WM Phoenix Open: Players won't be regrouped for Round 4
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Sunday, Feb. 11
9:21 a.m. MT: The final round of the WM Phoenix Open will feature threesomes off Nos. 1 and 10 from 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. MT. Players will not be regrouped between rounds.
8:46 a.m. MT: Round 3 of the WM Phoenix Open resumes play.
8:01 a.m. MT: The resumption of Round 3 has been delayed 75 minutes due to frost and is scheduled to start at 8:45 a.m. MT.
5:27 a.m. MT: The resumption of Round 3, originally scheduled for 7:30 a.m. MT, will be delayed due to frost.
Friday, Feb. 9
9:17 a.m. MT: Round 1 of the WM Phoenix Open officially resumed at 9:13 a.m. MT.
8:31 a.m. MT: The resumption of Round 1 at the WM Phoenix Open is delayed an additional 15 minutes due to lingering frost and expected to begin at 9:15 a.m. MT.
7:51 a.m. MT: Due to lingering frost, Round 1 of the WM Phoenix Open is now delayed 90 minutes and expected to begin at 9 a.m. MT.
7:28 a.m. MT: The frost delay has been extended by a half-hour, with the resumption of Round 1 now scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. local time. The current temperature is 37 F on a brisk morning in the Phoenix metroplex.
7:05 a.m. MT: The resumption of Round 1 was delayed 30 minutes Friday morning due to frost, it was announced at 7:05 a.m. local time. Play was scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. local time, with half the field yet to finish the opening round. Local temperatures were in the high 30s at sunrise. Play is now scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. local time.
Thursday, Feb. 8: Play was suspended at 12:32 p.m. local time during the first round at the WM Phoenix Open due to heavy rain hitting the Scottsdale, Arizona, area. Flooding occurred across the course leaving conditions unplayable.
4 p.m. MT: The first round of the WM Phoenix Open has resumed.
3:21 p.m. MT: The first round of the WM Phoenix Open is scheduled to resume at 4 p.m.
Agronomists prepare No. 16 at WM Phoenix Open for play
Wednesday, Feb. 7: Hail and rain pounded the WM Phoenix Open on Wednesday, interrupting the tournament's pro-am just days after a dangerous storm scuttled the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Golfers and others ran for cover at TPC Scottsdale, ducking into tents, tunnels, the cart barn and the clubhouse. Andrew Putnam posted video on X of the falling hail.
“Wow – are you kidding me right now?” he said. “What are we doing out here?
“It feels like home,” added Putnam, who is from Tacoma, Washington.
Temperatures in Scottsdale are lower than normal for this time of year, with lows in the 30s and 40s and highs only in the 50s and 60s for the rest of the week.
The extended forecast calls for a 70% chance of rain for Thursday’s first round, with a 15% chance of lightning. Partly cloudy conditions are expected Friday, with only a 10% chance of rain, but showers are possible again for Saturday (35% chance).
Mostly sunny if still cool conditions are predicted for the final round on Sunday.
See the full forecast below:
A quick-moving but potent front will move across Arizona on Thursday. This will bring the threat of showers to TPC Scottsdale, mainly between 1-4 p.m. Given the dynamics with this front, a few strikes of lightning can’t be ruled out. Additionally, a brief period of gusty winds (over 25 mph) is possible with the frontal passage. The remainder of the week favors dry conditions, although some shower activity is possible on Saturday. The colder temperatures by the end of the week could promote frost development, especially on Friday morning and Sunday morning.
