Corbin Burnes and Zac Gallen, along with manager Torey Lovullo, are among the latest professional athletes and celebrities confirmed to play in the popular Annexus Pro-Am at the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
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Tournament Chairman Matt Mooney announced today PGA TOUR rookie and Arizona High School State Champion Frankie Capan III will receive the second of five sponsor exemptions for the 2025 WM Phoenix Open, scheduled for February 3–9 at TPC Scottsdale. The Florida Gulf Coast and Alabama Crimson Tide alum clinched a Top-30 spot on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to earn his 2025 PGA TOUR card.
“We are beyond excited to welcome Frankie Capan III back to the Valley as a sponsor exemption to the 2025 WM Phoenix Open,” Mooney said. “Frankie’s journey from winning back-to-back Arizona High School State Championships right here in Phoenix to earning his PGA TOUR card with standout performances is truly incredible. His recent T12 finish at The American Express shows he’s ready to compete at the highest level, and we can’t wait to see him take on the field at TPC Scottsdale.”
Capan III earned his PGA TOUR card by finishing third on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour points list, highlighted by a KFT playoff victory at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. He closed that event with a stellar performance, securing a two-shot win and cementing his spot among the Korn Ferry Tour’s top graduates. Earlier in the 2024 season, Capan III etched his name in history by shooting a 13-under 58 at the Veritex Bank Championship, setting a course record and tying the second-lowest round ever on the Korn Ferry Tour. His consistent play throughout the KFT season included 11 Top-25 finishes.
Capan III’s path to the PGA TOUR began with a standout amateur and collegiate career. After his back-to-back Arizona High School State Championships at Northwest Christian School in Phoenix (shot 59 in the final round to clinch his second title), he played his freshman year at the University of Alabama before transferring to Florida Gulf Coast University. As an amateur, Capan III gained recognition by winning the 2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship alongside Shuai Ming Wong.
Capan III currently ranks 42nd in the FedExCup standings thanks to his T12 at The American Express in La Quinta. The Junior Golf Association of Arizona alum served as a standard bearer during the 2012 WM Phoenix Open and will be making his first playing appearance at “The People’s Open.”
The Thunderbirds and WM have a total of five exemptions to award for the 2025 WM Phoenix Open. The remaining three exemptions will be announced leading up to the tournament.
WM Phoenix Open Tournament Chairman Matt Mooney announced today that GRAMMY-Award winning DJ/Producer Tiësto has been added to the 2025 Coors Light Birds Nest lineup, taking over for Swedish House Mafia, who unfortunately had to cancel due to personal matters. Tiësto and Special Guest GORDO will take to the stage on Saturday, Feb. 8, capping off four great nights of music at the Coors Light Birds Nest. Tickets for the Saturday show can be purchased at CoorsLightBirdsNest.com.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to have Tiësto step in as our Saturday night headliner at the Coors Light Birds Nest,” Mooney said. “While of course Swedish House Mafia will be missed, Tiësto is an absolute legend in the world of electronic music and will undoubtedly bring an unforgettable energy to close out an incredible week.”
For fans who have already purchased tickets for the Saturday show, those tickets are still valid. For fans who purchased Saturday tickets through the official tournament websites at www.WMPhoenixOpen.com or www.CoorsLightBirdsNest.com (after the lineup was announced on Nov. 11th) that would like to cancel their tickets and request a refund, they may do so by emailing Orders@WMPhoenixOpen.com. No refunds will be issued after Saturday’s show on February 8. No ticket exchanges allowed. Tickets purchased through third parties or unofficial websites are not eligible for refunds through Orders@WMPhoenixOpen.com.
General admission tickets for Tiësto and GORDO will start at $125. VIP tickets and elevated experiences are available starting at $350 each and provide exclusive access to an enhanced VIP area where guests are treated to complimentary food and drinks and access to a premium viewing area for the shows. Organizers encourage fans to buy their tickets early as ticket prices will increase as the event draws closer.
Limited tickets still remain for the Jelly Roll show on Wednesday, Feb. 5 and Friday’s Nickelback show (Feb. 7). The Luke Bryan and Nate Smith show on Thursday is completely sold out.
Tiësto is a pillar in electronic music and an artist that transcends beyond that – Tiësto is an experience. When you hear the name and hear his signature sound on the dance floor, you know you’re about to have the best night of your life. Throughout his unparalleled career, the GRAMMY® Award-winning, Platinum-certified, international icon has brought electronic music to the masses, first rising out of the underground scene to become one of the biggest and most influential DJ/producers of all time. He’s played the mainstage of every major international dance music festival and created the template for Las Vegas DJ residencies.
Meanwhile, he’s sold more than 36M albums, clocked six Billboard “Hot 100” hits and aggregated an incredible 11B+ worldwide streams. But the truth is, Tiësto is just now getting started. A leading figure of the global Dance Music movement, he helped forge the bridge between electronic and pop, evolving the sound of mainstream music itself in the process. The artist born Tijs Verwest has found a particular sweet spot in this crossover realm, gaining critical acclaim and millions of new fans with a litany of hits. His new LP, Drive, finds the artist at the height of his powers. Named for the perpetual momentum of his career and the physical movement his work continues to inspire, Drive makes the thrill of the dance floor available whenever, and wherever, listeners turn it on.
GORDO is a new house music alias from the artist previously known as Carnage. More than that, it is a new way of life and a new way of thinking for Diamanté. With this renewed sense of energy comes his essential new house sound. It is a passionate, heartfelt new beginning for GORDO that will redefine house music for the next generation.
Off to a quick start, his world tour has seen him perform at iconic venues such as Hï Ibiza, Green Valley, Shalvata Tel Aviv, Lollapalooza, Fiction Canberra, Savaya Bali, and more. Meanwhile, GORDO continues to curate his own event series; TARAKA, a brand which has been taking over the world, popping up in places like San Francisco, Miami, Tulum, Mykonos, Medellin, Amsterdam, Acapulco, New York, Bulgaria, and Detroit.
His quest for this new sound has led to releases such as ‘KTM’, which became an instant Top 10 hit on the Beatport Main Chart, TARAKA, which was named after his own event series, the techno-infused speaker-rattling ‘Leaving Earth’ with KAS:ST, the widely acclaimed ‘RIZZLA’; GORDO’s first release with The Martinez Brothers, and house anthem ‘R U 4REAL’. Diamanté solidified his name as GORDO as he broke ground with 6 production on Drake’s latest dance-infused album ‘Honestly Nevermind’ and got crowned #1 producer on Billboard’s Hot 100 producers and #1 Hispanic DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100.
Rickie Fowler, six-time PGA TOUR winner Max Homa and World No. 22 Sam Burns will tee it up at TPC Scottsdale February 3-9 for the 90th playing of “The People’s Open.”
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Tournament Chairman Matt Mooney announced today Arizona Cardinals all-time leading receiver Larry Fitzgerald Jr., two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Carli Lloyd and World Series champion Kyle Schwarber are among the first list of celebrities to commit to play in the popular Annexus Pro-Am
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Thanks to Ford, the Official Vehicle of the WM Phoenix, all fans will once again be admitted FREE of charge on Monday, Feb. 3 and Tuesday, Feb. 4 to the WM Phoenix Open as part of “Ford Free Days” courtesy of your Arizona Ford Dealers.
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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 8th 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 13th start at the WM Phoenix Open, with his best outing a sixth-place finish in 2022. He currently ranks 16th 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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The Thunderbirds proudly served as a major sponsor of the Patriot All-America Invitational, a unique tournament showcasing PING All-Americans from the previous season across NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, NAIA, and NJCAA. University of Texas senior Bohyun Park and Ole Miss junior Cameron Tankersley captured prestigious Folded Flag trophies and Bomber Jackets as champions of their respective divisions at the 14th Annual Patriot All-America Invitational.
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