Golf Picks, Best Choices
The PGA Tour touches down at TPC Scottsdale for the cherished WM Phoenix Open, and two-time champ Scottie Scheffler headings the field.
While the World No. 1 is the runaway betting preferred in the WM Phoenix Open chances, I'm looking past him when completing my leading golf choices for this week's wagering card.
Golf picks for the WM Phoenix Open 2026
Burns to win outright (+2800 )
Kim to win outright (+2800 )
McNealy Top 20 (+130 )
Spieth Top 20 (+210 )
Kim Round 1 score Under 68.5 (-105 )
WM Phoenix Open outright selects
Outright pick: Sam Burns
+2800 at Fanatics
This will be the 8th trip to TPC Scottsdale for Sam Burns, and he carded a T3-T6 run before dipping to T49 last season. His video game is trending back in the best instructions with true strokes got off-the-tee and on technique in consecutive events.
Obviously, he's also an all-world putter and ranks 5th in this field in true strokes gained on the greens throughout his previous five tournaments.
Outright choice: Si Woo Kim
+2800 at Fanatics
The three-time PGA Tour winner is on a prolonged heating system and has actually played the weekend in 10 consecutive occasions with 4 Top fives, including his T2 at the Farmers last week.
Si Woo Kim is also pacing this field in and real strokes acquired on approach, while ranking second in tee-to-green play across his past 5 competitions. Add three straight Top 25s here, and he's placed for his finest finish at the occasion.
WM Phoenix Open prop choices
Finishing position choice: Maverick McNealy
+130 at Fanatics
Maverick McNealy ended up solo 10th at the Farmers recently, and it was his 2nd successive event gaining real strokes across the board. He's also carded consecutive Top 10s in the WM Phoenix Open, including shooting a Saturday-low 63 last year and completing 3rd in real strokes gained putting for the occasion.
Finishing position pick: Jordan Spieth
+210 at Fanatics
Jordan Spieth gained true strokes across the board during his solid T24 start to the season at the Sony Open, and his performance history at TPC Scottsdale pops. In addition to his T4-T6-T6 encounter his previous three trips to the Waste Management, Spieth has actually added 3 more Top 10s throughout his 9 total looks in this occasion.
WM Phoenix Open first-round choice
Round 1 choice: Si Woo Kim Under 68.5
-105 at Fanatics
In addition to the previously mentioned Si Woo Kim praise, he's also carded 68 or lower in seven of his previous eight rounds at TPC Scottsdale, and his 2 finest finishes at the event have come in the previous two years.
Look for a hot start on Thursday.
WM Phoenix Open odds
- Scottie Scheffler: +230
- Xander Schauffele: +1800
- Cameron Young: +2200
- Si Woo Kim: +2500
- Hideki Matsuyama: +2800
Odds thanks to Fanatics.