Scottie Scheffler won the WM Phoenix Open on the third playoff hole (par-4 18th), draining a 25’ 7” birdie putt to edge Patrick Cantlay to earn his first PGA Tour victory in his 71st career start.
Scheffler became the third consecutive first-time winner of the season and the fifth overall; is the 13th first-time winner in tournament history and first since Brooks Koepka in 2015.
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Cantlay, a six-time PGA Tour winner, finished runner-up for the sixth time.
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Scheffler won his first career PGA Tour victory in his 71st start at the age of 25 years, 7 months, 23 days.
Moved to No. 4 in the FedExCup standings; best finish in the FedExCup was a fifth-place finish in 2020.
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Won in his third start at the WM Phoenix Open (1st/2022, T7/2021, MC/2020).
Became the fifth first-time winner on Tour this season and third in the last three weeks, joining Luke List and Tom Hoge.
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Cantlay has the second-longest current streak of rounds at par or better on Tour (31, two behind Jon Rahm’s 33).
The 2021 FedExCup champion moves to No. 9 in the FedExCup standings.
Fourth top-10 in as many starts this season (4/Sentry Tournament of Champions, 9/The American Express, T4/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, P2/WM Phoenix Open).
Carlos Ortiz picked up the third hole-in-one of his career with an ace on the par-3 16th with a 9-iron from 178 yards; finishes T33.
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Combined with Sam Ryder’s ace on Saturday, marks the first time with multiple holes-in-one on No. 16 in the same week since 1997 (Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker).
Tee shots at No. 16 between the last two holes-in-one: 2,863 (from Francesco Molinari/R3/2015 to Sam Ryder/R3/2022), 33 (from Ryder to Ortiz/R4/2022).
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