This Week: Phoenix Open and Qatar Masters at BetLM

The PGA Tour heads to Ari­zona for the Waste Man­age­ment Phoenix Open and the Euro­pean Tour stays in the Per­sian Gulf region for the Com­mer­cial­bank Qatar Mas­ters this week.

On Sun­day, Kyle Stan­ley blew a 3-stroke lead with one hole to play at the Farm­ers Insur­ance Open, then lost the play­off to Brandt Snedeker. Stanley’s chance at redemp­tion begins this week; he, as well as Snedeker, is in the field in Phoenix.

Stan­ley should talk to Robert Gar­ri­gus about final-hole melt­downs and how to for­get about them. At the 2010 St. Jude Clas­sic, Gar­ri­gus also blew a 3-stroke lead at the last hole when try­ing to notch his first PGA Tour win, then lost in a play­off. But just a few months later, Gar­ri­gus got that first win, and he’s played well since. A loss such as Stan­ley endured last week can crip­ple a golfer’s con­fi­dence, but as Gar­ri­gus has shown, it doesn’t have to.

Also in the field in Phoenix are Phil Mick­el­son, try­ing to rebound from a missed cut in San Diego last week; the defend­ing champ, Mark Wil­son; plus Kee­gan Bradley, Fred Cou­ples, Rickie Fowler, Bill Haas, Matt Kuchar, Dustin John­son, Ian Poul­ter, Webb Simp­son and Bubba Watson.

The Qatar Mas­ters has another strong field, although it doesn’t include Robert Rock. Rock, the win­ner of the Abu Dhabi Cham­pi­onship last week, isn’t play­ing. But Qatar’s defend­ing champ, Thomas Bjorn, is.

The field also includes Lee West­wood, Mar­tin Kaymer, Jason Day, Graeme McDow­ell, K.J. Choi, Hunter Mahan, Ser­gio Gar­cia, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Retief Goosen and Mat­teo Manassero.

Check our tour­na­ment pages for more info, includ­ing the lists of past cham­pi­ons, from each event:

Course pho­tos:
TPC Scotts­dale – Sta­dium Course
Doha Golf Club