RealClearSports: The Loudest, Craziest Hole in Golf

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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- There's a Red Cross balloon attached to the grandstand. And this is a golf tournament, in a matter of speaking. Or a matter of drinking. Welcome to the 16th hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the place where no insult goes unshouted.

It's the bleachers at Fenway with an undulating green, a rock concert mosh pit with bunkers. It's the place where a bad shot is booed. Just like Barry Bonds. Or the Celtics at Staples Center. 

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