2023 Waste Management Open Odds, Field: Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy Are Co-Favorites

2023 Waste Management Open Odds

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The biggest party in golf sets up a huge week in the Phoenix area, as the 2023 Waste Management Open takes center stage at TPC Scottsdale.

The world's best golfer's will be in Arizona this week for the second featured event of the PGA Tour season. The purse this week is a mouthwatering $20 million, more than double what it was last year.

With that, the stars will be out. Jon Rahm, having already won twice this year at the Tournament of Champions and American Express, is the betting favorite. The Spaniard has won four of his past seven starts and is usually around the top of the leaderboard in Scottsdale. The former Arizona State star surely feels comfortable playing where he also resides.

Making his stateside debut this year is Rory McIlroy, who's coming off a win on the DP World Tour in his last start. McIlroy is the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Ranking, with Scottie Scheffler and Rahm hot on his tails.

Speaking of Scheffler, TPC Scottsdale is where his rapid ascent began in 2022. The Texan's first PGA Tour win came in a playoff at this tournament last year, when he edged Patrick Cantlay for the title. Scheffler went onto win the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Match Play and Masters over the next couple months.

Outside of the world's top three, you name a player on the PGA Tour and there's a good chance he's in the field this week.

Max Homa will make his first start since winning the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, while 2022 major winners Justin Thomas and Matt Fitzpatrick are also in the field. Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Collin Morikawa and Tony Finau are also among the star-studded field.

Course Preview

TPC Scottsdale measures 7,261 yards as a par 71. It’s not a hugely long course, but it definitely helps players who are also accurate off the tee.

As you’d expect in the desert, the greens in Scottsdale are faster than what players have seen so far this season, especially with temperatures expected to get into the 70s every day this week. That’s not something players who didn't play the first two events of 2023 in Hawaii will be used to.

The winner of this tournament is likely going to be in the high teens. The last time someone scored 20-under par or better was Phil Mickelson back in 2013 (28-under). Since then, the worst winning score was 14-under and the best 19-under, which was achieved two years ago by Brooks Koepka.

Past Winners