Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler enters the WM Phoenix Open as the odds-on favorite. The world's top golfer is looking to earn his second win of the year after taking first at The Desert Classic on Jan. 25. He finished four strokes ahead of Jason Day, Ryan Gerard, Matt McCarty and Andrew Putnam. Scheffler, 29, has 20 wins on the PGA Tour since earning Rookie of the Year honors in 2020.
This year's WM Phoenix Open event gets underway at 9:20 a.m. ET from TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course) in Scottsdale, Ariz. The tournament will be played on a par-71 course measuring 7,261 yards. Scheffler is the +220 favorite (risk $100 to win $220) at FanDuel Sportsbook. Other favorites include Xander Schauffele at +1700, Cameron Young at +2000, Si Woo Kim and Hideki Matsuyama, both at +2500, and J.J. Spaun at +3000. Brooks Koepka, in his second PGA event since returning from the LIV Golf League, is a +4500 longshot. Last year's winner, Thomas Detry, has since left the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf.
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Kannon is an elite golfing handicapper with more than 30 years of experience in the industry. He has called eight major winners since 2013 and hit six PGA winners, including 110-1 longshot Harris English at the Farmers Insurance Open, in 2025. Additionally, he's 21-14-4 on head-to-head bets since joining SportsLine. Anyone who followed his lead could have been WAY UP!
Now, Kannon has been digging into this week's field to find the best betting value and just locked in his best bets to back. He's fading J.J. Spaun (33-1) in both the outright market and head-to-heads.
"Spaun had a career-year last season," Kannon said. "He won a major championship, went to a playoff at The Players Championship against Rory McIlroy, made the Ryder Cup team, and is currently ranked No. 7 in the world. I don't see Spaun repeating that kind of success in the follow up campaign. In two starts this season, he has finished 40th and missed the cut last week. In seven trips to TPC Scottsdale, he's WD'd twice and twice missed the cut. He's never been better than 31st at Bay Hill and never better than 38th at TPC Craig Ranch. Spaun is absolutely a ball striker and that is the recipe for success here this week but in a year that I expect him to level off a bit, combined with his poor history, I will be staying away and possibly going against him if I can find the right head-to-head matchup."
Kannon has revealed his best bet, and it's a surprising golfer who returns nearly 40-1 and is a perfect course fit!
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