There hadn’t been a hole-in-one on the par-3 16th in the Masters in four years. In Sunday’s final round at Augusta National, we saw two of them. First, it was Irishman Shane Lowry, hitting an 8-iron to the hole. Watch @shanelowrygolf make the sixteenth hole-in-one at No. 16 in #themasters history. https://t.co/YClo2d7xmW — Masters Tournament […]
Koepka, Fowler embrace TPC Scottsdale’s raucous par-3 16th
February 3, 2016 by
You talk a short walk from the 15th green into a walkway under the stands. You weave your way through a tunnel of green. The modest hum of thousands of fans, anticipating your arrival, can’t be ignored. Then then catch you walking onto what is, for 50 weeks each year, a benign par 3. Not […]
PGA Tour tries reining in the fun at Phoenix Open 16th hole
January 14, 2015 by
What a buzzkill. The PGA Tour has decided things have gotten a little out of control at the par-3 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale, host to the Waste Management Phoenix Open. And since regulating the behavior of some 20,000 daily spectators at the short hole is pretty much impossible, tour officials are imposing restrictions on […]
The 16th at TPC Scottsdale remains the most fun hole in golf
February 1, 2014 by
Earlier this year, months removed from the chaos of the Waste Management Open, I drove out to TPC Scottsdale to play an unassuming round of golf with some friends. I’ve lived in Scottsdale for years, but it seems the rounds at TPC Scottsdale are few and far between, a fault of my own but also […]
Bubba Watson birdied the 16th hole at the Waste Management on his way to an opening 64
January 31, 2014 by
If there was ever a golf tournament made for one guy, it’s the Waste Management Open and Bubba Watson. Bubba is a man known to cruise golf courses in hovercrafts, get crowds to cheer while he hits at Presidents Cups and just have some fun off the golf course, the main rule for fans out […]
Watch Tiger Woods make eagle on the par-5 16th hole in the first round at Bay Hill
March 23, 2013 by
It was a solid opening round for Tiger Woods on Thursday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. In his seven previous wins at Bay Hill, Tiger’s opening round scoring average was 69.14, so he did just a touch better on Thursday with his 3-under 69. The best part of his day came on the par-5 16th, […]
Did the USGA pull a fast one on the field by shortening the par-5 16th hole?
June 18, 2012 by
SAN FRANCISCO — The USGA wanted to give players the opportunity produce some final-round fireworks at Olympic Club. So in an effort to make things interesting, USGA executive director Mike Davis decided to throw players a curveball on Sunday, moving the tees up on the 670-yard par-5 16th to 569 yards. Ranked as the fourth […]
