This time, the PGA Tour left the final round on Sunday. 3, 2008, at what was then known as University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. The golf tournament and the Super Bowl bumped heads again on Feb. Arizona State alum Phil Mickelson won the first of his three Phoenix Open titles on Saturday, and the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XXX the following day. In response, the PGA Tour bumped the first round of the 1996 Phoenix Open to Wednesday so that the tournament ended on a Saturday instead of Super Bowl Sunday. The NFL had threatened to move the game if the vote failed, and it made good on it.Īnd now, faith leaders from Arizona and other areas of the country have called upon the NFL to move the 2023 Super Bowl out of the state because of several pieces of legislation that they believe are voter suppression measures.Īfter losing the game in 1993, Arizona voters ultimately passed a King Day initiative and the NFL awarded Super Bowl XXX in 1996 to Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. Super Bowl XVII in 1993 was moved from Phoenix to Pasadena, California when an initiative to create a Martin Luther King Day holiday in Arizona failed to pass. That could change if social issues intervene, and that has happened before, too.
It will be the fourth Super Bowl played in Arizona, and the three previous games were played on the same weekend as the Phoenix Open. Scottie Scheffler beat Patrick Cantlay on the third hole of a two-man, sudden-death playoff in this year’s tournament, providing a perfect lead-in to Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.Īnd as soon as the Los Angeles Rams dispatched the Cincinnati Bengals and accepted the Lombardi Trophy, the Valley began looking ahead to next year’s game, which will bring celebrities and fans from around the country to the game and, likely, the golf tournament.Īssuming the PGA Tour doesn’t break with tradition, Arizona is in for a wild February weekend of football and golf a year from now. The PGA Tour responded by flip-flopping the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the WMPO to keep the Phoenix event “in its traditional date of Super Bowl week,” according to a Tour’s news release at the time. When the NFL expanded its season to 17 games in 2021, it meant the Super Bowl had to be pushed forward a week. “So much buzz surrounds both of our events and could help us make a real impact in the community. “If the schedule works out and the Super Bowl is in town, it could be one special weekend,” said Michael Golding, tournament chairman of the 2022 Waste Management Phoenix Open. The Waste Management Phoenix Open is known for all kinds of colorful fans, including this group at the famous 16th hole.
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