Fans huddle along the sidelines to watch Tiger Woods golf at hole 9 at the 2015 Waste Management Phoenix Open on Jan. 30, 2015. Woods finished the day with a career-worst 82. (Andrew Ybanez/The State Press)After back-to-back record attendance days at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, fan turnout slipped on Friday, likely because of rainy conditions.
At Wednesday’s pro-am, a record 75,380 fans attended (21 percent increase from 2014) to see celebrities such as Tim Tebow, Bruce Arians, Randy Johnson and Emmitt Smith compete alongside professionals like Tiger Woods.
During Thursday’s opening round, attendance totaled 118,461, a 34 percent increase from 2014. But on Friday attendance slipped to 81,309, a 34 percent decrease from 2014’s record.
Typically Friday is the second-most popular day at the Phoenix Open, with Saturday being the most popular and Sunday being the least (Sunday's final round is almost always on Super Bowl Sunday).
(Previous year attendance statistics according to the Phoenix Open).
But with rainy conditions all day on Friday, some fans may have opted not to attend.
If you're going to the Phoenix Open today, it's going to rain. pic.twitter.com/EYK2rlrbmd
— Justin Janssen (@JJanssen11) January 30, 2015
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