It’s 9 a.m. at TPC Scottsdale, and the cool nighttime temperatures that descend upon the desert are beginning to give way to the heat radiated from the abundant daytime sunshine. The course is starting to warm up,

The gladiatorial arena around the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale takes months to install and quite a long time to take down.

Over 38 years, there have been roughly 15,000 tee shots fired during tournament golf at the 140-or-so-yard hole, yet there has been only 12 aces.