PGA Tour and Super Bowl collide in Phoenix with strong field

PGA TOUR

WM PHOENIX OPEN

Site: Scottsdale, Arizona.

Course: TPC Scottsdale. Yardage: 7,261. Par: 71.

Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $3.6 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler.

FedEx Cup leader: Jon Rahm.

Last week: Justin Rose won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Notes: Already the PGA Tour event with the largest attendance, the Phoenix Open now is an elevated event with a $20 million purse. … The Super Bowl and Phoenix Open are in town the same week for the first time since 2015. … The field features eight of the top 10 in the world. Missing are Cameron Smith, suspended because he signed with LIV Golf, and Will Zalatoris. … Scottie Scheffler beat Patrick Cantlay in a playoff last year for his first PGA Tour…