The American golfer won the 2026 WM Phoenix Open.

(Dan Tri Newspaper) - Overcoming many big names, Chris Gotterup (USA) won the WM Phoenix Open 2026. The tournament concluded on February 9th (Vietnam time).

At the end of the final day of competition, Chris Gotterup finished with a total score of -16 strokes, tied with Hideki Matsuyama (Japan). The two golfers were forced to continue playing in a playoff.

Chris Gotterup wins the WM Phoenix Open 2026 (Photo: AFP).

In this round, Chris Gotterup needed 3 strokes to sink the ball, while Hideki Matsuyama needed 4 strokes. Ultimately, Chris Gotterup won the play-off round and claimed the championship.

With his victory at the 2026 WM Phoenix Open, the American golfer received $1.728 million (over 44.8 billion VND). Meanwhile, runner-up Hideki Matsuyama received $1.0464 million (over 27 billion VND) in prize money.

Meanwhile, the reigning Olympic champion and world number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler (USA), finished in a tie for third place with a total score of -15 strokes.

The other runners-up in third place were Nicolai Højgaard (Denmark), Michael Thorbjornsen, Akshay Bhatia (both Americans), and Si Woo Kim (South Korea). Each of them received $439,680 (over 11.4 billion VND) from the organizers.

Conversely, Olympic Tokyo 2020 champion Xander Schauffele (USA) only scored a total of -5 strokes, finishing in T41. He received $34,080 (over 884 million VND).

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/tay-golf-nguoi-my-vo-dich-giai-wm-phoenix-open-2026-20260209112615987.htm