PGA TOUR

WM Phoenix Open is four weeks out. What's the latest at TPC Scottsdale?

Portrait of Todd Kelly Todd Kelly
Golfweek
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:00 p.m. ET

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Four weeks from now, the PGA Tour's WM Phoenix Open will be underway at TPC Scottsdale. It's going to be the 90th playing of what has become known as the Greenest Show on Grass.

The 2025 rendition will also be the 38th time the tournament will be contested at TPC Scottsdale. The build-out of the Stadium Course starts in October the year prior every year and crews work right up till tournament week to get it all ready. After all, the tournament welcomes more than 500,000 fans over the course of seven days every year. (The tournament officially stopped reporting daily attendance numbers after the 2018 event which saw a single-day crowd of 216,818 for Saturday’s third round and an overall mark of 719,179 fans for the week.)

On Wednesday, 2025 Tournament Director Matt Mooney announced the first three commitments for 2025:

  • Defending champion Nick Taylor, who needed a playoff last year to be beat Charley Hoffman
  • Two-time WM Phoenix Open winner Hideki Matsuyama, fresh off a 35-under performance at The Sentry
  • Wyndham Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open champ

With four weeks to go till the 2025 WM Phoenix Open, here's a closer look at some of the scenes at TPC Scottsdale.

A pin flag at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
The second green with a new elevated player walkway at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
A new player walkway near the 10th green and 11th tee box, typically a major bottleneck for fan traffic, at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
A large WM sign is situated just off the green of the par-5 15th hole at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
The still-under-construction 25,000-square-foot merchandise tent TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
The blue tee box for the 18th hole at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
The backside of the general admission grandstands and jumbotron for the 16th hole as seen from the 17th tee box at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
A golfer attempts a putt on the green on the 17th hole at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
The tunnel from the 15th hole to the 16th tee box TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
The hole-in-one sign just off the tee box at the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
A view of the 16th hole tee box from the lower-level general admission seating area at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
Crews put the finishing touches on the 16th hole suites at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
An SGL Systems LED grow light on the 16th tee box at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
An SGL Systems LED grow light on the 16th tee box at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
An SGL Systems LED grow light on the 16th tee box at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
The view from the lower-level general admission seats at the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
A large WM sign is situated just off the green of the par-5 15th hole at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
The par-3 12th hole at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
An American flag atop a hill at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
An American flag atop a hill near the seventh green and 11th fairway at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
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