Tour News
Kevin Stadler takes Phoenix Open, first win of career
Just three days short of his 34th birthday, Kevin Stadler carded a 3-under 68 in the final round of his 239th start to capitalize on Bubba Watson’s collapse en route to his first PGA Tour victory.
Stadler got off to a hot start in the final round, making three birdies on his first three holes to go 4-under on front nine. He was able to shrug off a double on No. 11 to be in position to birdie No. 17 and two putt No. 18 for the win.
The bigger story on Super Bowl Sunday was Bubba Watson’s failure to convert three solid rounds for his first win since the 2012 Masters. Watson’s final-round back nine, just like Saturday, was hampered with poor drives that cost him a stroke on No. 15 when he found the water and on the final hole. A bogey on “The Caldron” that is the par-3 No. 16 set up Stadler to tie and eventually win on No. 18.
An epic Sunday collapse by what would have been another wire-to-wire win, Watson saw his one-stroke lead erased after he hit it into a bunker on No. 16 and failed to convert a par putt. Watson ranked No. 1 in average driving distance and No. 1 for proximity to the hole for the week, but he failed to convert on the up-and-down on No. 18 to send the match to a playoff.
Canadian Graham DeLaet tied Watson at 15-under, posting a 65 in Round 4. He was in the clubhouse two groups ahead of Watson and Stadler, after seven birdies and one bogey. Graham posted a 65 on Saturday as well to get back into position from a 72 on Friday.
Phil Mickelson, an Arizona State University graduate, managed to sort out his back issues and make the cut. Posting rounds of 71-67-72-71, Mickelson struggled out of the box, finishing T42. He did manage to toss a few good spirals to the stands on Saturday on No. 16.
Brandon Steele posted a 62 on Saturday, claiming honors for the lowest round of the week. Other low rounds of 64 for the tournament were carded by former local Ryan Moore (Saturday), Brandt Snedeker (Friday) and Watson (Thursday).
With the win, Stadler moved up to seventh in the FedEx Cup standings, up 39 spots before the tournament. Other big movers include Hunter Mahan to No. 84, Watson to No. 17 and Cameron Tringale moving to No. 70.
Notables who missed the cut include Ian Poulter, Rickie Fowler, Lee Westwood, Billy Horschel, Keegan Bradley, Padraig Harrington and Ryo Ishikawa. These players will look to rebound next week as they join the rest of the Tour field at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in California.
“The Greenest Show on Grass” produced a record-breaking attendance of 189,000 on Saturday, totaling more than 560,000 for the week, at the TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course.
Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2026 OccuNet Classic
With the PGA Tour across the border in Canada this week, GolfWRX Tour Photographer Greg Moore stayed stateside and headed to the OccuNet Classic presented by Amarillo National Bank in Amarillo, Texas.
It’s always interesting to see what the guys are playing on the KFT, and this week certainly hasn’t disappointed so far, with some incredible wedge stamping on display.
Check out links to all our albums below.

General Albums
WITB Albums
- Ryan Palmer – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Mahanth Chirravuri – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Josh Creel – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Phichaksn Maichon – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Brandon Berry – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Ryan Burnett – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- James Song – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Andrew McLauchlan – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Ian Gilligan – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Alvaro Ortiz – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Russell Knox – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Ian Holt – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Mitchell Meissner – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Travis Trace – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Bryce Lewis – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
Pullout Albums

Luke Potter’s custom Cameron putter – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2026 U.S. Women’s Open
GolfWRX Tour Photographer made the trip from the Memorial Tournament across the country to the U.S. Women’s Open at Riviera. Check out links to all the photos below!

General Albums
- 2026 US Women’s Open – Wednesday #1
- 2026 US Women’s Open – Wednesday #2
- 2026 US Women’s Open – Wednesday #3
- 2026 US Women’s Open – Wednesday #4
- 2026 US Women’s Open – Wednesday #5
WITB Albums
- Chloe Kovelesky – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
Asterisk Talley – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open - Sarah Hammett – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Rio Takeda – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Hannah Green – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Amy Yang – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Auston Kim – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Paula Francisco – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Athena Singh – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Brianna Do – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Meja Ortengren – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Opens
- A Furue – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Katelyn Kong – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Natalia Guseva – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Cass Alexander – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Johanna Sjursen – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
Pullout Albums
- Scotty Cameron putter covers – 2026 US Women’s Open
- TaylorMade’s US Women’s Open staff bag & covers – 2026 US Women’s Open

Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2026 Memorial Tournament
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Memorial Tournament, with both Alistair Cameron and Tour Photographer Greg Moore on the ground in Dublin, Ohio, where a strong field is assembled to pay homage to the Golden Bear.
In addition to WITB galleries, we’ve already been treated to an in-hand look at Tommy Fleetwood’s new TaylorMade Spider putters.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2026 The Memorial – Monday #1
- 2026 The Memorial – Tuesday #1
- 2026 The Memorial – Tuesday #2
- 2026 The Memorial – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Jason Day – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- SungJae Im – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Alex Noren – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Jacob Bridgeman – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Lucas Glover – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Bud Cauley – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Alex Smalley – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
Pullout Albums
- Jason Day’s 1off Payntr golf shoes – 2026 The Memorial
- JT Poston’s TaylorMade Spider – 2026 The Memorial
- Cameron putter – 2026 The Memorial
- Tommy Fleetwood’s TM Spider putters – 2026 The Memorial
- New Mitsubishi Chemical 1K Pro Orange shaft – 2026 The Memorial
- Bettinardi putter – 2026 The Memorial
- Min Woo Lee’s Callaway Apex 18* UT iron – 2026 The Memorial
- Wyndham Clark’s putter – 2026 The Memorial
- Lucas Glover putters – 2026 The Memorial
- Nicolai Hojgaard’s new Callaway 4 iron – 2026 The Memorial
- Adam Scott’s L.A.B. Golf putter – 2026 The Memorial
- Scotty Cameron Xperimental Prototype 11+ putter – 2026 The Memorial
- JJ Spaun’s updated/newest L.A.B. Golf putter – 2026 The Memorial
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Tom
Feb 3, 2014 at 10:28 pm
I was happy for Craig, I mean Kevin Stadler. He looked a little nervous on the last green, but who wouldn’t be? Congrats to him!