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Detry leads, Spieth in hunt at PGA Tour’s Phoenix Open

February 8, 2025
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Thomas Detry had the perfect number on the wildest hole in golf.

The Belgian’s towering pitching wedge landed near the hole and spun back to tap-in range, setting off a roar at TPC Scottsdale’s stadium 16th hole.

Emiliano Grillo got the only ace on the party barge of a par 3, but Detry has the Phoenix Open lead after nearly matching him.

Detry birdied the par-3 16th hole and shot a 7-under 64 in the second round to take a two-shot lead in the Phoenix Open on Friday.

“It was perfect full wedge and it pitched in a perfect spot, and I think it spun a little bit,” Detry said. “Just a kick-in birdie.”

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Detry had eight birdies and a bogey to reach 12 under on another day of perfect conditions at TPC Sawgrass. Michael Kim shot a bogey-free 63 to reach 10 under and was tied with Alex Smalley, who shot 65.

Jordan Spieth was in the mix with eagles on 13 and 15, shooting 65 to reach 9 under in his second tournament since offseason wrist surgery. Three-time PGA Tour winner Tom Kim also was 9 under after shooting 66.

Grillo set off the biggest roar — and the only beer shower — of the day, slam-dunking his tee shot on the rowdy 16th.

Tournament officials had tried to curb drinks from flying out of the stands at the stadium hole since Sam Ryder and Carlos Ortiz set off beer showers with aces in 2022. The new measures did little good after Grillo’s shot flew in the hole and swirled around the cup before dropping to send the suds flying.

“It was loud — it was very loud,” Grillo said. “It was a lot of emotions. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know what to do. There was a lot going on. I just loved watching the beer go on to the green. That’s what I enjoyed.”

Justin Thomas nearly matched Grillo, hitting his tee shot on No. 16 to 3 feet in a 68 that moved him to 8 under.

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler shot a bogey-free 66 to reach 7 under after a wild ride in the opening round of his second start since suffering a puncture wound on his hand while cooking Christmas dinner.

Detry had a little trouble with the slowed-down greens at windy Pebble Beach last week, but has rolled his ball well on the firm, fast greens at TPC Scottsdale.

The two-time Belgian Olympian shot 66 in the first round at TPC Scottsdale and opened his second with three birdies on the front nine in his bid for a first PGA Tour win. His birdie on No. 9 kicked off a run of three straight and he added three more — he hit to 2 feet on 16 — around a bogey on the 490-yard par-4 14th.

“I’ve actually been very comfortable on the greens this week,” Detry said. “Did some good work with my coach and the greens are rolling just as good as it gets.”

Spieth tied for 69th at Pebble Beach last week and scrambled from some tough spots to shoot 68 in the opening round in the desert. He managed one birdie on the front nine in the second round, but sank eagle putts of 5 and 11 feet on TPC Scottsdale’s two back-nine par-5s.

Spieth added a birdie on No. 17 after hitting just right of the short par 4.

“I had two 5-irons that I put really nice swings on into the par-5s,” he said. “It was good to have good numbers. Fortunate for both of them to feed the right distance to have good looks.”

Coming off a missed cut at Torrey Pines, Smalley opened with a 67 and followed it with four birdies in a five-hole stretch in the second round starting on No. 2. The 28-year-old American rolled in a 6-foot eagle putt on the par-5 13th and birdied the difficult par-4 11th, but bogeyed the par-5 15th when he hit his second shot in the water.

Kim, winner of the 2018 John Deere Classic, missed the cut in two of his three tournaments to start the season, but had his game dialed in at TPC Scottsdale. After opening with a 69, he charged up the leaderboard by closing with four straight birdies to shoot a 6-under 30 on the back nine.



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