WM Phoenix Open

Last weekend my boyfriend and I went to the WM Phoenix Open in Phoenix, AZ. I have to say, I am not much of a golf fan, but the appeal of this particular PGA tournament is far beyond the everyday golf fan. Usually when you think golf, you think of boring guys taking all day whacking a ball around a sprawling landscape, but the WM Open really makes golf a party. There are huge grandstands all over the course, tents for food and drink, and hundreds of thousands of rowdy fans as excited and energized as you would find at an NFL or NBA game, if not more so. The WM Open is considered the biggest part in golf, and it brings in the most attendance of any sporting event in Phoenix every year, with attendance over 700,000 over the 5 days of the Open. Another great thing about this event is that for the past five years it has been a zero-waste event. Everything used by vendors and the tournament is 100% recyclable and compostable and the entire event is powered by renewable energy, this is definitely something that more major sporting events should strive to copy. After watching and learning about this event, and just being around the energy and experience, I have to say that golf is not what I thought it was and I can now say that I would be very interested in pursuing a career on the PGA tour, trying to show more and more people that golf isn't just an old man's game anymore.