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Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.

PGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: Farmers Insurance Open (Marc Leishman)

THIS WEEK: Waste Management Phoenix Open, Jan. 30-Feb. 2
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium), Scottsdale, Ariz. (Par 71, 7,261 yards)
Purse: $7.3 million (Winner: $1.14M, 500 FedEx points)
Defending Champion: Rickie Fowler
FedEx Cup leader: Justin Thomas
TV: Thursday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:45 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. ET (CBS).

NOTES: Thomas has joined Tiger Woods, Jimmy Walker and Dustin Johnson as the only players to hold the No. 1 spot in the FedEx Cup rankings for 30 weeks in their careers. … Fowler’s previous best finish in five title defenses was a T46 at the 2016 Dell Technologies Championship. … Jordan Spieth is ranked No. 51, the first week he has been outside of the top 50 since 2013. He needs to move within the top 50 to qualify for next month’s WGC-Mexico Championship. … Bubba Watson has four career top-five finishes at TPC Scottsdale. … Bryson DeChambeau will make his first start of 2020 on the PGA Tour. He is seeking his first Tour victory since the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in the fall of 2018. … Only nine hole-in-ones have been recorded at the famous par-3 16th hole in event history. … Mark Calcavecchia (2001) and Phil Mickelson (2013) hold the 72-hole event scoring record of 256.

BEST BETS: No. 3 Jon Rahm (+600 by DraftKings) is the highest-ranked player in the field and coming off a runner-up at Torrey Pines. … Thomas (+950) is already seeking his third victory of the 2019-20 Tour season. … Hideki Matsuyama (+1600) has two wins and two other top-five finishes in six starts in the event. … Reigning U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland (+3000) won at TPC Scottsdale in 2018 and finished T7 last year. … Viktor Hovland (+5500) is still seeking his first Tour win. He provides good odds but is also coming off two missed cuts and a T23 in his past three events.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Feb. 6-9

LPGA TOUR

LAST WEEK: Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio (Madelene Sagstrom)
THIS WEEK: Off.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: ISPS Handa Vic Open, Victoria, Australia, Feb. 6-9

Champions Tour

LAST WEEK: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (Miguel Angel Jimenez)

THIS WEEK: Morocco Champions, Jan. 30-Feb. 1
Samanah Golf Club, Marrakech, Morocco (Par 72, 7,369 yards)
Purse: $2M (Winner: $320,000)
Defending Champion: Inaugural event
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Jimenez
TV: Thursday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. ET; Saturday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. (All times Golf Channel)

Notes: Jimenez is a Tour-best 59-under par over the past four tournaments. He has won two times and is the only player with top-five finishes in each of the four events. … This will be the first PGA Tour-sanctioned stroke-play event to be contested on the continent of Africa. The 2003 Presidents Cup was held on the Links Course at Fancourt Hotel and Country Clubs in George, South Africa. … Bernhard Langer, 62, has 40 career Champions victories, five shy of Hale Irwin’s all-time record.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Chubb Classic, Feb. 14-16

–Derek Harper (@DerekAHarper), Field Level Media