Scottie Scheffler to Jon Rahm, star names wreak havoc at the WM Phoenix Open

The WM Phoenix Open leaderboard is stacked with big names, including the defending champion, Scottie Scheffler, and the winner of the Sentry Tournament of Champions, Jon Rahm. Scheffler is leading the tally with a scoring deficit of 13 after posting a 68 in the third round.

The overnight leader from the opening day, Nick Taylor slips down to second position alongside current world No. 3, Jon Rahm.

Rahm, who won two consecutive championships earlier this year, is running for his third win of the year at the WM Phoenix Open, scheduled to conclude on Sunday, February 12.

The tournament features some of the biggest names in the golf world. Out of the 132 players who competed in the tournament, 37 were in the top 50 of the world rankings.

Scottie Scheffler was last year's champion and will be the seventh golfer to regain his title if he successfully defends it.

Rory McIlroy, who started his year by winning the Dessert Classic Open, secured the T28 position.

Adam Hadwin secured the fourth position in a two-way tie alongside Jordan Spieth, while Tyrell Hatton, Sungjae Im, Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, and Xander Schauffele finished sixth after the third round.

Cameron Smith is placed at the bottom of the leaderboard alongside Stewart Clink. Young recently competed at the PIF Saudi International and finished second in the tournament. The reigning PGA Tour rookie of the year is looking for his first win of the new year.

The 2023 Farmers Insurance Open winner, Max Homa, was placed in the 25th position.

The WM Phoenix Open is the biggest tournament of the year with a purse of $20 million, and after the second day, a couple of big names made the cut and are running to win a whopping amount of $3.6 million in prize money.

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2023 WM Phoenix Open leaderboard after the third round

• 1 Scottie Scheffler
• T2 Nick Taylor
• T2 John Rahm
• T4 Jordan Spieth
• T4 Adam Hadwin
• T6 Tyrrell Hatton
• T6 Sung Jaeim
• T6 Rickie Fowler
• T6 Jason Day
• T6 Xander Shauffele
• T11 Charley Hoffman
• T11 Sam Burns
• T11 Tony Finau
• T11 Jhonattan Vegas
• T11 Wyndham Clark
• T16 Dylan Frittelli
• T16 Taylor Moore
• T16 Justin Thomas
• T16 Sam Ryder
• T20 Keegan Bradley
• T20 Si Woo Kim
• T20 Scott Stallings
• T20 Adam Schenk
• T20 Seamus Power
• T25 Chesson Hadley
• T25 Max Homa
• T25 Hidaki Matsuyama
• T25 Jason Dufner
• T28 Rory McIlroy
• T28 Matt Kuchar
• T28 Billy Horschel
• T28 James Hahn
• T28 Tom Kim
• T28 Sahith Theegala
• T28 Webb Simpson
• T28 Adam Long
• T28 Taylor Pandrith
• T38 Ryan Palmer
• T38 Justin Lower
• T38 Aaron Rai
• T38 Zach Johnson
• T38 Viktor Hoveland
• T38 Hayden Buckley
• T38 Kavin Tway
• T38 Kelly Kraft
• T38 Lucas Glover
• T38 Patrick Rodgers
• T48 K.H. Lee
• T48 Kurt Kitayama
• T50 Trey Mullinax
• T50 Danny Lee
• T50 Lucas Herbert
• T50 Nate Lashley
• T50 Joel Dahmen
• T50 Beau Hossler
• T50 Corey Conners
• T57 Brian Harman
• T57 Matthew Fitzpatrick
• T57 Brandon Wu
• T57 Greyson Sigg
• T61 Eric Van Rooyen
• T61 Jim Herman
• T61 Keith Mitchell
• 64 Gary Woodland
• T65 Stewart Cink
• T65 Cameron Young