Who are the First Coast and South Georgia players in the fields this week in pro golf tournaments?
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ThePGATourwilltakeaone-weekbreakintheCaliforniaswingtomakeitsannualtriptotheArizonadesertfortheWMPhoenixOpen,attheTPCScottsdale.
AlargecontingentofFirstCoastandGoldenIslesplayerswillbeinthefield,includingthetwotopplayersfromPonteVedraontheFedExCuppointslist,NicoEchavarriaandBillyHorschel.
BillyHorschelofPonteVedraBeachisinthefieldforthisweek’sWMPhoenixOpen.Otherprotourswillbeinfar-flungplacesthisweek.ThePGATourChampionsresumesinMoroccoandtheKornFerryTourcontinuesitsLatinAmericanSwingbyplayinginColombia. LIVGolfopensits2025scheduleinSaudiArabia.
WhoaretheareaplayersintheWMPhoenixOpenfield?FirstCoast:BudCauley,LantoGriffin,NicoEchavarria,BillyHorschel,BenKohles,SamRyder.
GoldenIsles:BenGriffin,WillGordon,BrianHarman,PattonKizzire,KeithMitchell,AndrewNovak,J.T.Poston,GreysonSigg,DavisThompson.
WMPhoenixOpenpurse:$9.2million($1,656,000and500FedExCuppointstothewinner).
Defendingchampion:ScottieSch