A young fan collects a signature from Webb Simpson, 2020 Waste Management Phoenix Open winner. When the Waste Management Phoenix Open kicks off Feb. 4 at TPC Scottsdale, it’ll make attendance history. But not the way the golf tournament is used to. When the Phoenix Open last tracked attendance in 2018, it recorded more than 720,000 visitors. This year, the Open will have fewer than 25,000. Still the expected 5,000 per day will be the biggest since the PGA Tour returned to action last June. “The tournament will implement strict COVID safety protocols including, but certainly not limited to, the mandatory wearing of masks throughout the entire tournament grounds and thermal screening of every guest upon entry,” Scott Jenkins, tournament chairman, said in a press release.