Editing Phoenix Open (section)

==Conflicts with the Super Bowl==
Since [[1973 PGA Tour|1973]],<ref name=crbnpw>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4rItAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xgkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1019%2C2696469 |work=Wilmington Morning Star |location=(North Carolina) |agency=Associated Press |title=Crampton's birdie nets Phoenix win|date=January 15, 1973 |page=16}}</ref> the Phoenix Open has been played on the weekend of the [[Super Bowl]]. In 1976, coverage of the tournament's final round was joined in progress [[List of Super Bowl lead-out programs|immediately after]] CBS's coverage of [[Super Bowl X]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=NBC's Post-Super Bowl LVI Show Will Be the Winter Olympics|url=https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/nbc-post-super-bowl-lvi-193223496.html|access-date=2021-11-16|website=ca.movies.yahoo.com|date=12 November 2021}}</ref> In [[1996 PGA Tour|1996]], it was played Wednesday through Saturday, as [[Super Bowl XXX]] was held at [[Sun Devil Stadium]] in nearby Tempe.<ref name=mgoutaw>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7U1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7040%2C6408688 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon)|agency=Associated Press |title=Mickelson grinds out another win |date=January 28, 1996 |page=3F}}</ref>  In [[2009 PGA Tour|2009]], the tournament overlapped with [[Super Bowl XLIII]] in [[Raymond James Stadium|Tampa]], [[Florida]], when [[Kenny Perry]] and [[Charley Hoffman]] went to a playoff. That denied the spectators a chance to watch the beginning of the game on [[NBC Sunday Night Football|NBC]], which featured the local [[2008 Arizona Cardinals season|Arizona Cardinals]].

Because of the Super Bowl weekend status, the PGA Tour's television contracts with [[PGA Tour on CBS|CBS]] and [[PGA Tour on NBC|NBC]] include an alternating tournament. Usually, a CBS tournament occurs when NBC or Fox televises the Super Bowl, the Phoenix Open airs on NBC when CBS has the Super Bowl, and NBC's [[Honda Classic]] aired on CBS during the [[2018 Winter Olympics]].

In 2015, [[Super Bowl XLIX]] was held in Glendale at [[State Farm Stadium|University of Phoenix Stadium]] in 2015 and broadcast by NBC; the network would use sister network [[Golf Channel]] (which broadcasts early-round coverage for PGA Tour events) to provide cross-promotional tie-ins for the Super Bowl.<ref name="mcn-bigeventplan">{{cite web |title=NBCU's 'Big Event' Game Plan in Play for Super Bowl |url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/marketing/nbcus-big-event-game-plan-play-super-bowl-xlix/387113 |access-date=January 28, 2015 |website=Multichannel News}}</ref>