Lowdown: The PGA Tour heads to Arizona this week for the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Kyle Stanley defends the title at TPC Scottsdale but will face stiff competition from an excellent field.
First contested in 1932, there have been some notable winners of the tournament over the years - Arnold Palmer won three in a row in the early 1960s, Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller and Sandy Lyle have also taken the title.
The course at TPC Scottsdale was constructed in 1986 with this competition in mind. It's a stadium track affording excellent vantage points for the 500,000 plus spectators who will watch through the course of the week.
This is the best-attended event in world golf with a tournament record of 538,356 fans coming through the gate back in 2008. Many of them make their way to the cauldron like amphitheatre surrounding the par-3 16th. It's been the scene of many dramatic moments in the past.
The course is not one of the hardest on the PGA Tour and it doesn't tend to suit a particular type of player. It's pretty much anybody's to win this week. One thing's for sure though, the weather looks like being perfect - sunshine, low winds and temperatures around 70 degrees.
Robert Garrigus - Turning into one of the most consistent performers on the PGA Tour, Garrigus was tied sixth last week. He has a pretty poor record here but was tied 11th back in 2007. He'll be looking to improve on that this time out.
Key hole: 16th. 162 yards into a green that will be surrounded with thousands of fans, including many Arizona State university students, cheering good shots and booing poor ones. Skills required: Concentration. With the huge throngs of boisterous fans swarming along the edges of the fairways it's easy to become distracted. The man who wins will either harness the crowd's energy or have his blinkers firmly secured.
