The Phoenix Open dates back to 1932 and 1933, when it was known as the Arizona Open. The event was suspended for one year and then returned in 1935 for one more. But like a Phoenix, it rose from the ashes in 1939 when Bob Goldwater Sr. convinced his civic group, The Thunderbirds, to sponsor a golf event. As with the original Arizona Open, the Phoenix Open was played at the Phoenix Country Club. Beginning in 1955, the Arizona Country Club (also in Phoenix) alternated as event host with Phoenix Country Club; this arrangement lasted until Phoenix Country Club took The Arizona Country Club’s turn in 1975 and became the event’s permanent home. Finally, in 1987, it moved to the now famous TPC Scottsdale, with its circus par 3 16th.
The Phoenix Open is annually the best attended event on tour, drawing as many as 500,000 over the weekend. Some of that is due to the circus surrounding the par 3 16th, which has been converted to an amphitheatre that seats thousands. In 2008, the tournament set a PGA Tour record of 538,356 fans.
Phoenix Open founder Bob Goldwater was an accomplished amateur golfer. He won the Arizona State Amateur and the Southwest Amateur three times each. In 1951, he beat well-known amateur Charlie Coe in the Broadmore Invitational in Colorado Springs. Because the other Thunderbirds were skeptical about the golf event, Goldwater did all the work on the first tournament himself.
Mark Calcavecchia, Gene Littler and Arnold Palmer have three Phoenix Open wins each. Double winners include JB Holmes, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Bob Gilder, Miller Barber, Johnny Miller, Lloyd Mangrum, Jimmy Demaret, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson.
The tournament record was set by Mark Calcavecchia in 1981, with a aggregate 256, which was an astonishing 28 under par.
A list of Phoenix Open Winners follows:
| Year | Player | Country | Score | To par | 1st Prize ($) | Purse ($) | |
| Waste Management Phoenix Open | |||||||
| 2016 | Hideki Matsuyama | Japan | 270 | -14 (playoff) | 1, 170,000 | 6,500,000 | |
| 2015 | Brooks Koepka | United States | 269 | -15 | 1,134,000 | 6,300,000 | |
| 2014 | Kevin Stadler | United States | 268 | -16 | 1,116,000 | 6,200,000 | |
| 2013 | Phil Mickelson | United States | 256 | -28 | 1,116,000 | 6,200,000 | |
| 2012 | Kyle Stanley | United States | 269 | -15 | 1,080,000 | 6,100,000 | |
| 2011 | Mark Wilson | United States | 266 | -18 | 1,080,000 | 6,100,000 | |
| 2010 | Hunter Mahan | United States | 268 | -16 | 1,080,000 | 6,000,000 | |
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| 2009 | Kenny Perry | United States | 270 | -14 | 1,080,000 | 6,000,000 | |
| 2008 | J. B. Holmes | United States | 270 | -14 | 1,080,000 | 6,000,000 | |
| 2007 | Aaron Baddeley | Australia | 263 | -21 | 1,080,000 | 6,000,000 | |
| 2006 | J. B. Holmes | United States | 263 | -21 | 936,000 | 5,200,000 | |
| 2005 | Phil Mickelson | United States | 267 | -17 | 936,000 | 5,200,000 | |
| 2004 | Jonathan Kaye | United States | 266 | -18 | 936,000 | 5,200,000 | |
| Phoenix Open | |||||||
| 2003 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | 261 | -23 | 720,000 | 4,000,000 | |
| 2002 | Chris DiMarco | United States | 267 | -17 | 720,000 | 4,000,000 | |
| 2001 | Mark Calcavecchia | United States | 256 | -28 | 720,000 | 4,000,000 | |
| 2000 | Tom Lehman | United States | 270 | -14 | 576,000 | 3,200,000 | |
| 1999 | Rocco Mediate | United States | 273 | -11 | 540,000 | 3,000,000 | |
| 1998 | Jesper Parnevik | Sweden | 269 | -15 | 450,000 | 2,500,000 | |
| 1997 | Steve Jones | United States | 258 | -26 | 270,000 | 1,500,000 | |
| 1996 | Phil Mickelson | United States | 269 | -15 | 234,000 | 1,300,000 | |
| 1995 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | 269 | -15 | 234,000 | 1,300,000 | |
| 1994 | Bill Glasson | United States | 268 | -16 | 216,000 | 1,200,000 | |
| 1993 | Lee Janzen | United States | 273 | -11 | 180,000 | 1,000,000 | |
| 1992 | Mark Calcavecchia | United States | 264 | -20 | 180,000 | 1,000,000 | |
| 1991 | Nolan Henke | United States | 268 | -16 | 180,000 | 1,000,000 | |
| 1990 | Tommy Armour III | United States | 267 | -17 | 162,000 | 900,000 | |
| 1989 | Mark Calcavecchia | United States | 263 | -21 | 126,000 | 700,000 | |
| 1988 | Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 269 | -15 | 117,000 | 650,000 | |
| 1987 | Paul Azinger | United States | 268 | -16 | 108,000 | 600,000 | |
| 1986 | Hal Sutton | United States | 267 | -21 | 90,000 | 500,000 | |
| 1985 | Calvin Peete | United States | 270 | -14 | 81,000 | 450,000 | |
| 1984 | Tom Purtzer | United States | 268 | -16 | 72,000 | 400,000 | |
| 1983 | Bob Gilder | United States | 271 | -13 | 63,000 | 350,000 | |
| 1982 | Lanny Wadkins | United States | 263 | -21 | 54,000 | 300,000 | |
| 1981 | David Graham | Australia | 268 | -16 | 54,000 | 300,000 | |
| 1980 | Jeff Mitchell | United States | 272 | -12 | 54,000 | 300,000 | |
| 1979 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 199* | -14 | 33,750 | 250,000 | |
| 1978 | Miller Barber | United States | 272 | -12 | 40,000 | 200,000 | |
| 1977 | Jerry Pate | United States | 277 | -7 | 40,000 | 200,000 | |
| 1976 | Bob Gilder | United States | 268 | -16 | 40,000 | 200,000 | |
| 1975 | Johnny Miller | United States | 260 | -24 | 30,000 | 150,000 | |
| 1974 | Johnny Miller | United States | 271 | -13 | 30,000 | 150,000 | |
| 1973 | Bruce Crampton | Australia | 268 | -12 | 30,000 | 150,000 | |
| 1972 | Homero Blancas | United States | 273 | -11 | 25,000 | 125,000 | |
| Phoenix Open Invitational | |||||||
| 1971 | Miller Barber | United States | 261 | -23 | 25,000 | 125,000 | |
| 1970 | Dale Douglass | United States | 271 | -13 | 20,000 | 100,000 | |
| 1969 | Gene Littler | United States | 263 | -21 | 20,000 | 100,000 | |
| 1968 | George Knudson | Canada | 272 | -12 | 20,000 | 100,000 | |
| 1967 | Julius Boros | United States | 272 | -12 | 14,000 | 70,000 | |
| 1966 | Dudley Wysong | United States | 278 | -6 | 9,000 | 60,000 | |
| 1965 | Rod Funseth | United States | 274 | -14 | 10,500 | 65,000 | |
| 1964 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | 271 | -17 | 7,500 | 50,000 | |
| 1963 | Arnold Palmer | United States | 273 | -15 | 5,300 | 35,000 | |
| 1962 | Arnold Palmer | United States | 269 | -15 | 5,300 | 35,000 | |
| 1961 | Arnold Palmer | United States | 270 | -10 | 4,300 | 30,000 | |
| 1960 | Jack Fleck | United States | 273 | -11 | 3,150 | 22,500 | |
| 1959 | Gene Littler | United States | 268 | -12 | 2,400 | 20,000 | |
| 1958 | Ken Venturi | United States | 274 | -10 | 2,000 | 15,000 | |
| 1957 | Billy Casper | United States | 271 | -9 | 2,000 | 15,000 | |
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| 1956 | Cary Middlecoff | United States | 276 | -8 | 2,400 | 15,000 | |
| 1955 | Gene Littler | United States | 275 | -5 | 2,400 | 15,000 | |
| 1954 | Ed Furgol | United States | 272 | -12 | 2,000 | 10,000 | |
| 1953 | Lloyd Mangrum | United States | 272 | -12 | 2,000 | 10,000 | |
| 1952 | Lloyd Mangrum | United States | 274 | -10 | 2,000 | 10,000 | |
| 1951 | Lew Worsham | United States | 272 | -12 | 2,000 | 10,000 | |
| Ben Hogan Open | |||||||
| 1950 | Jimmy Demaret | United States | 269 | -15 | 2,000 | 10,000 | |
| Phoenix Open | |||||||
| 1949 | Jimmy Demaret | United States | 278 | -6 | 2,000 | 10,000 | |
| 1948 | Bobby Locke | South Africa | 268 | -16 | 2,000 | 10,000 | |
| 1947 | Ben Hogan | United States | 270 | -14 | 2,000 | 10,000 | |
| 1946 | Ben Hogan | United States | 273 | -11 | 1,500 | 7,500 | |
| 1945 | Byron Nelson | United States | 274 | -10 | 1,000 | 5,000 | |
| 1944 | Harold “Jug” McSpaden | United States | 273 | -11 | 1,000 | 5,000 | |
| 1943 | No tournament | ||||||
| 1942 | No tournament – hosted Western Open | ||||||
| 1941 | No tournament – hosted Western Open | ||||||
| 1940 | Ed Oliver | United States | 205^ | -8 | 700 | 3,000 | |
| 1939 | Byron Nelson | United States | 198^ | -15 | 700 | 3,000 | |
| 1936-38 | No tournament | ||||||
| 1935 | Ky Laffoon | United States | 281 | -3 | 500 | 2,500 | |
| 1934 | No tournament | ||||||
| Arizona Open | |||||||
| 1933 | Harry Cooper | United States | 281 | -3 | 400 | 1,500 | |
| 1932 | Ralph Guldahl | United States | 285 | -1 | 600 | 2,500 | |
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