It was a super Sunday indeed for Thomas Detry. The 36- and 54-hole leader at the 2025 WM Phoenix Open will be leaving TPC Scottsdale the same way he came into the weekend: on top. Detry fired a final-round 65 to reach 24 under for the tournament and claim a seven-stroke victory over Daniel Berger and Michael Kim.
Winless in his tenures on both the PGA Tour and DP World Tour since 2017, Detry has finally seen his full potential realized. In doing so, he not only nabbed his first PGA Tour title but the first for any man who hails from his native country of Belgium. With the victory, Detry is now fully exempt on the PGA Tour through the 2027 season.
Detry also becomes the fifth international player to win on the PGA Tour this season across the first six tournaments and only the third European to win the WM Phoenix Open. He climbs to No. 2 in the early stages of the FedEx Cup behind only American Express winner Sepp Straka.
Just as he did on Saturday, Detry got off to a dream start on Sunday. Rolling in a birdie from 15 feet on his opening hole, the 32-year-old regained his five-stroke lead as a pair of Texans in Jordan Spieth and Scottie Scheffler were surging ahead on the golf course.
Detry’s lone hiccup came on No. 2 and brought doubt into the tournament before he dialed up another beautiful birdie roll on the next to return to 19 under. The up-and-down nature of his round settled as the frontman made pars on the remainder of his front nine to turn with a four-stroke lead.
With Scheffler struggling to replicate his front-nine 31 and Spieth saving pars from bushes, Detry plodded along. A birdie on the difficult par-4 11th pushed his lead back to five and appeared to slam the door shut before Berger began to cause some discomfort.
The American tacked on birdies on the par-3 12th and the par-5 13th to cut Detry’s lead to three. A chip-in par on the next allowed Berger to roll in another birdie on No. 15 to momentarily cut the lead to two. However, in the span of two shots Detry went from sweating a long-awaited victory to strolling right into the winner’s circle.
Connecting from 7 feet for birdie on the par-5 15th, Detry went to the famous colosseum par-3 16th with a three-stroke lead. After stuffing his tee shot to kick-in distance and seeing Berger add a blemish to his scorecard, he left the arena well clear of the field and with his first PGA Tour trophy finally in his hand. Grade: A+
Here are the rest of the notable names on the leaderboard at the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.
T2. Daniel Berger (-17): Berger put a new set of irons in the bag this week and it proved to be a fruitful decision. Replacing a TaylorMade set from 2011, the four-time PGA Tour winner was stellar from tee-to-green all tournament long. Biding his time in the final round, Berger pounced on the back nine and cut Detry’s lead to as little as two with a birdie on the par-5 15th. Detry matched moments after and slammed the door shut on No. 16 with a two-shot swing. Berger looks healthy, in-form and confident about returning to the top-20 player he was a handful of years ago. Grade: A
T4. Jordan Spieth (-16): Spieth isn’t only returning from wrist surgery, but he’s rebuilding his swing and has added a new putter to his golf bag. Combine all those changes with doing it at a tournament like WM Phoenix Open, and one can only be optimistic about how well he has held up. The three-time major champion was steady in his first three rounds carding only one bogey but looked like his vintage self on Sunday. Holing a couple putts outside 20 feet and making par on No. 11 that included hitting a ball out of a bush left-handed with his putter, Spieth started to find his groove. He may not have won, but he is well ahead of schedule. Grade: A
T6. Justin Thomas (-15): The 15-time winner continues to put himself in position to win and continues to come up short. Thomas entered the weekend within reach of Detry, but a third-round 70 saw his name tumble down the leaderboard on Moving Day. The putter continues to pose problems for Thomas who despite posting positive figures this week experienced a round where he lost nearly two strokes to the field. Once he raises that floor, he’ll return to the winner’s circle. Grade: B+
T25. Scottie Scheffler (-9): After not looking quite like himself across the first three rounds, the world No. 1 kicked it into gear early on Sunday. Carding four birdies in his first eight holes, Scheffler got within four of Detry and had eyes on turning in 30 when faced with a 5-foot birdie bid on No. 9. Lipping out his birdie effort, Scheffler scuttled in from there as he made bogeys on Nos. 12-13 and fell out of contention.
For the second straight week, Scheffler’s short game looked a bit rusty, but that should wear off as he continues to get tournament reps under his belt. That wasn’t his only issue as he made some uncharacteristic tactical errors leading to three balls in the water by week’s end. Grade: C-
MC. Max Homa (–): He’s really grinding right now. Swing changes, equipment changes, and apparel changes have done nothing to change the state of Homa’s game. He’s been a weekend omission in both of the full-field events that he has played in and a non-factor in the first two signature events. Homa hit only 18 greens in regulation across his 36 holes of action. Grade: F
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