Amanda Balionis heaps praise on Thomas Detry after his ‘insane’ WM Phoenix Open 2025 win

Amanda Balionis showered praise on Thomas Detry for winning the WM Phoenix Open 2025. She stated that it was a statement victory by the Belgian and that a seven-shot difference was "insane" at this level.

On Sunday, February 9, Detry fired back-to-back rounds of 65 to win the WM Phoenix Open. After four days at TPC Scottsdale, he aggregated at 24-under and secured a dominant seven-shot victory over Daniel Berger and Michael Kim.

Following Detry's win, Balionis took to Instagram to congratulate him.

"A *statement* victory for Thomas Detry!" Amanda Balionis wrote. "What a stage to win on, and to do it by seven shots is insane. The WM Phoenix Open never disappoints in producing big time winners.

"Watching Detry get his first PGA Tour win with his family and friends celebrating right next to him is incredibly special and we also know this is just the beginning for the talented Belgium," she added.

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The WM Phoenix Open concluded with Detry winning his first event on the PGA Tour. He bagged $1,656,000 as a winner's share while Berger and Kim earned $818,800 each.

Here's a look at the payout for the top 25 and ties at the WM Phoenix Open:

1: Thomas Detry - $1,656,000
T2: Daniel Berger - $818,800
T2: Michael Kim - $818,800
T4: Christiaan Bezuidenhout - $414,000
T4: Jordan Spieth - $414,000
T6: Justin Thomas - $310,500
T6: Will Chandler - $310,500
T6: Robert MacIntyre - $310,500
T9: Adam Hadwin - $250,700
T9: Taylor Moore - $250,700
T9: Maverick McNealy - $250,700
T12: Cameron Young - $195,500
T12: Min Woo Lee - $195,500
T12: Rasmus Hojgaard - $195,500
15: Sepp Straka - $167,900
T16: Kevin Yu - $140,300
T16: Wyndham Clark - $140,300
T16: Ben Silverman - $140,300
T16: Denny McCarthy - $140,300
T16: J.T. Poston - $140,300
T21: Si Woo Kim - $100,280
T21: Bud Cauley - $100,280
T21: Gary Woodland - $100,280
T21: Alex Smalley - $100,280
T25: Adam Schenk - $69,198
T25: Andrew Putnam - $69,198
T25: Nick Taylor - $69,198
T25: Keith Mitchell - $69,198
T25: Hideki Matsuyama - $69,198
T25: Brian Harman - $69,198
T25: Scottie Scheffler - $69,198

Amanda Balionis drops her favorite tradition at the WM Phoenix Open

A couple of days ago, Amanda Balionis revealed her favorite tradition at the Scottsdale ahead of the WM Phoenix Open 2025.

"It’s good to be back for the @wmphoenixopen 🐫 one of my favorite traditions is knocking out this hike before the madness begins this weekend. *balance* or whatever 😂," she wrote.

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Amanda Balionis has been covering golf for over a decade now, she first joined PGATour.com before moving to CBS in 2017. Since then, she has been regular at all the PGA Tour events and hasn't missed any Masters Tournament coverage.