Golf Network News
Sunday 8 February 2026PGA TourYear in Review
Gotterup wins WM Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, Arizona · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 February 2026 · Chris Gotterup’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,600,000 USD · WM
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/10°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/10°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/10°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/11°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Hideki Matsuyama JPN · 26854-hole leader by one; drove into the left bunkers at 18 and failed to get up and down from 43 yards in regulation, then pulled his playoff tee shot into the water AP recap via CBS Sports
123 started · cut -1, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WM Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, Arizona
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Chris Gotterup
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 February 2026
My girlfriend is here. She's like, you've won three times without me here, and she got to see it, and I know everyone at home is watching. Just so awesome.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 February 2026
I hit it into the grandstands pretty much. I was in the right rough, and I was up against the grandstand and then got a decent lie in the trampled down grass.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, through translation)
8 February 2026
Yeah, it's disappointing, shock. Learned from it, and just get back up on the horse next week.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Gotterup | 63 · 71 · 70 · 64 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Hideki Matsuyama | 68 · 64 · 68 · 68 | 268 | −16 |
| T3 | Scottie Scheffler | 73 · 65 · 67 · 64 | 269 | −15 |
| T3 | Michael Thorbjornsen | 66 · 71 · 65 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T3 | Akshay Bhatia | 68 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T3 | Nicolai Højgaard | 66 · 70 · 65 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
| T3 | Si Woo Kim | 73 · 62 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
| 8 | Jake Knapp | 67 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| 9 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 65 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Viktor Hovland | 69 · 70 · 65 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Pierceson Coody | 66 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Ryo Hisatsune | 68 · 63 · 70 · 71 | 272 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1999-07-20, Easton, Maryland; USA; turned pro 2022; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 16 that week (OWGR rank entering the week (rankBefore 16 -> rankAfter 5), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
- Driver Ping G440 LST 8°, Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 70 TX
- Driver TaylorMade BRNR Mini Copper 13.5°, Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Qi35 18°, Mitsubishi Diamana WB 83 TX
- Irons Bridgestone Tour B 220 MB 4-9, KBS C-Taper 130 X
- Wedge TaylorMade MG5 46°, 52°, 56°, 60°, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 Black Onyx X100
- Putter TaylorMade Spider Tour X
- Ball Bridgestone Tour B X Mindset
verified for this week