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LAST TOURNAMENT: Farmers Insurance Open (Justin
Rose)
THIS WEEK: Waste Management Open, Jan. 31-Feb. 3
TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Ariz. (Par 71, 7,261 yards)
Purse: $7.1 million (Winner: $1.278M and 500 FedEx Cup points)
Defending champion: Gary Woodland
FedEx Cup leader: Xander Schauffele
Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. (Golf Channel);
Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (NBC Sports).
Commentator Johnny Miller will be in the booth for the final
time Saturday, with replacement Paul Azinger taking over for
Sunday's final round. ... The top three players in the FedEx Cup
standings are in the field: Schauffele, Matt Kuchar and
Woodland. ... Woodland won last year's event with a par on the
first sudden death playoff hole against Chez Reavie. ... Jon
Rahm, a four-time All-American at nearby Arizona State
University, enters with three top-10 finishes in five starts
this season and will be making his third consecutive start on
the "West Coast Swing." ... Fellow former ASU star Phil
Mickelson is a three-time winner at TPC Scottsdale and will be
making his record 30th start in the event, breaking a tie with
Gene Littler, Jim Ferrier and Jerry Barber. ... The event has
finished in a playoff each of the past three years, with Japan's
Hideki Matsuyama proving victorious in the first two. He
withdrew with a wrist injury after the first round last year.
NEXT WEEK: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Pebble Beach, Calif.
--Field Level Media
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