Super Bowl champions to Michael Phelps: WM Phoenix Open Pro-Am stacked with celebrities

Modified Feb 08, 2023 05:49 GMT

Following the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the PGA Tour is now on the TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course for the 2023 Waste Management Phoenix Open. Ahead of the main event, which starts on February 9, there will be a pre-tournament event, which will feature some of the biggest celebrity names in golf.

The 2023 WM Phoenix Open is a four-day event with a $20 million prize purse on offer. Ahead of this, the organizers have let out competitors for the Pro-Am at the WM Phoenix Open, and it features names like Super Bowl champion Reggie Bush and Olympian Michael Phelps. Compared to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the Phoenix Open is expected to have a bigger turnout for Pro-Am as it features a slew of famous athletes and music stars.

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The biggest pre-tournament event at TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course, the Annexus Pro-Am, kickstarts at 8:30 am on Wednesday. It will see the likes of Phelps, U.S. Women’s National Team legend Carli Lloyd, country music star Chris Lane, and Major League Baseball MVP Alex Rodríguez, among others, on the field. Following the Pro-Am, the popular WHOOP Shot at Glory on TPC Scottsdale’s famed 16th hole will follow at 3:30 pm.

Here are the celebrities set to tee up at the 2023 Waste Management Phoenix Open Pro-Am:

Super Bowl champion Reggie Bush
U.S. Women’s National Team legend Carli Lloyd
Country music star Chris Lane
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen
NFL veteran and Arizona native Ryan Fitzpatrick, who started at quarterback for a league-record nine teams (Rams, Bengals, Bills, Titans, Texans, Jets, Buccaneers, Dolphins, and Commanders)
Country music star Jason Aldean
Major League Baseball MVP Alex Rodríguez
Arizona Cardinals all-time leading receiver Larry Fitzgerald
NFL Hall-of-Famer Jerome Bettis
Recently retired Arizona Cardinal J.J. Watt
Olympian Michael Phelps
NFL all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith
Albert Pujols, one of only four members of MLB’s 700-home run club

2023 WM Phoenix Open field

Celebrities will join the 132-player field at the 2023 WM Phoenix Open. The event, set to be among the biggest of the year, will feature a whopping $20 million prize purse with a $3.6 million winner’s share. Apart from the prize, the golfers will also compete for valuable Official World Golf Ranking points and 500 FedEx Cup points.

The 132-player field includes 37 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings. Headlined by World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, the field is expected to be one of the biggest of the PGA Tour’s 2023 schedule. It’ll also feature World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler and No. 3 Jon Rahm among the top contenders.

Here are the top-rated players on the WM Phoenix Open field (as per ranking):

1. Rory McIlroy
2. Scottie Scheffler
3. Jon Rahm
5. Patrick Cantlay
6. Xander Schauffele
7. Collin Morikawa
9. Justin Thomas
10. Matt Fitzpatrick
11. Viktor Hovland
12. Tony Finau
13. Max Homa
14. Tom Kim
15. Sam Burns
16. Jordan Spieth
17. Cameron Young
18. Sungjae Im
19. Billy Horschel
20. Hideki Matsuyama
21. Keegan Bradley
22. Shane Lowry
24. Brian Harman
25. Tommy Fleetwood
26. Tyrrell Hatton
28. Seamus Power
29. Tom Hoge
31. Russell Henley
32. Kevin Kisner
34. Sahith Theegala
35. Corey Conners
36. Aaron Wise
38. Alex Noren
39. Kyoung-Hoon Lee
41. Si Woo Kim
43. Kurt Kitayama
45. Chris Kirk
47. J.T. Poston
50. Mackenzie Hughes

More details, including tee times and TV schedules, will be updated soon.

Edited by Sabine Algur