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Ryan Lavner Urges Brian Rolapp To Make Phoenix Open PGA Tour’s Season Opener

With Rolapp planning a leaner schedule starting after the Super Bowl, Lavner wants Phoenix, not Kapalua, to open 2026. “I love the idea of beginning the PGA Tour season in Phoenix,” he said, calling TPC Scottsdale “one of the most underrated golf courses.” Massive crowds and a “dramatic closing stretch,” he argued, would make it the “kick-off event.”