Thomas Detry’s Historic Double Phoenix Rising Triumph – All The Facts & Figures

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Final-Round Leaderboard

Pos. Player R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Thomas Detry 66 64 65 65 260 (-24)
T2 Michael Kim 69 63 68 67 267 (-17)
T2 Daniel Berger 68 66 66 67 267 (-17)
T4 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 67 66 69 66 268 (-16)
T4 Jordan Spieth 68 65 67 68 268 (-16)

 

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Thomas Detry (1st/-24)

  • Wins first PGA TOUR victory in 68th career TOUR start at the age 32 years, 27 days
  • Becomes first player from Belgium to win on the PGA TOUR; one of two players on TOUR from Belgium (other: Adrien Dumont de Chassart)
  • Birdies final four holes to win by seven; one of six players (seven times) to win WM Phoenix Open by seven or more shots

Largest margin of victory at WM Phoenix Open

14          1975      Johnny Miller

12          1962      Arnold Palmer

11          1997      Steve Jones

8            2001      Mark Calcavecchia

7            2025      Thomas Detry, 2006  J.B Holmes, 1989  Mark Calcavecchia

  • Largest margin of victory on TOUR since Lee Hodges won the 2023 3M Open (seven shots)
  • First first-time winner of the season (six events) and first on TOUR since Maverick McNealy (2024 RSM Classic)
  • 14th first-time winner at the WM Phoenix Open and first since Scottie Scheffler (2022)
  • Five of six events on TOUR this season have been won by international players: The Sentry (Japan/Hideki Matsuyama), Sony Open in Hawaii (Canada/Nick Taylor), The American Express (Austria/Sepp Straka), AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Northern Ireland/Rory McIlroy), WM Phoenix Open (Belgium/Thomas Detry)
  • 11th international player (13 wins) to win the WM Phoenix Open and second consecutive (2024/Canada/Nick Taylor)
  • Sets career-low 72-hole score (260) and 54-hole score (195)
  • Moves to 1-for-2 in converting 54-hole lead/co-lead to victory: T2/2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open, Won/2025 WM Phoenix Open
  • Second top-10 in fifth start of the season: T5/The Sentry, Won/WM Phoenix Open
  • Wins in second career appearance at the WM Phoenix Open: T28/2024, Won/2025
  • Finished No. 42 in the 2024 FedExCup after collecting four top-10 finishes in 2024

Jordan Spieth (T4/-16)

  • Best finish on TOUR since a third-place finish at the 2024 Sentry; 90th top-10 on TOUR in 283rd start
  • Second start on TOUR since undergoing wrist surgery in August
  • Sixth top-10 in nine starts at the WM Phoenix Open: T7/2015, T9/2017, T4/2021, T6/2023, T6/2024, T4/2025
  • Moves to No. 53 in the FedExCup; playing on the final year of winner exemption from the 2022 RBC Heritage (thru 2025)

Miscellaneous Notes

  • 15-time PGA TOUR winner Justin Thomas (T6) holed out for eagle from 103 yards on the 72nd hole for his fifth career top-10 at TPC Scottsdale (3rd/2019, T3/2020, T8/2022, 4th/2023, T6/2025), one of only two TOUR venues where he has earned at least four top-10s without a win (Silverado Resort/Procore Championship)
  • PGA TOUR rookie Will Chandler, who earned a spot in the field via the Open Qualifier, finishes T6 in his first made cut in third career PGA TOUR start
  • Runners-up Daniel Berger and Michael Kim played their way into the Aon Swing 5, qualifying for next week’s Genesis Invitational; Justin Lower (DNP) and Lee Hodges (T57) fell out; the top five players not otherwise exempt who earned the most FedExCup points during the Sony Open in Hawaii, The American Express, the Farmers Insurance Open and the WM Phoenix Open qualify for The Genesis Invitational


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