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"The Greatest Show On Turf\nThe Waste Management Phoenix Open might be golf&amp;#39;s most entertaining spectacle, only in part because of what the players do. Photographer Nathaniel Welch was on hand this year to capture the scene in the crowd at the par-3 16th hole, and at night at the famed Birds Nest.\nTournament organizers estimated 563,008 people attended the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale this year.\nToo much of a good thing? Perhaps.\nThe international sign for &amp;quot;you&amp;#39;re not that interesting.&amp;quot;\nA lifeguard at the Greenskeeper VIP area, which was new in 2014.\nEven after the action was over, some didn&amp;#39;t feel the need to rush out.\nThe 16th hole featured no shortage of characters.\nThe 16th hole wasn&amp;#39;t the most conducive environment for kids.\nWhenever a golfer would play it safe off the tee and not go at the tucked pin, the crowd would start chanting &amp;quot;safety!&amp;quot; and put their hands together like an NFL referee. Players often felt the pressure to go for it as a result.\nThe before . . .\n. . . and the after.\nFans in Loudmouth pants couldn&amp;#39;t be missed.\nExtra protection against errant tee shots . . . and other fans.\nIt&amp;#39;s the little things in life.\nPlayers on the green performed before a different audience than they&amp;#39;re accustomed to most weeks on tour.\nFor instance, you don&amp;#39;t see a lot of this at the Masters.\nThe 16th hole required a fleet of trucks to deliver food and drinks.\nThe perfect golf course footwear.\nAs opposed to the perfect &amp;quot;dancing on hay&amp;quot; footwear.\nThis guy wasn&amp;#39;t really a caddie. And this wasn&amp;#39;t his first name.\nRivers Cuomo of Weezer, which played at the Birds Nest on Friday night."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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