Power rankings: Waste Management Phoenix Open
Golf’s biggest party starts Thursday at TPC Scottsdale with the start of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The par-3 16th will be surrounded by thousands of fans as the PGA Tour’s best make their way through the most raucous hole in golf.
Brooks Koepka is the defending champion here, while Bubba Watson, who has been runner-up each of the last two years, is the favorite.
Here are our top five players for this week:
1. Brandt Snedeker — 3, 2, 1. That’s how Sneds has started the year, winning with an incredible final round at Torrey. Snedeker is good in Phoenix, too. He has three top-10 finishes here in the last five years.
2. Bubba Watson — Watson is a horse-for-course pick this week. He’s been in the top 15 each of the last four years, including back-to-back runner-up finishes.
3. Jason Dufner — Duff Daddy is a winner again, taking the title at the CareerBuilder. He has a runner-up here in 2011 and a T-8 the next year. Nada since.
4. Kevin Kisner — Kisner has a win, a second and all top-10s in his last four starts. Nothing special here, but, after a short rest, we expect him to continue the hot play.
5. Brooks Koepka — The defending champion is tailor-made for this course, which is why he won last year. He finished T-3 at Kapalua and has been off since.
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