1846 - Good evening and welcome to coverage of the final round of the 2014 Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale. It is Super Bowl Sunday and the record crowd for the Phoenix Open is expected to be smashed today.
1849 - 189,000+ attended yesterday taking the weekly total above 508,000 and just 38,000 need to attend today to make this edition of the Phoenix Open the most attended golf event of all-time. Bubba Watson is currently 1 stroke clear of Kevin Stadler through the first four holes, Watson has made birdies at 3 and 4 to maintain his advantage at the top of the leaderboard.
1923 - Pars at 5 and 6 for Bubba and he still holds a 1 stroke advantage over Kevin Stadler.
2006 - Another pair of pars at 7 and 8 for Bubba, still one clear and nobody really making a charge from the pack with Watson and Stadler four and three clear of the field respectively.
2008 - Watson bunkered with his second shot at the 9th and Stadler hits his approach close to the hole, we could be about to see a change in the leadership of the WM Phoenix Open.
2013 - Bubba pushes his putt for par at 9 and he falls to -16, Stadler has a chance to take the outright lead.
2014 - He holes and Kevin Stadler leads the Phoenix Open by 1 at -17 with 9 holes to play.
2019 - Bubba pummels his drive on the 10th and has 40 yards left to the hole, looking to close the deficit immediately.
2021 - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama birdies the 10th to get to -14 and within 3 of the lead.
2024 - Stadler responds to Watson by putting his second shot on 10 to 13 feet and set up a birdie chance.
2029 - After a 350 yard drive Watson hits a poor pitch and leaves himself 25 feet for birdie, which comes up short and he remains one back, Stadler has a chance to extend his lead.
2030 - Stadler's putt narrowly misses and he remains 1 ahead with 8 to play.
2035 - Stadler hits a wild tee shot at 11 and is unlucky, the ball lodges into a cactus and he will certainly have to take a penalty drop.
2041 - Stadler takes his unplayable lie but meanwhile Bubba Watson pushes his approach and it hangs on the side of a hill near to the water, he is fortunate to stay dry but faces a tricky up and down to stay 1 back.
2047 - Stadler makes a terrible double-bogey and this tournament is wide open, Bubba Watson holds at 1 stroke lead at -16 with Matsuyama two back.
2048 - The Japanese 21-year-old misses an opportunity for birdie at the par three 12th.
2100 - Both Watson and Stadler struggling to save par at the par three 12th.
2104 - Both players save par and remain at -16 and -15 respectively.
2115 - Stadler and Watson fail to reach the par five 13th in two but birdies would extend their advantage over the rest who are creeping closer.
2122 - Poor pars from Watson and Stadler at 13 and there is no momentum in the final group at all.
2123 - With Matsuyama playing ahead of the final trio he could post a number to put the pressure on the 2012 Masters champion.
2127 - Matsuyama pulls his putt at the 14th and fails to close to within 1 of the lead, The next four holes though present fantastic birdie chances.
2131 - Stadler sets up a great chance for birdie to tie the lead on 14.
2135 - Stadler inexplicably misses his birdie putt and remains 1 back.
4 holes to play in the 2014 Waste Management Phoenix Open and Bubba Watson leads by 1 from Hideki Matsuyama and Kevin Stadler.
2146 - The contenders are on the par five 15th.
2147 - Bubba Watson drives into the water and this tournament is wide open for Matsuyama and Stadler, a playoff could be on the cards. Maybe even Hunter Mahan has a chance now, -14 and hits one close at 16.
2149 - Stadler finds the fairway, Matsuyama is on the edge of the fairway and has 231 yards to the hole.
2150 - He finds the greenside bunker and plays out to 18 feet, a birdie could give him the lead.
2152 - Mahan birdies the 16th and now there are four contenders for the title.
2154 - Matsuyama narrowly misses his birdie putt and walks to the 16th tee at -15.
2157 - Goodness me, Kevin Stadler fails to reach the green with his second at 15 and who is going to win this now?!
2158 - Bubba comes up short by dry, Graham DeLaet birdies 17 to get to -14 and now we have five contenders, this #EPIC2014 is living up to the hype, what a weekend we have had.
2201 - Stadler's fourth shot from the drop zone spins back to 5 feet and has a putt for par. Mahan misses the 17th green in the bunker.
2202 - Matsuyama goes long of the 16th green and this tournament is bearing a great resemblance to the final round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic from today. Watson's fourth shot comes up some 10 feet short of the hole.
2203 - What a climax we are in for now.
2205 - Matsuyama's chip finishes 8 feet away from the hole at 16.
2206 - Bubba Watson makes an extraordinary par at 15 and remains 1 ahead on -16. WOW. And Stadler follows him in!
2209 - Matsuyama bogeys the 16th and Mahan is in danger of a bogey at 17, the challengers are falling away but who knows what will happen next at TPC Scottsdale?
2210 - Graham DeLaet sets up birdie chance to post -15 in the clubhouse, could his first win just be an hour or so away?
WM Phoenix Open
The 2014 WMPO set a new week-long attendance record of 563,008 with today's attendance of 60,232! Previous record was 538,356!
2211 - Extraordinary! The boos ring out as Bubba Watson pushes his tee shot at 16 into the bunker short of the green, drama of the highest order at the most attended golf tournament in the 100 year history of tournament golf.
2215 - DeLaet birdies 18 and posts -15 with the contenders in trouble behind him.
2216 - Stadler pars the 16th, Bubba splashes out to six feet.
2217 - Mahan misses par putt at 17 and falls to -14, 2 behind.
2218 - Bubba slices his putt and now we have three tied at -15 and two a shot back at -14, remarkable finish to a remarkable event!
2220 - Matsuyama drives the 17th and two putts from some 80 feet will tie him for the lead.
2225 - Mahan has 132 yards to the hole at 18; flies long and has a downhill chip, the pitch mark is inches from the hole but it gets a huge bounce.
2228 - Stadler drives the 17th but he has a brutally hard putt ahead of him; Watson hits an identical shot and this finish is just insane!
2231 - Mahan misses his birdie putt at 18 and his hopes are over.
2234 - Matsuyama's putt lips out at 17 and he goes to 18 needing a birdie to tie DeLaet in the clubhouse.
2237 - Bubba Watson's putt from over 80 feet comes up some 15 feet short; Stadler rolls his ball to around 5 feet.
2240 - Sensational putt from Bubba Watson for birdie at 17, magnificent! He pumps the air with his first and takes the lead, but Stadler ties and they go to 18 tied at -16. WHAT A FINISH!!
2244 - Matsuyama clearly feeling the pressure, tugs his second to the final hole slightly and has a tough downhill, left to right breaking putt from off the back edge to get to -15.
2246 - Stadler crushes his drive up the left side on 18; Bubba pulls his and he has a terrible side hill lie for his second shot, advantage to the son of the 1982 Masters Champion.
2250 - Matsuyama pars the 18th and finishes at -14.
2252 - Oh my word! Bubba Watson hits a massive thin with his second shot and flies 30 yards long into the crowd! Kevin Stadler hits a superb approach and he is so close to a first PGA Tour win, what an incredible finish!
2255 - Watson has a stinker of a lie.
2256 - Un-believable! Bubba Watson is either a genius or the luckiest man alive! He hits a shocking stubbed chip which hits the rope on the ground and rolls down to around four feet.
2300 - Stadler misses and Watson has a putt to send us to a playoff, what an afternoon.
2300 - AMAZING! Watson pushes his putt and makes bogey.
Kevin Stadler wins the 2014 Waste Management Phoenix Open in one of the most remarkable final rounds in recent memory. What a tournament and what a week in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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