Final-Round Notes – Sunday, February 8, 2026

Superbowl LX was just underway when Chris Gotterup made it two PGA Tour victories in three starts in 2026 denying Japan Hideki Matsuyama who had bogeyed the 72nd hole to send the WM Phoenix Open in a play-off.

Gotterup had posted a closing round 64 and watched as Matsuyama, and looking to join Arnold Pamer as a three-time WM Waste Management Open champion, bogeyed the last the send the event into play-off.

Then at the first extra hole Gotterup holed out for a birdie ‘3’ to make it four PGA Tour victories in 11 months.

Earlier in the day former LIV Golfer Patrick Reed made it two wins from three DP World Tour events.

The duo are the only golfers to have won twice this new season.

WOW! FOUR WINS IN 11 MONTHS …

And a second Chris Gotterup @PGATOUR this new season @WMPhoenixOpen@tpcscottsdale

✅️ @TOURMISS https://t.co/D5gLeE8rw5

— Fatiha (@TOURMISS) February 8, 2026

Final  WM Phoenix Open Leaderboard

*def. Hideki Matsuyama with a birdie-3 on the first playoff hole (No. 18)

Playoff:

• 22^nd playoff in tournament history and first since 2024 (Nick Taylor def. Charley Hoffman)
• Playoff records:
  • Chris Gotterup: 1-0
  • Hideki Matsuyama: 4-2

 Chris Gotterup (Winner/-16)

• Fourth career PGA TOUR title in his 71^st start at the age of 26 years, 6 months, 19 days
• PGA TOUR wins (4): 2024 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, 2025 Genesis Scottish Open, 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii, 2026 WM Phoenix Open
• FedExCup leader entering the week claims his second victory in three starts this season (Sony Open in Hawaii/Won, Farmers Insurance Open/T18, WM Phoenix Open/Won); marks his third victory in his last 10 starts on TOUR
• Began the final round four strokes back of Matsuyama (T11); marks his second come-from-behind victory on TOUR (2026 Sony Open in Hawaii/trailed by 2)
• 64 ties his low final-round score on TOUR (2026 Sony Open in Hawaii/Won, 2025 CJ CUP Byron Nelson/T15); birdied five of his last six holes (Nos. 13-15, 17-18)
• Nine birdies ties his career-high in a round on TOUR (2025 Genesis Scottish Open/R2/Won)
• First winner of the WM Phoenix Open to come from behind in the final round since Scottie Scheffler (2022)
• Held the 18-hole lead after an opening-round 63; had missed the cut in two previous appearances in this event (2024, 2025)

Miscellaneous Notes

• 54-hole leader Hideki Matsuyama (P2/-16) posts 68 with his lone bogey coming at the 72^nd hole to send him to a playoff with Gotterup; falls to 5-for-6 when holding the outright 54-hole lead on TOUR; was seeking to become the fifth player with three victories at the WM Phoenix Open, with his previous two titles coming in playoffs
• Si Woo Kim (T3/-15) posts three consecutive top-10 finishes on TOUR for the first time in his career in 304 starts (T6/The American Express, T2/Farmers Insurance Open, T3/WM Phoenix Open); is one of two players to finish inside the top 20 in all four events to start the 2026 season (other: Pierceson Coody)
• World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (T3/-15) posts final-round 64 for his 17^th consecutive top-10 on TOUR, the first player since Billy Casper in 1965 to accomplish the feat
• Akshay Bhatia (T3/-15) cards third consecutive 67 to mark his best finish on TOUR since a T3 at the 2025 PLAYERS Championship; entered the week having missed the cut in his first two starts of the 2026 season
• In search of his first TOUR title, Michael Thorbjornsen (T3/-15) eagles the par-5 15^th hole to take the lead before making bogey on Nos. 16 and 17; marks his seventh top-five finish in his 48^th career start on TOUR
• Nicolai Højgaard (T3/-15) cards 68 with a triple-bogey 7 on the par-4 second hole; fifth top-five finish in 58^th career start on TOUR