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‘I didn’t realize how far out here it was’: In 1987, the first Phoenix Open was held at the then-remote TPC Scottsdale

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Phoenix Open was being held at the Tournament Players Club of Scottsdale for the first time and course designer Tom Weiskopf wanted to know what players thought of the place.

Tom Byrum had to think for a moment before answering.

“I guess all I could come up with was I didn’t realize how far out here it was,” Byrum recalled.

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