Everything you need to know about the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — You’ve seen it on TV. Perhaps you’ve experienced it live and in person. Either way, there’s really nothing like it in golf.

An arena that can hold close to 18,000 fans rings the par-3 hole. There are three levels of suites and two large areas for general admission seating.

Drones fly over head. A fly cam whizzes by. There’s a constant hum of noise from the fans, who erupt with every tee shot, and then depending on whether a golfer’s ball ends up close to the hole or not, either loud cheers or raucous boos then ensue.

Are you not entertained? Welcome to the Coliseum, the 16th hole at the WM Phoenix Open.

Everything you need to know about the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale

The par 3 hole is marked at 163 yards on the official scorecard for the tournament but the tee box moves each day, giving the golfers a different distance to contend with. A year ago, it was 151 yards the first day and 180 the second. On Saturday, they set it at 123 yards. This is all an effort to induce holes-in-one during the most highly attended and wildest day of the week.

How many holes-in-one have their been at the 16th hole at WM Phoenix Open?

Golfweek’s Department of Statistics (not a real thing) has calculated that there have been roughly 15,000 shots fired from the tee box on 16 since the tournament moved to the Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale in 1987.

There have been a grand total of 11 aces. The first happened in 1988. The latest was the final round of 2022. There were two that year, in fact.

What does the PuttView map of the 16th hole look like?

How many fans can get into the arena on the 16th hole?

Tournament organizers put the number at 17,000 plus. There are 299 skyboxes and the fans there account for about 80 percent of the partiers as the general-admission seating areas have 3,750 spots for fans on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The 299 skyboxes break down like this:

• 1 penthouse

• 242 regular

• 56 loges

How much does a skybox cost on the 16th hole?

A skybox starts at $65,000 but the prices goes up if you want some additional goodies. There are two price points for a loge on the 16th hole: $165,000 and $195,000. The larger figure includes:

• 80 loge credentials per day

• 2 host credentials per day

• Complimentary breakfast and lunch buffet and open bar

• 6 valet parking passes

• Free general parking with shuttle service

One reason there are so many suites along the 17th and 18th holes? Because those 299 suites on the 16th hole sell out so fast.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: WM Phoenix Open 2025: What you need to know about the 16th hole at TPC