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PGA - Waste Management Phoenix Open

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DATES: Thursday, January 31st through Sunday, February 3rd

SITE: TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, Arizona

COURSE ARCHITECT: Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf (1986)

PAR: 71

YARDAGE: 7,216

Hole-By-Hole:	1 - Par 4 410 Yds	10 - Par 4 403 Yds
	2 - Par 4 416 Yds	11 - Par 4 469 Yds
	3 - Par 5 554 Yds	12 - Par 3 195 Yds
	4 - Par 3 175 Yds	13 - Par 5 595 Yds
	5 - Par 4 453 Yds	14 - Par 4 477 Yds
	6 - Par 4 436 Yds	15 - Par 5 552 Yds
	7 - Par 3 215 Yds	16 - Par 3 162 Yds
	8 - Par 4 470 Yds	17 - Par 4 332 Yds
	9 - Par 4 464 Yds	18 - Par 4 438 Yds
	-------------	-------------
	35 3,593 Yds	36 3,623 Yds

Annual:	78th
Television:	Golf Channel - Thursday/Friday -- 4-7 p.m. (et),
	- Thursday/Friday -- 7:30-10:30 p.m. (et) - replay,
	- Saturday/Sunday -- 1-3 p.m. (et),
	NBC - Saturday/Sunday -- 3-6 p.m. (et)
Defending Champion:	Kyle Stanley
Runner-Up:	Ben Crane
Tournament Record:	256 (Mark Calcavecchia, 2001)
54-Hole Record:	189 (Mark Calcavecchia, 2001)
36-Hole Record:	125 (Mark Calcavecchia, 2001)
Course Record:	60 (Grant Waite, 1996; Mark Calcavecchia, 2001;
	Phil Mickelson, 2005)
Total Purse:	$6,200,000
Shares:	1st Place - $1,116,000; 2nd Place - $669,600; 3rd Place - $421,600

2012 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
Kyle Stanley	269	Brendan Steele	273
Ben Crane	270	Bubba Watson	273
Spencer Levin	271	Four players at	274
D.J. Trahan	272
Kevin Na	273

Past Waste Management Phoenix Open Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2012	Kyle Stanley (269) -- Ben Crane
2011	*Mark Wilson (266) -- Jason Dufner
2010	Hunter Mahan (268) -- Rickie Fowler
2009	*Kenny Perry (270) -- Charley Hoffman
2008	*J.B. Holmes (270) -- Phil Mickelson
2007	Aaron Baddeley (263) -- John Rollins
2006	J.B. Holmes (263) -- J.J. Henry, Steve Lowery, Ryan Palmer,
	Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas
2005	Phil Mickelson (267) -- Scott McCarron, Kevin Na
2004	Jonathan Kaye (266) -- Chris DiMarco
2003	Vijay Singh (261) -- John Huston
2002	Chris DiMarco (267) -- Kaname Yokoo, Kenny Perry
2001	Mark Calcavecchia (256) -- Rocco Mediate
2000	Tom Lehman (270) -- Rocco Mediate, Robert Allenby
1999	Rocco Mediate (273) -- Justin Leonard
1998	Jesper Parnevik (269) -- Tommy Armour III, Brent Geiberger, Steve Pate,
	Tom Watson
1997	Steve Jones (258) -- Jesper Parnevik
1996	*Phil Mickelson (269) -- Justin Leonard
1995	*Vijay Singh (269) -- Billy Mayfair
1994	Bill Glasson (268) -- Bob Estes
1993	Lee Janzen (273) -- Andrew Magee
1992	Mark Calcavecchia (264) -- Duffy Waldorf
1991	Nolan Henke (268) -- Gil Morgan, Curtis Strange, Tom Watson
1990	Tommy Armour III (267) -- Jim Thorpe
1989	Mark Calcavecchia (263) -- Chip Beck
1988	*Sandy Lyle (269) -- Fred Couples
1987	Paul Azinger (268) -- Hal Sutton
1986	Hal Sutton (267) -- Calvin Peete, Tony Sills
1985	Calvin Peete (270) -- Morris Hatalsky, Doug Tewell
1984	Tom Purtzer (268) -- Corey Pavin
1983	*Bob Gilder (271) -- Rex Caldwell, Johnny Miller, Mark O'Meara
1982	Lanny Wadkins (263) -- Jerry Pate
1981	David Graham (268) -- Lon Hinkle
1980	Jeff Mitchell (272) -- Rik Massengale
1979	#Ben Crenshaw (199) -- Jay Haas
1978	Miller Barber (272) -- Lee Trevino, Jerry Pate
1977	*Jerry Pate (277) -- Dave Stockton
1976	Bob Gilder (268) -- Roger Maltbie
1975	Johnny Miller (260) -- Jerry Heard
1974	Johnny Miller (271) -- Lanny Wadkins
1973	Bruce Crampton (268) -- Steve Melnyk, Lanny Wadkins
1972	Homero Blancas (273) -- Lanny Wadkins
1971	Miller Barber (261) -- Billy Casper, Dan Sikes
1970	Dale Douglass (271) -- Howie Johnson, Gene Littler
1969	Gene Littler (263) -- Miller Barber, Don January, Billy Maxwell
1968	George Knudson (272) -- Julius Boros, Sam Carmichael, Jack Montgomery
1967	Julius Boros (272) -- Ken Still
1966	Dudley Wysong (278) -- Gardner Dickinson
1965	Rod Funseth (274) -- Bert Yancey
1964	Jack Nicklaus (271) -- Bob Brue
1963	Arnold Palmer (273) -- Gary Player
1962	Arnold Palmer (269) -- Billy Casper, Don Fairfield, Bob McCallister,
	Jack Nicklaus
1961	*Arnold Palmer (270) -- Doug Sanders
1960	*Jack Fleck (273) -- Bill Collins
1959	Gene Littler (268) -- Art Wall
1958	Ken Venturi (274) -- Walter Burkemo, Jay Hebert
1957	Billy Casper (271) -- Cary Middlecoff, Mike Souchak
1956	Cary Middlecoff (276) -- Mike Souchak
1955	Gene Littler (275) -- Billy Maxwell, Johnny Palmer
1954	*Ed Furgol (272) -- Cary Middlecoff
1953	Lloyd Mangrum (272) -- Johnny Bulla, Ted Kroll, Bo Winiger
1952	Lloyd Mangrum (274) -- E.J. Harrison
1951	Lew Worsham (272) -- Lawson Little
1950	Jimmy Demaret (269) -- Sam Snead
1949	*Jimmy Demaret (278) -- Ben Hogan
1948	Bobby Locke (268) -- Jimmy Demaret
1947	Ben Hogan (270) -- Lloyd Mangrum, Ed Oliver
1946	*Ben Hogan (273) -- Herman Keiser
1945	Byron Nelson (274) -- Denny Shute
1944	*Harold McSpaden (273) -- Byron Nelson
1943	Not Held due to World War II
1942	Herman Barron (276) -- Henry Picard
1941	Ed Oliver (275) -- Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson
1940	Ed Oliver (205) -- Ben Hogan
1939	Byron Nelson (198) -- Ben Hogan
1938	Not Held due to recession
1937	Not Held due to recession
1936	Not Held due to recession
1935	Ky Laffoon (281) -- Craig Wood
1934	Ky Laffoon (Pro-Am) -- Johnny Revolta
1933	Harry Cooper (281) -- Horton Smith, Ray Mangrum
1932	Ralph Guldahl (285) -- John Perelli

* - Won in Playoff

# - Rain Shortened

Note:Formerly called Arizona Open (1932-33), Phoenix Open (1934-2003),

FBR Open (2004-09).

Top Contenders in the Field
Player	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Kyle Stanley	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	Won
Ben Crane	mc	mc	---	---	---	T-4	mc	T-36	T-18	2nd
Bubba Watson	---	---	---	---	T-8	mc	T-25	T-36	T-29	T-5
Jason Dufner	---	---	---	---	T-62	---	---	---	2nd	T-8
Keegan Bradley	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	T-15
Mark Wilson	---	---	---	---	---	T-9	T-48	T-14	Won	T-19
Bill Haas	---	---	mc	---	mc	T-9	mc	---	T-29	T-19
Gary Woodland	---	---	---	---	---	---	T-60	---	T-5	T-26
Rickie Fowler	---	---	---	---	---	---	T-58	2nd	T-13	T-26
Phil Mickelson	T-9	T-7	Won	T-7	mc	2nd	mc	T-24	T-29	T-26
Josh Teater	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	mc	T-68	T-40
J.B. Holmes	---	---	---	Won	mc	Won	mc	T-43	T-5	T-45
Brandt Snedeker	---	---	---	---	T-23	T-9	mc	T-43	T-8	T-50
Johnson Wagner	---	---	---	---	mc	mc	mc	T-60	---	T-55
Martin Laird	---	---	---	---	---	---	mc	mc	T-3	T-61
Aaron Baddeley	mc	mc	T-49	mc	Won	mc	T-35	T-74	T-37	T-65
Ryan Moore	---	---	---	T-40	mc	mc	T-6	T-14	T-73	78th
Brian Gay	mc	---	T-71	T-33	T-23	T-17	T-6	T-68	T-18	mc
Vijay Singh	Won	T-3	T-11	T-20	7th	mc	---	---	T-3	wd
Nick Watney	---	---	T-49	mc	T-32	T-34	T-12	T-24	T-5	---
Hunter Mahan	---	---	T-9	---	T-44	mc	T-35	Won	T-29	---

Sports Network Selections

Pick to Win - Nick Watney
Darkhorse - Rickie Fowler

Last Week's Pick to Win (Bubba Watson) - Withdrew prior to tournament
Last Week's Darkhorse (Charles Howell III) - Finished tied for 9th

NOTES:One of the players' favorite stops on tour takes place this week, as

six of the top-22 players in the world and eight former champions compete for the coveted Waste Management Phoenix Open title in the Arizona desert. Brandt Snedeker, the 2012 FedExCup champion, is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 7 in the world. He is joined by 2012 Masters champion Bubba Watson (9), Jason Dufner (10), Keegan Bradley (13), Nick Watney (19) and two- time champion Phil Mickelson (22). Snedeker finished tied for second last week at the Farmers Insurance Open. He has two top-3 finishes in his first three events of the season.

This year, Kyle Stanley is looking to become the sixth player to win consecutive Phoenix Opens -- only Ben Hogan (1946-47), Jimmy Demaret (1949-50), Lloyd Mangrum (1952-53), Arnold Palmer (1961-63) and Johnny Miller (1974-75) have achieved the feat.

TPC Scottsdale has been the site of this event for the past 26 years. Prior to TPC Scottsdale, the tournament was held at Phoenix Country Club and Arizona Country Club.

Last year, Stanley fired a 6-under 65 in the final round to come from eight shots back to win the Phoenix Open by one stroke over Ben Crane. Stanley finished his first tour win at 15-under-par 269. It was the largest comeback in tournament history. Stanley lost an 8-stroke lead in the final round the week before at the Farmers Insurance Open.

In 2011, Mark Wilson birdied the second playoff hole to defeat Dufner and win for the second time that season. He had captured the Sony Open in Hawaii in January, 2011. Wilson and Dufner finished at 18-under-par 266.

Kenny Perry holed a 23-foot birdie putt from just off the green to win a playoff in 2009, collecting his 13th PGA Tour win at the age of 48. Perry and Charley Hoffman needed three extra holes to decide the tournament, with Perry finally ending things at the TPC Scottsdale's 17th hole. The players ended regulation tied at 14-under-par 270. Perry became the oldest champion in tournament history at 48 years, three months and 21 days old. The previous oldest winner was Julius Boros, when he won in 1967 at 46 years, 11 months and nine days old.

J.B. Holmes birdied the 18th hole in regulation in 2008 to shoot a final- round, even-par 71 and force a playoff with Mickelson. Holmes, the 2006 winner, followed that closing birdie with a birdie on the first playoff hole, No. 18, to win for the second time on the PGA Tour, with both wins coming at this event.

In 2007, Aaron Baddeley capitalized on a late collapse by Jeff Quinney to win by a shot. Trailing by three strokes with four holes to play, Baddeley made three consecutive birdies from No. 15 and walked away with his second career PGA Tour victory. He shot his second straight 7-under 64 in the final round for the lowest weekend score in tournament history.

Holmes, then a 23-year-old PGA Tour rookie in 2006, won in only his fourth start as a professional. Holmes fired a 5-under 66 in the final round to cruise to a 7-shot win. He finished at 21-under-par 263 and delighted a record weekend crowd of over 536,000. Holmes became the first player to win the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament and then win on the PGA Tour the next season since Mike Weir won the 1998 Q-School and the 1999 Air Canada Championship.

In 2005, Mickelson posted a 3-under 68 in the final round to cruise to a 5- shot win. Mickelson finished at 17-under-par 267. He posted a career low and tied the course record by firing a 60 in the second round. Mickelson's previous best round was a 61 at the 2001 Greater Hartford Open, which he also won.

Mickelson is the all-time leader in earnings at this event with $2,578,782. Holmes is second with $2,274,780. With his win in 2008, Holmes joined a select group of 14 multiple champions at this event, which includes Hogan, Byron Nelson, Palmer, Miller, Vijay Singh and Mickelson. In 23 appearances, Mickelson has two wins and nine top-10 finishes. When Miller won the 1975 Phoenix Open, he posted the largest margin of victory at this event with a 14- shot win over Jerry Heard.

Singh's final-round 63 in 2003 tied the lowest final round by a champion, equaling the mark set by Mark Calcavecchia in 1992. Calcavecchia joined Palmer and Gene Littler as the only three-time winners when he won in record fashion in 2001. Calcavecchia set 72, 54 and 36-hole marks and tied the course record of 60. Calcavecchia finished in the top 10 nine times since the event moved to the TPC Scottsdale in 1987. Calcavecchia won in three different decades (1989, 1992, 2001).

The PGA Tour moves to California next week for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, where Mickelson won his only tournament of 2012.

01/29 15:47:16 ET

As of January 29, 2013, at 03:47 PM ET

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