Some key stats and a form guide for this week's Waste Management Phoenix Open in Arizona.
Some key stats and a form guide for this week's Waste Management Phoenix Open in Arizona
TPC Scottsdale, which first hosted this event in 1987, is one of the lower-scoring venues on the PGA Tour and since 2000, the highest winning total has been 270.
A trio of two-time winners of the tournament are in the field this week: Vijay Singh (1995/2003); Phil Mickelson (1996/2005) and JB Holmes (2006/2008).
SELECTED PLAYERS with GOOD to REASONABLE FORM at TPC SCOTTSDALE
Last Eight Years
Player: '05 / '06 / '07 / '08 / '09 / '10 / '11 / '12
Greg Chalmers: - / - / - / - / - / 24 / Wd / 19
KJ Choi: 11 / - / MC / 20 / - / - / - / -
Stewart Cink: 11 / 15 / 69 / MC / MC / - / - / Wd
Ben Crane: - / - / - / 4 / MC / 36 / 18 / 2
Brendon de Jonge: - / - / - / - / 25 / MC / 22 / MC
Jason Dufner: - / - / 62 / - / - / - / 2 / 8
Rickie Fowler: - / - / - / - / 58 / 2 / 13 / 26
Brian Gay: 71 / 33 / 23 / 17 / 6 / 68 / 18 / MC
Lucas Glover: - / 20 / 20 / 58 / 42 / MC / 29 / -
Bill Haas: MC / - / MC / 9 / MC / - / 29 / 19
Charley Hoffman: - / - / MC / MC / 2 / MC / 29 / 76
JB Holmes: - / Won / MC / Won / MC / 43 / 5 / 45
Charles Howell: 40 / 40 / 23 / 25 / MC / 4 / MC / 33
Hunter Mahan: 9 / - / 44 / MC / 35 / Won / 29 / -
Phil Mickelson: Won / 7 / MC / 2 / MC / 24 / 29 / 26
Bryce Molder: - / - / - / - / - / 8 / 62 / 15
Ryan Moore: - / 40 / MC / MC / 6 / 14 / 73 / 78
Kevin Na: 2 / - / 67 / 4 / 3 / 53 / MC / 5
Joe Ogilvie: MC / 12 / 32 / MC / 60 / 8 / 13 / MC
Geoff Ogilvy: 27 / 20 / MC / MC / 17 / 62 / 13 / -
Ryan Palmer: MC / 2 / - / - / 60 / 14 / MC / 55
Pat Perez: MC / MC / MC / 43 / 48 / 24 / 22 / 19
Scott Piercy: - / 15 / - / - / 6 / 8 / - / 50
John Rollins: 11 / 15 / 2 / 30 / 70 / 53 / 53 / 8
Rory Sabbatini: 61 / 20 / 59 / 34 / 12 / MC / 22 / -
Vijay Singh: 11 / 20 / 7 / MC / - / - / 3 / Wd
Brandt Snedeker: - / - / 23 / 9 / MC / 43 / 8 / 50
David Toms: 4 / 19 / 8 / MC / 4 / MC / MC / -
Nick Watney: 49 / MC / 32 / 34 / 12 / 24 / 5 / -
Bubba Watson: - / - / 8 / MC / 25 / 36 / 29 / 5
Mark Wilson: - / - / - / 9 / 48 / 14 / Won / 19
Gary Woodland: - / - / - / - / 60 / - / 5 / 26
Yong-Eun Yang: - / - / - / - / - / 3 / 8 / MC
SELECTED PLAYERS with POOR to MEDIOCRE FORM at TPC SCOTTSDALE
Last Eight Years
(No Top-35 finishes from three or more starts since 2005)
Player: '05 / '06 / '07 / '08 / '09 / '10 / '11 / '12
Angel Cabrera: - / - / - / - / MC / - / 49 / MC
James Driscoll: MC / 40 / - / - / - / 36 / - / 61
Ken Duke: - / - / MC / MC / MC / - / - / 50
Davis Love: - / MC / 44 / - / - / MC / 57 / MC
John Mallinger: - / - / - / 69 / MC / MC / MC / -
Greg Owen: - / MC / MC / - / - / MC / - / -
Wes Short: - / MC / MC / - / MC / - / - / -
Kevin Stadler: - / - / - / Wd / - / 70 / MC / 70
Josh Teater: - / - / - / - / - / MC / 68 / 40
Johnson Wagner: - / - / MC / MC / MC / 60 / - / 55
TOP-10 FINISHERS from 2012 (Not Listed Above)
Kyle Stanley: (Won)
Spencer Levin: (3rd)
Brendan Steele: (T-5th)
Bo Van Pelt: (T-8th)
LEADING 15 STROKE AVERAGES at TPC SCOTTSDALE
(Last Four Years - 2009/12)
Average (Rounds)
67.50: Jason Dufner (8)
68.25: Nick Watney (12)
68.50: Hunter Mahan (12)
68.60: Yong-Eun Yang (10)
68.64: Ben Crane (14)
68.69: Mark Wilson (16)
68.79: Kevin Na (14)
68.81: Bubba Watson (16)
68.88: Brendan Steele (8)
68.94: Rickie Fowler (16)
69.00: Greg Chalmers (8)
69.00: Geoff Ogilvy (12)
69.00: Scott Piercy (12)
69.00: David Toms (8)
69.08: Bo Van Pelt (12)
(Min. No. of Rounds = 8)
LOWEST ROUNDS at TPC SCOTTSDALE since start of 2000
60: Mark Calcavecchia (2001)
60: Phil Mickelson (2005)
61: JJ Henry (2006)
62: Six times
63: 19 times
Note: Prior to 2000, the lowest round carded at TPC Scottsdale was 60 by Grant Waite in 1996.
TPC SCOTTSDALE: Par 71; 7,216 yards
Winning Totals (Last Three Years):
2012 - 269 (Kyle Stanley)
2011 - 266 (Mark Wilson)
2010 - 268 (Hunter Mahan)
