Waste Management Phoenix Open R4

February 04-07
TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
$7,300,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

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After a long 18-months coping with knee and hip problems and wondering if he would get his form back, Brooks Koepka has won his eighth PGA Tour title at the Waste Management Phoenix Open where he also won his first title in 2015.

“I went through it mentally. I think that’s probably the toughest thing, where you don’t know if you’re ever going to be the same competitor that you were. You go through some real dark places, and it’s not a fun place to be.”

Having started his round five strokes behind leaders Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele, he fired three birdies, two eagles and a single bogey at the second for a 6-under 65.

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Koepka missed the cut in his last three starts and the bogey at the second didn’t bode well but he moved past it quickly with a 24-foot eagle putt at the par-5 3 but it was his second eagle at the par-4 17th that gave him the outright lead and the crowd’s loudest reaction of the day.

“I felt like the chip, if I just caught it right in the fringe it was going to check up on me, and it did perfectly,” said Koepka. “Took a nice little right kick for me, and didn’t look anywhere else but the hole.”

“I live for those moments where you got to close, you got to hit some quality shots, quality putts. I just like showing off, I guess.”

“I’ve missed the fans. Just being around fans is something else. I love it. I’ve played my best golf with fans, so just need to find something when they’re not there.”

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Schauffele, who tied for second at Torrey Pines last week, closed with a 71 to tie once again, with Kyoung-Hoon Lee this time.

“It was a good day to learn from some mistakes,” said Schauffele. “Felt like I stayed pretty patient all day.”

Patience was needed as he bogeyed twice on the front nine, then twice more on the back nine but also made four birdies.

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Lee got within one shot of Koepka with a birdie at the 17th but his drive at the 18th found the rough and he had to settle for par after missing his birdie putt.

“I’m pretty excited this week,” said Lee. “Everything good – irons, driver, birdieing, everything – and a lot of saves.”

Steve Stricker did not become the oldest player to win on Tour but the 53-year-old U.S. Ryder Cup captain finished in a tree-way tie for fourth with Spieth and Carlos Ortiz after closing with a 67.

“It was a lot of fun,” said Stricker. “That’s the reason why I come to play in these still. I haven’t shown that in the past, but I’ve been playing better lately. Feeling a little bit better physically, too.”

Spieth, like Schauffele, made two bogeys on the front nine, made one more at the 11 then birdied twice to close with a 72.

“Tough start, I needed to one-putt the last two to not have more than 36 putts today. Felt like I hit good putts, and as much as the lid was open other days, it was closed today.”

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Brooks Koepka	-19	68	66	66	65	265
T2	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	-18	66	66	66	68	266
T2	Xander Schauffele	-18	66	64	65	71	266
T4	Carlos Ortiz	-17	67	67	69	64	267
T4	Jordan Spieth	-17	67	67	61	72	267
T4	Steve Stricker	-17	65	66	69	67	267
T7	Matthew NeSmith	-16	63	71	68	66	268
T7	Andrew Putnam	-16	67	69	67	65	268
T7	Scottie Scheffler	-16	67	65	66	70	268
10	James Hahn	-15	67	67	66	69	269
T11	Louis Oosthuizen	-14	69	67	63	71	270
T11	J.T. Poston	-14	68	66	67	69	270
T13	Rory McIlroy	-13	70	67	70	64	271
T13	Jon Rahm	-13	68	69	66	68	271
T13	Justin Thomas	-13	70	65	64	72	271
T13	Harold Varner III	-13	68	68	67	68	271
T17	Corey Conners	-12	69	68	68	67	272
T17	Sungjae Im	-12	72	67	68	65	272
T17	Nate Lashley	-12	64	69	69	70	272
T17	Cameron Tringale	-12	71	64	69	68	272
T17	Will Zalatoris	-12	71	66	64	71	272
T22	Keegan Bradley	-11	66	65	70	72	273
T22	Sam Burns	-11	64	68	73	68	273
T22	Emiliano Grillo	-11	69	70	67	67	273
T22	Henrik Norlander	-11	68	71	67	67	273
T22	Kevin Streelman	-11	68	67	69	69	273
T22	Brendon Todd	-11	68	69	65	71	273
T22	Bubba Watson	-11	71	68	69	65	273
T22	Richy Werenski	-11	69	69	71	64	273
T30	Russell Henley	-10	71	67	65	71	274
T30	Mark Hubbard	-10	63	73	71	67	274
T30	Matt Jones	-10	68	69	69	68	274
T30	Luke List	-10	72	67	68	67	274
T30	Brendan Steele	-10	70	67	70	67	274
T30	Bo Van Pelt	-10	69	67	71	67	274
T36	Wyndham Clark	-9	72	67	67	69	275
T36	Brian Harman	-9	71	68	69	67	275
T36	Bo Hoag	-9	67	71	71	66	275
T36	Scott Stallings	-9	67	70	66	72	275
T36	Kyle Stanley	-9	71	67	70	67	275
T36	Matthew Wolff	-9	68	71	69	67	275
T42	Nick Hardy	-8	68	67	71	70	276
T42	Max Homa	-8	69	69	68	70	276
T42	Zach Johnson	-8	68	70	69	69	276
T42	Matt Kuchar	-8	69	67	73	67	276
T42	Hideki Matsuyama	-8	71	67	69	69	276
T42	Grayson Murray	-8	70	68	68	70	276
T42	Ryan Palmer	-8	70	68	71	67	276
T42	Webb Simpson	-8	73	65	69	69	276
T50	Adam Hadwin	-7	67	70	73	67	277
T50	Si Woo Kim	-7	71	66	70	70	277
T50	Patton Kizzire	-7	69	65	69	74	277
T53	Byeong Hun An	-6	69	69	70	70	278
T53	Billy Horschel	-6	66	68	71	73	278
T53	Russell Knox	-6	68	69	69	72	278
T53	Robby Shelton	-6	72	66	70	70	278
57	Sam Ryder	-5	70	67	72	70	279
T58	Stewart Cink	-4	69	70	71	70	280
T58	Lucas Glover	-4	72	63	74	71	280
T58	Michael Kim	-4	67	71	74	68	280
T58	Davis Riley	-4	72	66	71	71	280
T58	Brian Stuard	-4	70	68	72	70	280
63	Satoshi Kodaira	-3	68	71	68	74	281
64	Ted Potter, Jr.	-2	66	71	71	74	282
65	Xinjun Zhang	-1	70	69	73	71	283
66	Aaron Wise	E	74	65	73	72	284
CUT	Ryan Armour	-2	68	72			140
CUT	Daniel Berger	-2	69	71			140
CUT	Joel Dahmen	-2	75	65			140
CUT	Dylan Frittelli	-2	71	69			140
CUT	Brice Garnett	-2	70	70			140
CUT	Charley Hoffman	-2	71	69			140
CUT	Tom Hoge	-2	66	74			140
CUT	Beau Hossler	-2	70	70			140
CUT	Jerry Kelly	-2	71	69			140
CUT	Kelly Kraft	-2	72	68			140
CUT	Adam Long	-2	72	68			140
CUT	Denny McCarthy	-2	70	70			140
CUT	Jesse Mueller	-2	72	68			140
CUT	Pat Perez	-2	69	71			140
CUT	Doc Redman	-2	72	68			140
CUT	Sepp Straka	-2	71	69			140
CUT	Nick Taylor	-2	70	70			140
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	-2	73	67			140
CUT	Austin Cook	-1	71	70			141
CUT	Jason Day	-1	71	70			141
CUT	Jason Dufner	-1	72	69			141
CUT	Harris English	-1	72	69			141
CUT	Talor Gooch	-1	70	71			141
CUT	Danny Lee	-1	74	67			141
CUT	Tom Lewis	-1	70	71			141
CUT	Cheng Tsung Pan	-1	71	70			141
CUT	Rory Sabbatini	-1	77	64			141
CUT	Michael Thompson	-1	70	71			141
CUT	Kevin Tway	-1	73	68			141
CUT	Mark Anguiano	E	72	70			142
CUT	Scott Brown	E	72	70			142
CUT	Cameron Champ	E	68	74			142
CUT	Luke Donald	E	73	69			142
CUT	Rickie Fowler	E	74	68			142
CUT	John Huh	E	68	74			142
CUT	Chez Reavie	E	69	73			142
CUT	Patrick Rodgers	E	72	70			142
CUT	Adam Schenk	E	72	70			142
CUT	Robert Streb	E	72	70			142
CUT	Harry Higgs	1	75	68			143
CUT	J.B. Holmes	1	72	71			143
CUT	Troy Merritt	1	74	69			143
CUT	Keith Mitchell	1	75	68			143
CUT	Charl Schwartzel	1	72	71			143
CUT	Vaughn Taylor	1	73	70			143
CUT	Jimmy Walker	1	70	73			143
CUT	Gary Woodland	1	76	67			143
CUT	Tyler Duncan	2	74	70			144
CUT	William Gordon	2	70	74			144
CUT	Padraig Harrington	2	71	73			144
CUT	Scott Harrington	2	72	72			144
CUT	Chris Kirk	2	70	74			144
CUT	Martin Laird	2	73	71			144
CUT	Sung Kang	3	77	68			145
CUT	Jamie Lovemark	3	70	75			145
CUT	William McGirt	3	75	70			145
CUT	Camilo Villegas	3	74	71			145
CUT	Brian Gay	4	72	74			146
CUT	Ryan Moore	4	70	76			146
CUT	Kevin Stadler	4	72	74			146
CUT	Vincent Whaley	4	73	73			146
CUT	Hunter Mahan	6	74	74			148
CUT	Martin Trainer	6	75	73			148
CUT	Hudson Swafford	8	77	73			150
CUT	John Augenstein (a)	9	76	75			151
CUT	Sebastián Muñoz	9	78	73			151