TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course

The Stadium Course opened in 1986 as a purpose-built tournament venue, commissioned by the PGA Tour under commissioner Deane Beman and shaped by architects Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish. Like TPC Sawgrass before it, it was engineered with spectator mounding so enormous galleries could watch play, a stadium concept that would come to define the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Set in the Sonoran desert north of Scottsdale, the par-71 layout stretches past 7,200 yards and mixes generous landing areas with desert hazards. Its most famous hole is the short par-3 16th, ringed by grandstands that turn it into a raucous, fully enclosed amphitheater each winter, often called the loudest hole in professional golf. The course has hosted the Tour's Phoenix Open for decades, drawing some of the largest crowds in the sport. A 2014 renovation by Weiskopf refreshed bunkering and greens while preserving the original spectator-first design intent.