PGATTA Conference -- in Scottsdale!

16th Tee (Bird's Nest) with structures almost up for FBR Open
Me standing on 18th tee with view of clubhouse in background
View of TPC Scottsdale Course
Fairway (not sure which one)
The Course and the spots of desert

Well a few days after I got back from Ponte Vedra, I had to leave for another conference in Scottsdale, AZ. It is absolutely gorgeous there and just amazing to see. This conference was for the PGA Tour Tournaments Association and it was a way for all the tournaments to get together in one place to hear upcoming news in the TOUR and to share ideas with one another. We also got to play golf (surprise, surprise). This time we played Grayhawk and the TPC Scottsdale Stadium course. I did much better by the time I got to the TPC and I think my game will soon be coming around (or at least I hope so). What was so neat about the area and about these courses is that you see the green of the course and then surrounded by it is desert and an amazing view. The TPC Scottsdale is where they hold the FBR Open and it draws a HUGE gallery. They already have most of the skyboxes around 16 (the Bird's Nest) and 17 built. The picture I have posted of 16 doesn't even begin to show the amount of structure they set up there; it literally encircles most of that hole from tee to green!