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In 1992, the Nissan Los Angeles Open at Riviera CC was the site of Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour event as an amateur player, as a 16-year-old high school sophomore. [16] Neither Woods nor Jack Nicklaus have won the event; Woods lost in a playoff in 1998 (at Valencia) [ 17 ] and was again a runner-up the next year at Riviera, [ 18 ] while Nicklaus ...
Jack Nicklaus, five-time PGA Championship champion (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, and 1980). He holds the record for most wins in stroke play competition. Tiger Woods, four-time PGA Championship champion (1999, 2000, 2006, and 2007). He is one of two golfers to win the PGA Championship back-to-back in stroke play competition, accomplishing this twice.
The Riviera was designed by golf course architects George C. Thomas Jr. and William P. Bell, [1] 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 1967 PGA Tour was the 52nd season of the PGA Tour, ... Los Angeles Open: California: 100,000: Arnold Palmer ... Winners-only event Apr 16: Azalea Open Invitational:
The 1962 PGA Tour was the 47th season of the PGA Tour, ... Los Angeles Open: California: 45,000: Phil Rodgers (1) ... Winners-only event May 6: Waco Turner Open ...
Smith became the resident golf professional at Oakmont Country Club in Glendale, California, from 1934 to 1949. He won a PGA Tour event, the Oakmont Open, there in 1935. [11] He continued to play a few PGA Tour events per season into the early 1940s. [12] He was playing with Babe Didrikson at Oakmont when she scored her first hole in one in ...
The first U.S. Open at Oakmont was won by Tommy Armour, who defeated Harry Cooper in an 18-hole Friday playoff. Their 72-hole score was 301 (+13); the par-72 course played to 6,929 yards (6,336 m) in 1927 (the first and ninth holes were both par 5). [4]
MONY Tournament of Champions: California: 300,000: Tom Watson (15) Winners-only event Apr 22: Tallahassee Open: Florida: 100,000: Chi-Chi Rodríguez (8) Alternate event Apr 29: First NBC New Orleans Open: Louisiana: 250,000: Hubert Green (16) May 6: Houston Open: Texas: 300,000: Wayne Levi (2) May 13: Byron Nelson Golf Classic: Texas: 300,000 ...