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Earlier this weekwe talked about Phoenix Open and the story of Quebecer Étienne Papineau.
You should know that this tournament is not like the others on the PGA Tour.
It is known to be a party tournament. More specifically, it is the 16th hole that stands out. Stands that can accommodate 17,000 fans are raised around it every year. This is the only hole in the whole season on which it is accepted that the crowd is less quiet than what we usually see.
This atmosphere is perfect for the time of year for this tournament since it is traditionally played on Super Bowl weekend. We can say that the fans start their party in advance.
You can also say when you give them the chance to celebrate, they don’t mind. That was the case when Sam Ryder (yes, that’s his real name) scored the first hole-in-one on the 16th since Francesco Molinari in 2015.
It didn’t take much for a rain of beer cans to fall on the field.
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— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) February 12, 2022
Fortunately, the tournament is sponsored by Waste Management, so for them, it remains a good product placement. It remains that it is a perfect scene to explain why this tournament is the destination of many golf fans for a trip between chums.
Sam Ryder played par and is eight shots behind, yet he was the one who created the moment of this tournament.
