Tournament Chairman Matt Mooney announced today the WM Phoenix Open has received a new wave of commitments from some of the PGA TOUR’s top players who will tee it up at “The People’s Open” February 3-9 at TPC Scottsdale.  The latest additions include 15-time PGA TOUR winner Justin Thomas, three-time major champion Jordan Spieth and World No. 15 Billy Horschel.

“We are less than 20 days away and already the field for the 2025 WM Phoenix Open is shaping up to be one of the strongest in tournament history,” Mooney said. “The latest round of commitments include some of the bigggest names on the PGA TOUR. We can’t wait to see them out at ‘The People’s Open’ in February.”

Since turning professional in 2013, Thomas has established himself as one of golf’s elite players, amassing 15 PGA TOUR victories including two Major Championship titles at the PGA Championship (2017, 2022), and a FedExCup title in 2017. Thomas has been honored as PGA of America Player of the Year twice (2017, 2020) and was named PGA TOUR Player of the Year for the 2016-17 season. He also led the PGA TOUR in earnings three times (2016-17, 2017-18, 2019-20). Thomas has contributed to three victorious United States Presidents Cup teams (2017, 2019, 2022) and competed in the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome. He held the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Rankings for five weeks in 2018 and is currently ranked No. 21. Returning for his 11th appearance at the WM Phoenix Open, Thomas has delivered strong performances at TPC Scottsdale, including a solo fourth-place finish in 2023 and tying for third in both 2019 and 2020.

Spieth’s legendary career began in 2013 when he earned PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year honors. Just two years later, in 2015, the Texas native delivered one of the greatest seasons in PGA TOUR history, claiming five victories, including two Major titles (Masters and U.S. Open), and the TOUR Championship. That outstanding season earned him a FedExCup title, as well as PGA of America and PGA TOUR Player of the Year honors.

Spieth has also been a cornerstone of U.S. team competitions, contributing to four victorious Presidents Cup teams (2013, 2015, 2017, 2022) and represented the U.S. in five Ryder Cups (2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023. Spieth is set to make his ninth appearance at the WM Phoenix Open in 2024, where he boasts five Top-10 finishes.

Horschel is coming off a bounce-back 2024 season, picking up his 8^th PGA TOUR victory at the Corales Puntacana Championship and carding six Top-10 finishes including a T2 finish at the Open Championship, his best finish in a major. His top season on TOUR came in 2014 when he won two-straight FedExCup playoff events (BMW Championship and TOUR Championship) holding off Jim Furyk and Rory McIlroy by three strokes in the final event of the season to take home the 2014 FedExCup Championship. Horschel will make his 13^th start at the WM Phoenix Open, with his best outing a sixth-place finish in 2022.  He currently ranks 16^th in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Tournament Chairman Matt Mooney announced today the WM Phoenix Open has received early commitments from some of the PGA TOUR’s top players who will tee it up at “The People’s Open” February 3-9 at TPC Scottsdale.  Among the first to commit include defending WM Phoenix Open champion Nick Taylor, two-time WM Phoenix Open winner and 2024 Olympic Silver medalist Hideki Matsuyama, and 2023 U.S. Open Champion Wyndham Clark.

“We’re thrilled to welcome some of the world’s top players to our 2025 field, including two of our former champs Hideki and Nick,” Mooney said. “The WM Phoenix Open prides itself on having one of the most competitive fields on TOUR and these early commitments put us on track to continue that tradition as we gear up for the 90th edition of ‘The People’s Open.’”

A four-time winner on the PGA TOUR, Taylor won last year’s WM Phoenix Open in dramatic fashion besting Charley Hoffman in a two-hole sudden-death playoff. The Canadian standout has been a consistent presence on the PGA TOUR with career-defining wins highlighted by the 2023 RBC Canadian Open – a historic triumph on home soil making him the first Canadian in nearly seven decades to win Canada’s official open championship. Last Summer Taylor proudly represented Canada in Paris in the Olympic Games, further solidifying his role as one of the nation’s most accomplished golfers. He seeks to become the ninth player to win back-to-back WM Phoenix Open titles.

World No. 5 golfer Matsuyama has already started off the 2025 season strong after an extraordinary performance in the TOUR’s season-opener at the Sentry in Maui. The two-time WM Phoenix Open champion made history at Kapalua with the lowest 72-hole score in PGA TOUR history, finishing 35-under par. His incredible career includes 19 worldwide wins, including the 2021 Masters where he became the first Japanese born player to win a Major. A trailblazer for Japanese golf, he has been a fixture in the FedExCup Playoffs, making an impressive 10 TOUR Championship appearances since 2014. The 11-time PGA TOUR winner is one of only eight players to successfully defend his WM Phoenix Open title the following year with back-to-back wins in 2016 and 2017. Matsuyama will vie for his third WM Phoenix Open win in 2025, seeking to become only the fourth player in tournament history to win three times (Arnold Palmer, Gene Littler, Mark Calcavecchia, Phil Mickelson). Along with his two wins at TPC Scottsdale, Matsuyama has a runner-up finish, five Top-10s and eight Top-25 finishes in 11 WM Phoenix Open starts.

A three-time winner on the PGA TOUR, Clark claimed his first two career wins in 2023, winning the Wells Fargo Championship in May, then followed that up with his first major championship win at the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club in June. In 2024 he continued his strong play with a victory at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am to go along with two runner-up outings and eight Top-10s to finish eighth in the final FedExCup rankings.  This will be Clark’s seventh WM Phoenix Open appearance, with his best finish a T-10 in 2023.  He currently ranks No. 7 in the Official World Golf Rankings.

The Thunderbirds are once again inviting active First Responders as well as Active, Reserve, Veterans and Retired U.S. Military personnel and one accompanying individual to be their guest at the 2025 WM Phoenix Open, which is set to tee it up Feb. 3 – 9 at TPC Scottsdale.

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