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“Green Out” Raises $50,000 for Keep Phoenix Beautiful

WM Phoenix Open Staff — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:49:29 +0000

The Waste Management Phoenix Open’s GREEN OUT on Saturday, February 4th raised $50,000 for Keep Phoenix Beautiful. According to the Waste Management Phoenix Open’s ‘Green Squad’ nearly 1/3 of Saturday’s record crowd of 173,210 fans and nearly all PGA TOUR pros donned green gear.

“We’d like to thank all the fans, players, caddies and sponsors who wore green on Saturday,” said 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open Tournament Chairman Alex Clark. “Combined with last year’s $35,000 to Arizona Clean & Beautiful, we’ve contributed $85,000 to two deserving organizations.”

For every person who wore GREEN on Saturday, February 4th, the tournament host Thunderbirds will be donating ‘green’ to Keep Phoenix Beautiful – a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to preserving, maintaining and enhancing the beauty and environmental quality of Phoenix. The Thunderbirds began the Green Out in 2011 as a way for fans to honor and support the sustainability/green efforts of the tournament and title sponsor Waste Management.

Kyle Stanley Wins First Tour Victory at 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open

WM Phoenix Open Staff — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:38:26 +0000

Kyle Stanley wins With his first PGA TOUR victory in just his 44th career start at the age of 24 years, 2 months, 17 days. He also collects 500 FedExCup points to move to No. 1 in the standings with 846 points, leading Johnson Wagner by 49 points.

Kyle Stanley at WM Phoenix Open

PGA TOUR Career Victories

— 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open

EXEMPT STATUS

— Extends fully-exempt status through the 2014 season.

WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPEN NOTES

Stanley becomes the first player to make the Waste Management Phoenix Open his first TOUR win since J.B. Holmes in 2006 and the 10th in tournament history. Also, he wins in his first start at the event, the first to do so since J.B. Holmes, also in 2006.

Scoring breakdown during the week:

par-3s (1-over)
par-4s (5-under)
par-5s (11-under)

He entered the finals today eight strokes behind Spencer Levin, marking the largest come-from-behind history in Waste Management Phoenix Open tournament history.

2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open Statistics

Driving Accuracy 34/56 T24
Greens in Regulation 57/72 3
Driving Distance 287.6 70
Total Putts 121 T63
Strokes Gained – Putting 4.577 11

2012 NOTES

First player in his 20s to win this season.

CAREER NOTES

Becomes the first player since David Toms (2011 PLAYERS Championship/Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial) to lose in a playoff and then win the following week.

Entered the day eight strokes behind Spencer Levin, equaling the third-largest come-from-behind win in PGA TOUR history (Paul Lawrie holds the distinction of making up the biggest deficit of 10 strokes at the 1999 British Open).

Tops career-best finish – runner-up finishes at the 2012 Farmers Insurance Open and 2011 John Deere Classic.

Posts sixth Top-10 and 13th Top-25 finish of his career.

The win is the 325th by a former Nationwide Tour member and the fifth of the season in as many starts (Stricker, Wagner, Wilson, Snedeker, Stanley).

2012 PGA TOUR SUMMARY

Tournaments Entered — 4
In Money — 3
Top-25s — 3
Top-10s — 2
Victories — 1

Over One-Half Million Fans Attend 2012 WM Phoenix Open

WM Phoenix Open Staff — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:51:28 +0000

Bird's Eye View — 16th Hole at TPC Scottsdale

With sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-70s for most of the week, golf fans came out in droves to watch golfers such as Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler and Matt Kuchar, as well as emerging tour stars such as Ryan Palmer, Spencer Levin and eventual winner Kyle Stanley.

Saturday’s 3^rd round attendance of 173,210 set an all-time single-day record in Waste Management Phoenix Open and professional golf history. The previous single-day attendance mark of 170,802 was set in 2008 also during the 3^rdround.

For the week, total attendance was 518,262 — 4th largest in tournament history.

Monday — 7,515

Tuesday — 36,003

Wednesday — 49,735

Thursday — 77,035

Friday — 116,299

Saturday — 173,210

Sunday — 58,447

“We can’t thank fans and sponsors enough for their incredible support of this tournament,” said 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open Tournament Chairman Alex Clark. “From the time the gates opened at 7 a.m. this morning, an unprecedented flow of fans walked through the gates. Our security staff, tournament volunteers and Scottsdale Police Department all did an outstanding job of handling this enormous crowd. I’ve been saying it would be ‘72 and sunny’ for months, I’m glad my mantra came true.”

The Waste Management Phoenix Open and host Thunderbirds have raised close to $75 million for local charities in the tournament’s 77 year history, with more than $45 million generated since 2004. Title sponsor Waste Management, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management services in North America. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. It is also a leading developer, operator and owner of waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. The company’s customers include residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North America.

For more information on Waste Management visit wm.com or thinkgreen.com.

For more information on the Waste Management Phoenix Open, visit wmphoenixopen.com

Total attendance was 518,262 – 4th largest in tournament history

Let’s do a news post featuring the attendance.

Zero Waste Challenge to Launch at 2012 WM Phoenix Open

WM Phoenix Open Staff — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:13:06 +0000

WM Aims to Make WMPO the Greenest Tournament on the PGA Tour

Waste Management today announced that it will launch its Zero Waste Challenge — an initiative aimed at educating vendors and patrons about proper disposal of waste, so that eventually zero waste is sent to the landfill — at the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open. This year, Waste Management’s goal is to divert 90 percent of tournament waste away from landfills and into recycling and composting facilities. In addition, the company hopes to recover 70 percent of the total waste, either as recyclable paper, cardboard, plastics, aluminum or as compost material.

As part of the Zero Waste campaign, Waste Management in conjunction with the Thunderbirds will work with all tournament vendors to ensure that everyone is using recyclable and compostable materials. And for the first time ever, there will be no trash receptacles along the course. Instead, Waste Management will offer two alternatives to waste disposal — recycling bins and compost bins — which will collect and keep separate recoverable recycling waste and recoverable compostable food waste, diverting nearly all tournament materials from the landfill.

“The Zero Waste Challenge is an incredible opportunity for Waste Management to energize and educate this broad audience about our efforts to triple the amount of recyclable materials nationwide by the year 2020,” said Waste Management senior vice president Duane Woods. “As a company committed to extracting the most value possible from all of the materials we manage, we continue to look for ways to make WMPO the greenest tournament on the PGA Tour.”

Underscoring the company’s commitment to the Zero Waste campaign, Waste Management will showcase many green initiatives along the course:

Recycling stations in high-traffic areas, staffed with “recycling ambassadors” to answer any questions about using the recycling and composting bins.
Waste Management will work closely with WMPO vendors to monitor their use of water throughout the week in order to increase overall conservation.
Use of greywater, or wastewater generated from the concessionaire’s kitchens will be recycled for use in portable toilets. Last year this effort conserved 1,476 gallons of fresh water.
Recyclebank kiosks, or reverse vending machines, offering various incentives or retailer discount coupons to patrons who use them.
Sixty WM solar-powered compactors along the course to allow patrons to dispose of their food waste more efficiently (these machines hold five times the amount of waste as a traditional non-compacting bin, which reduces the trips needed to service them).
Four compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks to transport the waste and recycled materials that are collected during the tournament. The fuel in these trucks burns cleaner than a standard diesel truck and therefore will reduce fleet emissions associated with transportation.
Waste Management’s hospitality tent will be powered by electricity generated from a portable solar power unit.

Recycling ambassadors will play an important role in educating tournament attendees, monitoring recycling and food waste receptacles and increasing awareness of the waste diversion goals for the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open. Recycling ambassadors will serve as a guide to assist fans with proper disposal of materials and will actively engage with fans and answer any questions they may have. For additional information about volunteering as a recycling ambassador, visit www.wmphoenixopen.com/volunteer.