FanHouse Fbr Open

What, you think that headline is ridiculous? You think I'm just blowing smoke because Kenny Perry, a ripe, old 48, won the FBR Open and I am -- like a lot of people do right after events conclude -- expanding upon this storyline more than I normally would just because he won?

Well, I'm not just making this up. The statistics are here to back me up.

Plain and simple, since June of 2008, no golfer has won more events on the PGA Tour than Perry. Zero people. None.

This weekend, FanHouse will be out at the FBR Open, a tournament known more for its party atmosphere than its golf.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- You need to understand something. That headline? Yeah, it is all relative to the FBR Open.

No, the wind isn't blowing hats off of the golfers, but it is a little brisk for this part of the country. And after walking the course a little bit, I noticed a few things.

This weekend, FanHouse will be out at the FBR Open, a tournament known more for its party atmosphere than its golf.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Walking into the press area Thursday, two things stand out. First, there's more free Diet Coke than John Daly could consume in a week. Secondly, there's also a large poster presenting the attendance for the past two years. Rowdy crowds, you see, are what the FBR Open is about. If the Masters is Beethoven's 5th Symphony, the FBR is a Slipknot concert (random golf trivia: the lead singer of Slipknot is actually a darn good golfer).

The FBR prides itself on attendance, bringing in a record 538,356 spectators in 2008 alone. Yet with all the talk of golf struggling with the economy right now, the FBR appears to have taken a hit too.