The gladiatorial arena around the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale takes months to install and quite a long time to take down.

If you were wondering how fans would react this year to a hole-in-one at TPC Scottsdale's infamous par-3 16th, Emiliano Grillo provided the answer Friday. Grillo, playing his seventh hole in Round 2 of the WM Phoenix Open,

The ace was the second of Grillo's career on the Tour, and the 12th on No. 16 at TPC Scottsdale since hosting the Phoenix Open beginning in 1987.

It’s 9 a.m. at TPC Scottsdale, and the cool nighttime temperatures that descend upon the desert are beginning to give way to the heat radiated from the abundant daytime sunshine. The course is starting to warm up,

A dunk hole-in-one. A climb into the top 10 by the world's No. 1 player. A repeat bid showing life. And a fan favorite with a late surge.

There's a constant hum of noise from the fans, who erupt with every tee shot, and then depending on whether a golfer's ball ends up close to the hole or not, either loud cheers or raucous boos then ensue.

Perhaps one of the toughest tickets in sports is getting a seat around the par-3 16th at TPC Scottsdale during the PGA Tour's Waste Management Phoenix Open. Though there's enough seating around the 16th hole for some 20,

The hole that gets all the attention is the 16th but there have been 19 aces on the course's other par 3s and even one on a par 4.

Golf fans gather at TPC Scottsdale at 3 a.m. on Feb. 7, 2025, to grab the best seats at the rowdy 16th hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona.