Riviera Country Club, hole by hole: No. 1 Par 5, 503 yards: A good hole for a fast start. With the tee 75 feet above the fairway, a long drive can set up for a birdie or eagle.

The grassy hill behind Riviera Country Club's 18th hole is among the best places on earth to watch golf. Getty Images PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Poor Denny McCarthy.

2015 Northern Trust Open Here's a look at the 18 holes of Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, and the players' average score per hole at last year's tournament.

Over the last five years, No. 1 at Riviera has been the 2nd-easiest hole on Tour. That’s 2nd-easiest of about 800 or 900, annually, and that is, of course, according to par. Scoring average: 4.28.

Riviera, wrote sportswriters, was right up Hogan’s Alley. RELATED: The Hogan Mystique, Reimagined Remarkably, the Riviera of today is very much like that Hogan encountered more than 70 years ago.

For Homa, who called Riviera “damned near perfect architecturally,” it’s a frequent topic of conversation. “We were going through it the other day, I think the best hole is probably …,” said Homa ...

Thomas designed Riviera Country Club and in doing so produced one of the most discussed golf holes in the game, the short par-four 10th hole. During the Genesis Invitational this week, it measures ...

An Ode to Riviera, an 18-Hole Work of Art That Deserves Its Place Among World's Best Golf ... Riviera Country Club. It’s time to golf our way across the sky whose bright daylight obliterates L.A ...

Like the 18th hole at Muirfield Village, the closing hole at Riviera Country Club is one of the best in golf. The uphill tee shot is blind, making the player uncomfortable off the tee.

The 10th hole of the Riviera golf course holds impressive records at the PGA Tour level. Here are some of them (via Golfweek): In the last 20 years, only 5,376 players (61.5%) sought the green off ...