{"id":394249,"date":"2026-02-03T15:43:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=394249"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:50:46","slug":"phoenix-open-picks-predictions-and-odds-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/phoenix-open-picks-predictions-and-odds-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"WM Phoenix Open picks, predictions and odds: PGA Tour golf bets on Matsuyama, McNealy and Theegala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-c199e77d-4919-4da6-af55-aaebc1296dfd\">The PGA Tour heads to Arizona for the WM Phoenix Open with a star-studded field ready to embrace a raucous environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-9c3cc2c7-1115-4d8b-b542-637fad067c45\"><strong>The latest:<\/strong> Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka, both two-time winners in the desert, top the bill. Scheffler is a heavy favourite after beginning his season with a win at The American Express, while Kopeka makes his second start since re-joining the PGA Tour last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-4018230a-634c-4e00-b4d6-975112a67cb1\">Check out my Phoenix Open predictions for the golf event beginning on Feb. 5, featuring picks on Hideki Matsuyama, Maverick McNealy and Sahith Theegala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjY1NzMyJnA9MzExMjU%3D\">Join NorthStar Bets &amp; start betting on the PGA Tour<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0daf7ebc-fbd3-498c-8598-8189b6955828\">Phoenix Open predictions and betting odds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Player<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Odds to win Phoenix Open<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scottie Scheffler<\/td><td>+250<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Xander Schauffele<\/td><td>+1,800<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cameron Young<\/td><td>+2,200<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sam Burns<\/td><td>+2,200<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Si Woo Kim<\/td><td>+2,200<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hideki Matsuyama<\/td><td>+2,500<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ben Griffin<\/td><td>+3,300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maverick McNealy<\/td><td>+3,300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rickie Fowler<\/td><td>+3,300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Viktor Hovland<\/td><td>+3,300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brooks Koepka<\/td><td>+4,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjcxOTI4JnA9MzEwODU%3D\">See the full WM Phoenix Open odds board at NorthStar Bets<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-c2ea1d7d-b4a5-41fe-b1f9-798fc6ee8cde\"><strong>Best bet: Matsuyama winner w\/o Scheffler (+2,200) &amp; top 20 finish (+130)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want no part of betting on or against Scheffler this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World No. 1 has won at an absurd clip since switching to a mallet putter in 2024, but his +250 price tag in a full-field event is too steep for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scottie&#39;s 16th win in 38 starts since switching to the mallet. <br><br>That&#39;s 42.1%, which is almost exactly Steph Curry&#39;s career 3 point percentage.<\/p>&mdash; No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoLayingUp\/status\/2015568506784231672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting Matsuyama, another two-time WM Phoenix Open champion, at 22-to-1 in the &#8220;Winner without Scheffler&#8221; market is my best bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Matsuyama has seven straight top-20 finishes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That includes a win at the Hero World Challenge with Scheffler in the field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has a T13 and a T11 in two PGA Tour starts this year, ranking top 15 in strokes gained: approach for each event (per DataGolf). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The two big question marks around Matsuyama are always his health and his putter. But there&#8217;s no reason to believe he&#8217;s banged up right now, and I&#8217;m hoping a venue with historically good vibes can get him rolling the rock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Matsuyama has the fourth-best average strokes gained per round at TPC Scottsdale (+2.33). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-320ea7df-1987-4b52-9ad6-3f131d4c5ece\">Phoenix Open picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-d9689b98-324c-494b-a1ab-0ddeed50aa6b\"><b>McNealy <\/b><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">winner w\/o Scheffler (+3,300)<\/strong> <strong>&amp; top 20 finish (+163):<\/strong> McNealy and Theegala are two other players with great course history here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-d9689b98-324c-494b-a1ab-0ddeed50aa6b\">They rank fifth and seventh, respectively, in SG per round at TPC Scottsdale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-d9689b98-324c-494b-a1ab-0ddeed50aa6b\">Let&#8217;s start with McNealy, who has a T9 and a T6 in his last two starts at the Phoenix Open. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjcxOTI4JnA9MzEwODU%3D\">Go to WM Phoenix Open betting markets<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The American doesn&#8217;t have one &#8220;jump off the page&#8221; strength. But he steadily picks up shots throughout the bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is important at that venue, and has helped him log five top-25 finishes in his last six starts, including a T10 last week at the Farmers Insurance Open. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theegala<\/strong> <strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">winner w\/o Scheffler<\/strong> <strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">(+3,300)<\/strong> <strong>&amp; top 20 finish (+163): <\/strong>Theegala is coming off a disastrous season, missing seven cuts and securing one top-20 finish in a stroke play event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he was a stud from 2022-24, and looks to be back in form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Theegala finished T8 at the American Express and T7 at the Farmers Insurance Open behind strong putting and solid iron play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;ll travel anywhere, and I&#8217;m bullish on his chances to fully breakout in Phoenix. Theegala has a T3 and a T5 at the WM Phoenix Open in four starts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Golf bets: Waste Management long shot prop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Haotong Li top 20 finish (+335):<\/strong> This is great value on Li, who has steadily climbed back into the OWGR and DataGolf top 75 after a two-year crater where he completely lost his game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 30-year-old has made eight straight cuts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has four top-11 finishes in his last five starts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That includes a T11 at the Farmers Insurance Open and a T8 at the American Express.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lee picked up strokes in all four major categories (PUTT, ARG, APP, OTT) in both PGA Tour events. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-93274d5b-a99b-4c88-9c55-fa28b9931b05\"><em>Phoenix Open predictions made at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 3, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjY1NzMyJnA9MzExMjU%3D\">Sign up to NorthStar Bets today<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PGA Tour heads to Arizona for the WM Phoenix Open with a star-studded field ready to embrace a raucous environment. The latest: Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka, both two-time winners in the desert, top the bill. Scheffler is a heavy favourite after beginning his season with a win at The American Express, while Kopeka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":394265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[96],"class_list":["post-394249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","tag-golf"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Phoenix Open predictions 2026: Golf odds &amp; best bets | The Boost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our 2026 Phoenix Open predictions. 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