Bubba Gets His Super Bowl Viewing Wish: No Playoff!
/No doubt the Golf Gods caught
Read MoreWhen you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Renovating TPC Scottsdale: Careful Please!
/Working off of reports this week from Adam Lawrence and Matt Ginella, I pen a short Local Knowledge plea for Tom Weiskopf to tread carefully in renovating the TPC Scottsdale. Yes, it could get better and prettier, but there is also the potential to make it less appealing (as we've seen too many times when courses are renovated). The good news here is that Weiskopf is the original designer and understands the theatrical nature of the original design.
Meanwhile for those interested in a further study of the numbers, check out Peter Corbett's story from May of 2013 when citizens and officials were debating the funding of the next $15 million renovation.
The latest deal has prompted critics, citing the losses from operating the golf course, to pressure city officials to get a better deal for Scottsdale taxpayers.
Those critics, a loosely organized group of Scottsdale residents concerned about municipal spending, say the new agreement with PGA Tour Inc. to continue running TPC Scottsdale will be an additional drain on city coffers.
They also contend the city is providing an illegal subsidy to the PGA Tour by having Scottsdale residents pay for $15 million in renovations of the TPC Stadium Course and clubhouse starting next year.
Under the lease amendment, which was unanimously approved by the City Council in December, the PGA Tour will increase its fees paid to Scottsdale by $4 million over 20 years.
Time Lapse Video: 140,000 Used Golf Balls Turned Into Logo
/A time lapse video of the Waste Management floating signage in TPC Scottsdale's 18th hole lake designed by the Maker Twins. It's a lot of work for a floating logo but hey, some of us are watching, so it worked.
Post by Maker Twins.
Phil's Back Feeling Better, Especially Not Having To Play Pro-Am
/Nothing will help lower back pain like rest,
Read MoreTiger Likely To Skip Match Play At Dove Mountain
/Barring an unforeseen desire to play some really wild Jack Nicklaus greens one more time,
Read MorePhil A Definite Maybe For TPC Scottsdale Start
/Phil Mickelson released a statement today on where his back issues stand heading
Read MoreStallings Wins Farmers; Spieth Plays Through Pain
/The pre-vent architecture and
Read MoreOpen Thread: 2014 Farmers Insurance Open Final Round
/I'm heading out to the South Course so I won't be able to track the number of camera shots that CBS producer Lance Barrow
Read MoreWedge-Out Rough? Say Goodbye To Tiger At Torrey!
/Because if they keep this nonsense up with silly-thick rough around the greens,
Read MoreTiger's First Career MDF After Torrey Pines 79
/For those of you keeping track at home, that's a Made Cut, Did Not Finish i
Read MoreMickelson WD's From Farmers With Back Injury
/Doug Ferguson reports on what looked inevitable this afternoon based on the obvious discomfort he was in.
Read More63: Jordan Spieth's At It Again
/A year ago he made an anonymous missed-cut debut at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Read MoreThis Week In Golf Channel Ratings: NFL Smacks Down Humana
/The Humana Challenge has no chance finishing on the Sunday of NFL League Championship games, as evidenced
Read MoreJim Herman's Birdie-Free 66 At Torrey North
/American Jim Herman's opening 66 at Torrey Pines North featured
Read MorePat Perez Reminisces About His Days Picking Torrey's Range
/It was a surreal scene Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open media center at Pat Perez couldn't take his eyes off the driving range visible through the door immediately to his left.
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