We recently asked readers of The Arizona Republic how they would deal with the drunk and unruly fans problem at the Waste Management Phoenix Open amid the controversy over some spectators’ actions at the event over the weekend.
They answered.
In a poll asking if the WM Phoenix Open should stop selling alcohol posted on X, 44.3% of voters responded that the golf tournament should limit the sale of alcohol.
Of voters, 32% replied that the tournament should keep things the same with alcohol sales at the TPC Scottsdale during the popular PGA Tour event.
Another 23.7% were for the Phoenix Open banning alcohol amid the problems with the gallery at the so-called ” The People’s Open.”
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Many people expressed a desire for the tournament to limit alcohol sales in their replies about fixing the Phoenix Open.
One reader replied in an email: “I understand the Open needs alcohol to function economically, but it obviously needs to be limited. As a golfer I would love to attend the Open, but don’t because it’s largely a circus filled with fans of Budweiser rather than golf. It has become dangerous, and normal people have increasingly chosen not to attend. At some point almost all PGA golfers will make the same choice.”