I played my first round at TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course in 2020 and loved it so much that I came back the next year. For my 30th birthday, I decided to come back again to what I affectionately refer to as my favorite course with seven of my closest golfing friends.

Stepping up to the tee on #16, the caddy told us the hole was playing 122 yards. I walked up, pitching wedge in hand, and hit the best shot of my life. The ball tracked toward the pin, landed 10 feet short, hopped once, and rolled in. I dropped to my knees and screamed in the stadium, as did my entire foursome. I ran to the green to retrieve my ball as workers building the stadium applauded and the other foursome behind us pulled up to celebrate.

I couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to share my first hole-in-one with. If TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course wasn’t my favorite course before, it sure as heck is now!