Also archived is the moving day at the WM Phoenix Open, and the news arriving from one of the most iconic tournaments on the American circuit also has something smiling about it. The leader changes, not the country to which he belongs, because Japan is always involved. This time with its best (rightly) known golfer, Hideki Matsuyamawho scores -3 in the third lap and this is enough for him to go ahead of everyone with an overall score of -13.
Behind him the fight is very close: in addition to the other Japanese Ryo Hisatsunethe Dane is also at -12 Nicolai Hojgaardthe South Korean Trili and the only USA in the top 5, Maverick McNealy. Particular praise goes to Hojgaard and McNealy, authors of a -6 which allows them to recover eight places and to play their cards fully in the last 18 holes.
Behind them, in sixth place, with a score of -11 are the Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick and three men with stars and stripes, namely Michael Thorbjornsen, Jake Knapp e Akshay Bhatia. Tenth place occupied alone, -10 behind the Englishman John Parrywhich leaves behind a significant number of notable figures.
After all, the Norwegian, among others, is eleventh at -9 Viktor Hovland and the other Hojgaard, Rasmuswhile always staying on the path to recovery Scottie Scheffler: the world number 1 can never be considered out of the running, not even from 16th to -8 after a first lap in 73 which scared him a lot.
date: 2026-02-08 08:57:00
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