Your browser does not support iframes. Dustin Johnson won for the 10th consecutive season on Sunday, cruising to a five-shot win in the Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club to become the 20th player in golf history to assume the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking. Johnson played 36 holes on Sunday, lapping […]
Dustin Johnson cruises to Riviera win, becomes golf's new No. 1 player
February 21, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. Dustin Johnson won for the 10th consecutive season on Sunday, cruising to a five-shot win in the Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club to become the 20th player in golf history to assume the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking. Johnson played 36 holes on Sunday, lapping […]
Tiger Woods’ foundation to run PGA Tour stop at Riviera near L.A.
March 30, 2016 by
Tiger Woods is the new host of the PGA Tour’s annual stop at Riviera Country Club. The Tour announced Tuesday that Woods’ foundation will also run the event. Hyundai Motors, whose American base in southern California, is taking over the title sponsorship of the event from financial services company Northern Trust, although the tournament’s new […]
Bubba Watson passed a kidney stone days before winning at Riviera
February 23, 2016 by
Bubba Watson was a winner on Sunday at Riviera, but the prior Monday, he definitely didn’t feel that way. That’s because he was passing a kidney stone. After winning the Northern Trust Open for the second time in three years, Watson told the story that might make a few of you queasy. “So Sunday, I […]
Rory McIlroy in hunt going into Sunday in first Riviera tourney
February 21, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. Let’s get the pun out of the way now. The man from Holywood is in contention to win in Hollywood. Rory McIlroy, who hails from that town in Northern Ireland, shot 4-under 67 on Saturday in the third round of the Northern Trust Open. He trails Bubba Watson by […]
Rory’s Riviera debut a good one as McIlroy opens with 67
February 20, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. After his opening round of 4-under 67 on Thursday in his first-ever appearance in the Northern Trust Open, Rory McIlroy was asked to describe in one word what it’s like to pipe a 320-yard drive right down the middle. The four-time major winner didn’t give it a whole lot […]
Spieth stuns with 79 at Riviera for worst PGA Tour 1st round
February 19, 2016 by
Jordan Spieth didn’t see this coming. No one did. But, here we are. Spieth shot 8-over 79 on Thursday to open the Northern Trust Open, where last year he finished a shot out of a three-man playoff eventually won by James Hahn. The poor start put him in a tie for next to last in […]
Winners and losers from Riviera week
February 17, 2014 by
This past weekend saw a lot of great story lines and we are here to give you the good and the bad of it. Here are our winners and losers from this past weekend in golf. Winners Bubba Watson — One of the hardest things for a professional is bouncing back after a tough loss, […]
Jim Furyk holes out one of the most creative chip shots you’ll ever see at Riviera
February 16, 2014 by
There are few par-3s in the United States that are as popular, and as quirky, as the sixth at Riviera. Known for the bunker in the middle of the green, No. 6 is the site of plenty of strange golf shots, pitch shots from the putting surface and creativity at its finest. Jim Furyk was […]
Darts in the dark: Riviera pick, Retief Goosen
February 14, 2013 by
This year I was coerced by a hockey writing friend of mine to do a weekly one-and-done golf pool that allows you to pick one golfer, never to use them again in 2013. Since I’m doing it for fun (and DEFINITELY not for money, no way, no how), I figured I’d post my weekly picks […]
