Golf Picks, Best Bets
The PGA Tour touches down at TPC Scottsdale for the precious WM Phoenix Open, and two-time champ Scottie Scheffler headlines the field.
While the World No. 1 is the runaway betting favorite in the WM Phoenix Open chances, I'm looking past him when submitting my top golf choices for this week's wagering card.
Golf selects for the WM Phoenix Open 2026
Burns to win outright (+2800 )
Kim to (+2800 )
McNealy Top 20 (+130 )
Spieth Top 20 (+210 )
Kim Round 1 score Under 68.5 (-105 )
WM Phoenix Open outright picks
Outright choice: Sam Burns
+2800 at Fanatics
This will be the 8th trip to TPC Scottsdale for Sam Burns, and he carded a T3-T6 run before dipping to T49 last season. His video game is trending back in the right instructions with true strokes gained off-the-tee and on method in consecutive events.
Naturally, he's likewise an all-world putter and ranks fifth in this field in real strokes gotten on the greens across his past five competitions.
Outright choice: Si Woo Kim
+2800 at Fanatics
The three-time PGA Tour winner is on an extended heater and has actually played the weekend in 10 successive occasions with four Top 5s, including his T2 at the Farmers recently.
Si Woo Kim is likewise pacing this field in driving accuracy and true strokes acquired on method, while ranking second in tee-to-green play across his previous five tournaments. Add three straight Top 25s here, and he's placed for his best finish at the event.
WM Phoenix Open prop picks
Finishing position pick: Maverick McNealy
+130 at Fanatics
Maverick McNealy ended up solo 10th at the Farmers last week, and it was his 2nd consecutive event acquiring true strokes throughout the board. He's also carded successive Top 10s in the WM Phoenix Open, including shooting a Saturday-low 63 last year and finishing third in real strokes gained putting for the event.
Finishing position pick: Jordan Spieth
+210 at Fanatics
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 encounter his previous three trips to the Waste Management, Spieth has added three more Top 10s throughout his nine total appearances in this occasion.
WM Phoenix Open first-round choice
Round 1 pick: Si Woo Kim Under 68.5
-105 at Fanatics
In addition to the abovementioned Si Woo Kim appreciation, he's also carded 68 or lower in seven of his past 8 rounds at TPC Scottsdale, and his 2 best surfaces at the event have actually can be found in the past two years.
Try to find a hot start on Thursday.
WM Phoenix Open chances
- Scottie Scheffler: +230
- Xander Schauffele: +1800
- Cameron Young: +2200
- Si Woo Kim: +2500
- Hideki Matsuyama: +2800
Odds thanks to Fanatics.