Whenever I speak with friends about the most exciting holes in golf, the par-3 16th at the TPC Scottsdale comes first to mind. Although there are several other holes on the PGA Tour where fans are known to get rowdy (17th at Warwick Hills for example), the 16th at the FBR Open is one of the greatest spectacles in all of golf. After all, how many other holes on the PGA Tour have 20,000 fans screaming at the top of their lungs before and after every shot? Where else do fans boo a player off the tee box if he decides not to be aggressive and hit it toward the middle of the green? Dave Vest of The Arizona Republic writes,
The event's signature hole, No. 16, has been modified to accommodate the record crowds that are expected what with Super Bowl XLII being staged concurrently across the Valley in Glendale. Thirty additional sky boxes have been added to the notorious par-3 hole.
'I don't think it's a stretch to say there will be 20,000 people on that hole,' FBR Open chairman Tim Louis predicted. 'It will be a wild scene.'
PGATour.com will have extensive coverage of the 16th hole with their popular Live @ feature from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. ET on Thursday/Friday, and 12:30-5 p.m. on Saturday/Sunday.
