Waste Management Phoenix Open

Site: Scottsdale, Arizona. Schedule: Thursday- Sunday. Course: TPC Scottsdale, Stadium Course ( 7,266 yards, par 71).

Purse: $ 6.5 million. Winner’s share: $ 1.17 million.

Television: Golf Channel ( Thursday, 3- 7 pm, 8 pm- 4 am; Friday, 3- 7 pm, 10 pm- 2 am; Saturday, 1- 3 pm, 8 pm- 1 am; Sunday, 1- 3 pm, 6: 30- 11: 30 am; Monday, 1: 30- 6 am) and NBC ( Saturday- Sunday, 3- 6 pm).

Last year: Brooks Koepka won his first PGA Tour title. He made a 50- foot eagle putt on No 15 and beat Bubba Watson, Hideki Matsuyama and Ryan Palmer by a stroke.

Last week: Brandt Snedeker won the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego. He closed with a 3- under 69 in wind and rain on Sunday and ended up beating K. J. Choi by a stroke on Monday.

Notes: Phil Mickelson won in 1996, 2005 and 2013. In 2013, he shot 60- 65- 64- 67 to match the tournament record of 28- under 256. The former Arizona State player missed the cut last week at Torrey Pines after opening the year with a tie for third in La Quinta ... Snedeker is also in the field along with Bubba Watson, British Open champion Zach Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Jason Dufner. Fowler won the European Tour event two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi. Dufner is coming off a playoff victory in La Quinta ... Coming up: The AT& T Pebble Beach Pro- Am next week, followed by the Northern Trust Open at Riviera in Los Angeles.

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