5 Things: Ready for some TPC Scottsdale rowdiness?

golfweek.com 31 Jan '13, 2am

5 Things: Ready for some TPC Scottsdale rowdiness?

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - It's almost here: "The Greatest Show on Grass." Last year a record 173,210 spectators packed TPC Scottsdale on Saturday for the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Rumor has it some of them were drinking a cold beverage or three. The 16th hole is golf's "most hollered ground," where crowd capacity - on this one hole - exceeds 20,000. It will be a wild scene. Here are 5 Things to expect: • • • 1. SWEET 16? They enter through the tunnel to the 16th hole like gladiators entering the Colosseum. “They open the gates and here come the slaves,” says Gary McCord, who has had a ringside seat for years as CBS Sports’ anchor of the hole. “It’s like the old medieval taunting days.” The par-3, 162-yarder is unlike anything else in golf, a hole that last year became totally enclosed with skybox suites and handles 20,000 riotous fans. They chant. They cheer. They boo. Rele...

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