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A vastly different player in 2018, Leishman has already shown steady form in the new wraparound season and having proven his liking for the TPC Scottsdale layout will be one to watch this week.
The current World No7 wore a photo badge of Griffin on his cap given to him by Connell’s father, Jim and went out to record an eagle, four birdies and just one bogey at the infamous par-3 16th stadium hole. “I was playing pretty nervously at the start, but I ended up doing better than I thought”. “That would be something”.
The fifth-ranked Matsuyama is trying to match Arnold Palmer’s record of three straight victories.
An was actually the 54-hole leader here a year ago and said ahead of the final round: “The course I think just suits my eyes, I guess”. Woods has done it four times.
Both of Matsuyama’s wins have come in a play-off, with this nerve-shredding outcome priced at 3/1 to occur for the third year in a row, and sixth time in 11 years. Fowler bogeyed it in a 66 that left him tied with Billy Horschel, Bryson DeChambeau, Chris Kirk and Chesson Hadley.
Fowler is coming off a missed cut at the Farmers Insurance Open, but he has also missed the weekend at Torrey Pines each of the last two years before contending the following week in the Arizona desert.
Thomas was also upset by the crowd, particularly a scream from a spectator during Jordan Spieth’s tee shot at the last.
“It’s going to be kind of weird to play with them on Thursday and Friday”, Matsuyama said. Players remember those sort of things and hopefully he’ll bring it up in his winner’s speech on Sunday!
He returned previous year and again played well, but still couldn’t keep pace with Matsuyama.
Spanish world No 2 Jon Rahm is three behind, while American Justin Thomas trails by four. Numerous world’s top players routinely give it a miss but those who do take part normally embrace the atmosphere and use it to raise their game.
But Matsuyama believes his game is moving in the right direction. This reality has probably been true for a while, but it really crystallized for me this year.
“It’s fun to play in a crowd like this and with all these people and cheering you on, but [a] girl just yelled right in Jordan’s downswing and, I mean, he hit a great tee shot for that.” said Thomas after his round.
Getting arrested for indecent exposure and disorderly conduct while showing signs of intoxication, all on a golf course on a Wednesday afternoon in Scottsdale in front of plenty of fans watching the Waste Management Phoenix Open Pro-Am?