SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — To quote the immortal words of former Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Mora: "Playoffs? Don't talk about playoffs. You kiddin' me? Playoffs?"

Well, the WM Phoenix Open knows a thing or two about playoffs.

Nick Taylor won the tournament at TPC Scottsdale a year ago on the second playoff hole. It was the sixth playoff at the tournament in the last nine years.

There have been 21 playoffs in tournament history, a dozen since the tournament moved to TPC Scottsdale in 1987. Crunching the numbers, in those 38 events at TPC, there's roughly been a playoff every three years since moving to the Stadium Course.

A WM Phoenix Open playoff could overlap start of Super Bowl

What can make a playoff a little extra nerve-racking, moreso for fans than the players, is that the WM Phoenix Open's final round always precedes the Super Bowl. The golf is scheduled to end around 4 p.m. local time (6 p.m. ET) and the NFL title game usually kicks off around 4:30 p.m. Arizona time (6:30 p.m.).

An exciting final round of golf at a popular event like this can make for a great warmup to the Super Bowl but fans always want to see the clinching putt drop before kickoff.

If the recent pattern holds of a playoff coming in an even-numbered year, then sports fans should breathe easy in 2025 so that they won't miss any of the football action.

All the playoffs at WM Phoenix Open

Of the 21 playoffs, there was just one time where there were more than two players duking it out in extra holes.

2024: Nick Taylor def. Charley Hoffman

2022: Scottie Scheffler def. Patrick Cantlay

2020: Webb Simpson def. Tony Finau

2018: Gary Woodland def. Chez Reavie

2017: Hideki Matsuyama def. Webb Simpson

2016: Hideki Matsuyama def. Rickie Fowler

2011: Mark Wilson def. Jason Dufner

2009: Kenny Perry def. Charley Hoffman

2008: J.B. Holmes def. Phil Mickelson

1996: Phil Mickelson def. Justin Leonard

1995: Vijay Singh def. Billy Mayfair

1988: Sandy Lyle def. Fred Couples

1983: Bob Gilder def. Rex Caldwell, Johnny Miller and Mark O'Meara

1977: Jerry Pate def. Dave Stockton

1972: Homero Blancas def. Lanny Wadkins

1961: Arnold Palmer def. Doug Sanders

1960: Jack Fleck def. Bill Collins

1954: Ed Furgol def. Cary Middlecoff

1949: Jimmy Demaret def. Ben Hogan

1946: Ben Hogan def. Herman Keiser

1944: Harold McSpaden def. Byron Nelson

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: WM Phoenix Open has gone to a playoff in six of the last nine seasons