Super Bowl champions to Michael Phelps: WM Phoenix Open Pro-Am stacked with celebrities

Following the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the PGA Tour is now on the TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course for the 2023 Waste Management Phoenix Open. Ahead of the main event, which starts on February 9, there will be a pre-tournament event, which will feature some of the biggest celebrity names in golf.

The 2023 WM Phoenix Open is a four-day event with a $20 million prize purse on offer. Ahead of this, the organizers have let out competitors for the Pro-Am at the WM Phoenix Open, and it features names like Super Bowl champion Reggie Bush and Olympian Michael Phelps. Compared to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the Phoenix Open is expected to have a bigger turnout for Pro-Am as it features a slew of famous athletes and music stars.

The biggest pre-tournament event at TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course, the Annexus Pro-Am, kickstarts at 8:30 am on Wednesday. It will see the likes of Phelps, U.S. Women’s National Team legend Carli Lloyd, country music star Chris Lane, and Major League Baseball MVP Alex Rodríguez, among others, on the field. Following the Pro-Am, the popular WHOOP Shot at Glory on TPC Scottsdale’s famed 16th hole will follow at 3:30 pm.

Here are the celebrities set to tee up at the 2023 Waste Management Phoenix Open Pro-Am:

• Super Bowl champion Reggie Bush
• U.S. Women’s National Team legend Carli Lloyd
• Country music star Chris Lane
• Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen
• NFL veteran and Arizona native Ryan Fitzpatrick, who started at quarterback for a league-record nine teams (Rams, Bengals, Bills, Titans, Texans, Jets, Buccaneers, Dolphins, and Commanders)
• Country music star Jason Aldean
• Major League Baseball MVP Alex Rodríguez
• Arizona Cardinals all-time leading receiver Larry Fitzgerald
• NFL Hall-of-Famer Jerome Bettis
• Recently retired Arizona Cardinal J.J. Watt
• Olympian Michael Phelps
• NFL all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith
• Albert Pujols, one of only four members of MLB’s 700-home run club

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2023 WM Phoenix Open field

Celebrities will join the 132-player field at the 2023 WM Phoenix Open. The event, set to be among the biggest of the year, will feature a whopping $20 million prize purse with a $3.6 million winner’s share. Apart from the prize, the golfers will also compete for valuable Official World Golf Ranking points and 500 FedEx Cup points.

The 132-player field includes 37 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings. Headlined by World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, the field is expected to be one of the biggest of the PGA Tour’s 2023 schedule. It’ll also feature World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler and No. 3 Jon Rahm among the top contenders.

Here are the top-rated players on the WM Phoenix Open field (as per ranking):

• 1. Rory McIlroy
• 2. Scottie Scheffler
• 3. Jon Rahm
• 5. Patrick Cantlay
• 6. Xander Schauffele
• 7. Collin Morikawa
• 9. Justin Thomas
• 10. Matt Fitzpatrick
• 11. Viktor Hovland
• 12. Tony Finau
• 13. Max Homa
• 14. Tom Kim
• 15. Sam Burns
• 16. Jordan Spieth
• 17. Cameron Young
• 18. Sungjae Im
• 19. Billy Horschel
• 20. Hideki Matsuyama
• 21. Keegan Bradley
• 22. Shane Lowry
• 24. Brian Harman
• 25. Tommy Fleetwood
• 26. Tyrrell Hatton
• 28. Seamus Power
• 29. Tom Hoge
• 31. Russell Henley
• 32. Kevin Kisner
• 34. Sahith Theegala
• 35. Corey Conners
• 36. Aaron Wise
• 38. Alex Noren
• 39. Kyoung-Hoon Lee
• 41. Si Woo Kim
• 43. Kurt Kitayama
• 45. Chris Kirk
• 47. J.T. Poston
• 50. Mackenzie Hughes

More details, including tee times and TV schedules, will be updated soon.