Guide · WM Phoenix Open

The Greatest Show on Grass.
One week every February
in North Scottsdale.

The WM Phoenix Open has been played since 1932 and at TPC Scottsdale since 1987. It draws the biggest crowds in golf, and the first two days of tournament week are free.

Doug Palmer, AZ REALTOR® · My Home Group Real Estate · Published 7 October 2026

2027 at a glance

The dates that matter

Tournament week

Feb 8-14

Monday, February 8 through Sunday, February 14, 2027.

Tournament rounds

Feb 11-14

72 holes, Thursday through Sunday. Practice rounds Monday and Tuesday.

Free days

Mon & Tue

General admission is free on Monday and Tuesday. Kids 15 and under are free with an adult all week.

The course: TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course, 17020 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale. Par 71, 7,261 yards.

The 16th hole

A par 3 inside a stadium

The 16th is a 163-yard par 3 enclosed by temporary grandstands of about 20,000 seats. It is the loudest hole in golf and the reason the tournament is called the Greatest Show on Grass. Tiger Woods made a hole-in-one there in the third round in 1997.

By the numbers

Why it is not a normal golf tournament

Single-day record

201,003

Saturday, February 6, 2016.

Week record

618,365

Tournament week, 2016.

For charity

$18.1M+

Raised at the 2025 tournament. The Thunderbirds have raised more than $226 million over its history.

Zero waste

14 years

Certified zero-waste 14 years running, one of the largest such sporting events in the world.

First played

1932

As the Arizona Open. At TPC Scottsdale since 1987.

The course

1986

How to do it well

A few things worth knowing

Go Monday or Tuesday for free.Practice rounds, open grounds and no ticket needed for general admission.
Park free and ride the shuttle.The 2026 setup used free public lots at WestWorld and at Salt River Fields, with shuttles to the course, plus a rideshare lot at the Bell94 Sports Complex. Confirm the 2027 lots before you go. WestWorld guide
Saturday is the big one.The single-day record of 201,003 was a Saturday. It is also All Day Green Out, when the tournament makes a donation for every fan wearing green.
Tickets.Wednesday through Sunday general admission goes on sale in early October at wmphoenixopen.com.

Some people move here for weeks like this one

If living near TPC Scottsdale, WestWorld and the rest of North Scottsdale matters to you, I can tell you which neighborhoods put you there.

Text me 480-485-4261

Sources

2027 tournament week and round dates, free days, kids policy, ticket on-sale timing, course yardage and par, the 16th hole yardage, charity totals, zero-waste certification, course designers and the parking and shuttle setup: the tournament's fact sheet (April 2026) and the PGA TOUR schedule. First played 1932, at TPC Scottsdale since 1987, the 16th hole grandstand, attendance records and the 1997 hole-in-one: Wikipedia. Course address: Wikipedia. All checked 7 October 2026. Parking, shuttles and tickets change year to year, so confirm on the official site before you go.