Golf Channel · Feb 3, 2017
Guess who: Familiar faces on top at Scottsdale
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Super Bowl week means a few things in the golf world - the Waste Management Phoenix Open, tens of thousands of screaming fans surrounding the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale, and several familiar faces at the top of the leaderboard.
The fact that those faces are some of the most recognizable on the PGA Tour certainly doesn’t hurt the desert stop’s popularity.
Hideki Matsuyama beat Rickie Fowler in a playoff at this event last year. Matsuyama trails only Matt Kuchar by only a shot after a first-round 65, while Fowler (67) is three back.
Brooks Koepka (67) won here two years ago, topping (among others) Matsuyama in a playoff; he’s three off the lead.