SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Traffic was bad, the course was crowded and the 16th hole was raucous and rocking. The WM Phoenix Open felt like its usual, pre-pandemic self.
“We don’t keep track of the attendance,” tournament chairman Michael Golding said, “but it certainly feels like a Thursday.”
Only it was Wednesday, the day of the Annexus Pro-Am, one day before the tournament begins in earnest and two days before crowds historically have swelled.
