Forget the pyramids. Move over, Taj Mahal. The true eighth wonder of the world arrives in Scottsdale this week, and it’s bringing 700,000 rowdy fans, a par-3 stadium hole, and enough bad decisions to fuel a year’s worth of water cooler stories. The WM Phoenix Open isn’t just a golf tournament; it’s controlled chaos masquerading as a sporting event. It’s … Read More
Scottsdale Community Bank Hosts Matt Mooney, Big Chief of the Phoenix Thunderbirds, to Share Leadership Lessons and What’s New This Year at the WM Phoenix Open
The Quarterly Business Forum Was Held at the PXG Showroom Just a Short Drive from The Greatest Show on Grass Scottsdale Community Bank just wrapped up another successful installment of The Vault, its exclusive business leadership forum, featuring Matt Mooney, Big Chief of the Phoenix Thunderbirds, which operates the world-renowned WM Phoenix Open golf tournament, during a private event held Jan. 22 at the … Read More
It’s a Different WM Phoenix Open: The Pros and the Cons
The WM Phoenix Open has come under fire in recent years, more specifically last year’s messy event. The Thunderbirds seem to have gotten the message and made necessary changes (read our coverage here), but it’s all talk until the event comes. While the changes seem to have minimized some of the most prominent issues, there is one significant change that … Read More
Does the WM Phoenix Open Have a Diversity Problem?
We have a pretty good feel for our readership, and we know that for a good segment of our readers, mentions of the word “diversity” will be seen with skepticism and outright eye-rolling at worst. And while in its excesses it has certainly earned that skepticism. There are times that it is seen as the goal instead of more pertinent … Read More
Lemonade from Lemons: A Positive Outcome from an Unfortunate Event
The story of the 2024 WM Phoenix Open has been widely written about and discussed, even to the point of being an international story. The notorious “golf party”, easily the most eventful PGA tour event of the year, got entirely out of control this year with quite a few attendees getting out of control with an abnormally high number of … Read More
The WM Phoenix Open Needs Both Fixing and Defending
You almost certainly have heard the news; heck, it made international headlines…our shining crown jewel of a golf tournament, the PGA “party of the year”, got out of hand this year. A woman fell out of the bleachers, numerous fights broke out in the stands, people rushing in without tickets; in short, it was messy. The Party of the Year … Read More
The WM Phoenix Open Furthers its Status as a Premier Event Even More with Announcement
You almost certainly know all about the WM Phoenix Open, the iconic golf tournament at TPC Scottsdale. The pro golf tour party of the year…maybe even the party of the year in the city. It needs no other introductions. And yet somehow they are managing to outdo themselves with a recent announcement. The tournament recently announced easily one of the … Read More
Somehow the Phoenix Open Will Get Even Wilder: Here Comes Sports Betting
It is Arizona’s sports event of the year, when the Super Bowl and Final Four aren’t here at least. It is known nationally by golf fans as THE Party in the PGA. It is most recently known by a hole in one followed by beer littering the 16th hole in a fit of public ecstasy. It is the WM Phoenix … Read More
A Return to Normal (Finally): Light COVID Restrictions at Just the Right Time for the WM Phoenix Open
One of the greatest Arizona’s traditions descended upon us this past weekend: the WM Phoenix Open. The raucous event, known as the “People’s Open”, has long been known as the most raucous tour stop in golf, a party that attracts incredible thrones who are there to drink, eat, mingle, and perhaps take in a bit of golf…perhaps. And after a … Read More