16th hole TPC Scottsdale

Maybe the most exciting hole on the PGA TOUR is played this week when the TOUR settles in at TPC Scottsdale.  The Waste Management Open is dubbed 'the greatest show on grass.'  One of the reasons for the nickname is the par 3 16th hole.   Measuring 162 yards, it's not a daunting hole by today's TOUR standards.  But, when you put 20,000 screaming fans around the hole it takes on a whole new meaning.
Players either love it or hate it.  One week a year the best players in the world get a chance to feel what's it like to play in front of a college basketball type crowd.  Chants start going up for Arizona State University when Phil Mickelson is walking from 15 green to 16 tee.  Phil went to college in Scottsdale and they absolutely love him.
Dean Wilson and Tiger Woods have played the 16th hole the best in the last 20 years.  Each has played 12 rounds on the course and both have played 16 hole in 5 under par.  I'll never forget when Tiger made a hole-in-one there about 10 years ago.  The place went ballistic!!
It's one of my favorite tournaments to watch because there's so much action on the back nine.  You have the par 5 15th hole, the craziness at 16, a short drivable par 4 in 17 and must hit a good tee shot on 18 or you're either in the water or in a difficult fairway bunker.  I can promise you it won't be a dull telecast on Sunday.  Check it out!