Chris Gotterup won the PGA Tour Phoenix Open with a playoff win over Hideki Matsuyama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He birdied at the first playoff hole (18th) for his second win of the season, having also won the Sony Open in Hawaii last month. Matsuyama found the water in the playoff after surrendering the outright lead at the 72nd hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was the first time that Gotterup has played in a playoff and he began the final round four strokes back of Matsuyama. He had also come-from-behind victory on TOUR (2026 Sony Open in Hawaii having trailed the leader by 2 strokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gotterup fired nine birdies in a seven-under par 64 at TPC Scottsdale, picking up five shots in the last six holes to post a 16-under total of 268.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matsuyama, meanwhile, arrived at the 72nd hole in the lead at 17-under but his first bogey of the day saw saw him close with a three-under par 68 and join Gotterup on 268. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gotterup is the first winner of the Phoenix Open to come from behind in the final round since Scottie Scheffler in 2022. The win denied Matsuyama the chance to be only the fifth player to win the Phoenix Open three times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World No. 1 Scheffler finished tied third in 15-under after posting a final-round 64 for his 17th<\/sup> consecutive top-10 on TOUR, the first player since Billy Casper in 1965 to accomplish the feat<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scheffler just fell short in his bid for another epic Phoenix Open comeback. His victory here in 2022 came after he was trailing by nine after 36 holes, started the day five off the pace but managed to put some pressure on with his bogey-free seven-under par 64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scheffler was part of a five-way tie for third with Michael Thorbjornsen, Akshay Bhatia, Kim Si-woo, and Nicolai Hojgaard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Si Woo , it was his third consecutive top-10 finish on Tour for the first time in his career, He was tied sixth at the The American Express and tied second at the Farmers Insurance Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He is also one of two players to finish inside the top 20 in all four events to start the 2026 season togetehr with Pierceson Coody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Akshay Bhatia, the T3 marks his best finish on Tour since a T3 at the 2025 Players Championship after having missed the cut in his first two starts of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Michael Thorbjornsen eagled the par-5 15th<\/sup> hole to take the lead before making bogey on Nos. 16 and 17. The joint third finish was his seventh top-five finish on Tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nicolai H\u00f8jgaard carded a 68 with a triple-bogey 7 on the par-4 second hole to finish T3, for is fifth top-five finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Leaderboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n *def. Hideki Matsuyama with a birdie-3 on the first playoff hole (No. 18)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chris Gotterup won the PGA Tour Phoenix Open with a playoff win over Hideki Matsuyama. 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