotterup birdied 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18 to post 16 under. When Michael Thorbjornsen collapsed an Eagle Putt at age 15, he briefly moved one ahead of Matsuyama. But the tournament turned back in Matsuyama’s favor when he birdied 15 and Thorbjornsen bogeyed 16 ahead before falling one behind with two to play. Thorbjornsen dropped another shot on 17, meaning Matsuyama only had to head home for the final three holes to avoid a play-off with Gotterup.
But it wouldn’t be that easy for Matsuyama. He hit his tee shot on 18 into the pew bunkers and clipped the lip that came out. He couldn’t get up and down from 43 yards, meaning the WM Phoenix Open was headed to a playoff for the seventh time in eleven years. It was Matsuyama’s first bogey on the back nine all week.
And there the drama ended.
Gotterup pumped his drive to the right, but was kicked in the fairway. Matsuyama was not so lucky. He pulled his tee shot back to the left towards the bunkers, but the ball hit a post with a gallery rope attached and bounced backwards into the water.
Ten minutes later, Gotterup holed a long birdie putt to earn his second win of the season and his first career WM Phoenix Open title.
Here’s how much everyone in Phoenix made this week.
2026 WM Phoenix Open payout for each player
WIN: Chris Gotterup, $1.728 million
2. Hideki Matsuyama, $1.0464 million
T3. Scottie Scheffler, $439,480
Nicolai Hojgaard, $439,480
Akshay Bhatia, $439,480
Sie Kir Kir, $439,480
Michael Thorbjornsen, $439,480
8. Jake Knapp, $300,000
9. Matt Fitzpatrick, $280,800
T10. Viktor Hovland, $242,400
Ryo Hisatsune, $242,400
Pierceson Coody, $242,400
T13. Maverick McNealy, $188,000
Kevin Roy, $188,000
Zecheng Dou, $188,000
T16. Daniel Berger, $160,800
Jordan Smith, $160,800
T18. Rickie Fowler, $122,720
Michael Kim, $122,720
Jacob Bridgeman, $122,720
Sahith Theegala, $122,720
Sepp Straka, $122,720
Mac Meissner, $122,720
T24. Ryan Fox, $82,320
Rico Hoey, $82,320
Kurt Kitayama, $82,320
Rasmus Hojgaard, $82,320
T28. Harris English, $62,948
Nick Taylor, $62,948
A. J. Ewart, $62,948
Ben Griffin, $62,948
Mackenzie Hughes, $62,948
Mino water, $62,948
Stephan Jaeger, $62,948
T35. Sam Stevens, $46,800
Wyndham Clark, $46,800
Alex Smalley, $46,800
Tom Kim, $46,800
JT Poston, $46,800
John Parry, $46,800
T41. Xander Schauffele, $34,080
Keith Mitchell, $34,080
Cameron Young, $34,080
Rasmus Neegaard-Petersen, $34,080
Johnny Keefer, $34,080
Sam Valimaki, $34,080
Kristoffer Retian, $34,080
T48. Christo Lamprecht, $24,608
Chad Ramey, $24,608
Michael Brennan, $24,608
Max McGreevy, $24,608
Zach Bauchou, $24,608
S. T. Lee, $24,608
T54. Collin Morikawa, $22,272
SH Kim, $22,272
Joe Highsmith, $22,272
Brian Campbell, $22,272
Kensei Hirata, $22,272
Sudarshan Yellamaraju, $22,272
T60. Patrick Rodgers, $21,312
Adrien Saddier, $21,312
Takumi Kanaya, $21,312
John VanDerLaan, $21,312
T64. Gary Woodland, $20,736
Davis Thompson, $20,736
T66. Max Homa, $20,352
Chandler Phillips, $20,352
T66. Bud Cauley, $19,872
Hank Lebioda, $19,872
Neal Shipley, $19,872
71. Keita Nakajima, $19,488
72. Patton Kizzire, $19,296
73. Cam Davis, $19,104
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