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Riviera Country Club

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Riviera Country Club

The Riviera Country Club is a private club with a championship golf course as well tennis courts in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of the Westside of Los Angeles, California. The Riviera was designed by golf course architects George C. Thomas Jr. and William P. Bell, it has been the primary host for the Genesis Invitational (originally the Los Angeles Open), an annual event on the PGA Tour in February. The 2023 edition was the 61st held at Riviera. The Riviera has hosted three major championships: the U.S. Open in 1948, and the PGA Championship in 1983 and 1995. In addition, it was site of the U.S. Senior Open, a senior major, in 1998 and the U.S. Amateur in August 2017. The club is scheduled to host the 2026 U.S. Women's Open. The club is also scheduled to host golf at the Summer Olympics in 2028. It was announced the club would host the 131st U.S. Open in 2031. It will be the second time the club has hosted a U.S. Open.

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Coordinates
mw- 34°03′N 118°30′W / 34.05°N 118.50°W / 34.05; -118.50
Location
Pacific Palisades, California
Elevation
180–330 feet (55–100 m)
Established
1926, 99 years ago
Type
Private
Total holes
18
Events hosted
Genesis Invitational - (PGA Tour)1948 U.S. Open1983 PGA Championship1995 PGA Championship1998 U.S. Senior Open 2017 U.S. Amateur
Greens
Poa annua
Fairways
Kikuyu
Website
therivieracountryclub.com
Designed by
George C. Thomas Jr.,William P. Bell
Par
71
Length
7,400 yards (6,800 m)
Course rating
76.3
Slope rating
144
Course record
61 (–10) - Ted Tryba(February 21, 1997)

Tables

· Notable events held at Riviera
U.S. Open
U.S. Open
Year
1948
Tournament
U.S. Open
Winner
Ben Hogan
Winner'sshare ($)
2,000
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
Year
1983
Tournament
PGA Championship
Winner
Hal Sutton
Winner'sshare ($)
100,000
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
Year
1995
Tournament
PGA Championship
Winner
Steve Elkington
Winner'sshare ($)
360,000
U.S. Senior Open
U.S. Senior Open
Year
1998
Tournament
U.S. Senior Open
Winner
Hale Irwin
Winner'sshare ($)
267,500
U.S. Amateur
U.S. Amateur
Year
2017
Tournament
U.S. Amateur
Winner
Doc Redman
Winner'sshare ($)
U.S. Women's Open
U.S. Women's Open
Year
2026
Tournament
U.S. Women's Open
Winner'sshare ($)
Olympic Games
Olympic Games
Year
2028
Tournament
Olympic Games
Winner'sshare ($)
Year
Tournament
Winner
Winner'sshare ($)
1948
Open
Ben Hogan
2,000
1983
PGA Championship
Hal Sutton
100,000
1995
PGA Championship
Steve Elkington
360,000
1998
Senior Open
Hale Irwin
267,500
2017
Amateur
Doc Redman
2026
Women's Open
2028
Olympic Games

References

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    http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-after-all-these-years-riviera-holds-its-own-2016feb16-story.html
  2. "Scorecard"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120210162357/http://www.therivieracountryclub.com/html/golf_scorecard.cfm?CID=260
  3. "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Riviera Country Club"
    https://ncrdb.usga.org/courseTeeInfo.aspx?CourseID=2391
  4. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-21-sp-10327-story.html
  5. Sunday Star-News
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=adFOAAAAIBAJ&pg=4662%2C2964035
  6. "U.S. Amateur"
    http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2017/u-s--amateur.html
  7. United States Golf Association
    https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/u-s--women-s-open-future-sites.html
  8. "Governance, legal and venue funding"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161010162747/http://la24-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/pdf/LA2024-canditature-part2_english.pdf
  9. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2023-06-20/riviera-country-club-selected-to-host-2031-us-open
  10. "Golf Course Histories: Riviera"
    http://golfcoursehistories.com/Riv.html
  11. 1932 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 73-4, 572.
    http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932s.pdf
  12. Rolling Stone
    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/randy-newman-bet-no-one-ever-hurt-this-bad-40965/6/
  13. Conrad Veidt Obituary, Los Angeles Times 1943
  14. Eugene Register-Guard
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gxonAAAAIBAJ&pg=6759%2C1025537
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    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tdNYAAAAIBAJ&pg=6837%2C4492368
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  17. Eugene Register-Guard
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6l1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=6657%2C4360453
  18. Eugene Register-Guard
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k65VAAAAIBAJ&pg=5302%2C5511349
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    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z09WAAAAIBAJ&pg=3561%2C6279971
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    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rk5WAAAAIBAJ&pg=2678%2C387957
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    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mmFWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6029%2C5239640
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    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tNNYAAAAIBAJ&pg=4051%2C4173544
  23. Golf.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20081009163922/http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1713205,00.html
  24. "Tiger Woods is back at Riviera, a course he's never tamed"
    https://www.pgatour.com/news/2018/02/13/tiger-woods-back-at-riviera.html
  25. "Club History"
    http://www.therivieracountryclub.com/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?DN=FULLHISTORY&GRP=21051&NS=PUBLIC
  26. "Local Knowledge: 2014 Northern Trust Open at Riviera"
    http://www.pga.com/news/local-knowledge/riviera-country-club-2014-local-knowledge
  27. Grounds Maintenance
    http://grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_maintenance_livingand_succeedingwith_kikuyugrass/
  28. Spokesman-Review
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a9VYAAAAIBAJ&pg=5485%2C2503841
  29. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-23-sp-1297-story.html
  30. Eugene Register-Guard
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KFNWAAAAIBAJ&pg=7116%2C6105109
  31. Northern Trust Open Official Program
    http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/Golfweek-Custom-Media/2012northerntrustopen/2012020201/#99
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