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For the PGA Tour event played in metropolitan New York City, see The Los angeles opening date Trust. The Genesis Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in southern California, first played 93 years ago in 1926 as the Los Angeles Open. The tournament has been held at Riviera on a near-continuous basis since 1973. Prior to World War II, the event led a nomadic existence in southern California, moving from course to course.

In 1941, the event returned to Riviera CC and in 1942 was played again at Hillcrest CC before World War II intervened. Riviera CC, which also hosted the U. Open in June 1948, won by Ben Hogan in a record score. January event in 1967 and 1968, and moved to the latter half of February in 1974. The year before, it began its current relationship with Riviera CC. 2017, when the course hosted the U. The 2001 event was only the second time that a six-player playoff was needed in PGA Tour history to determine the tournament winner.

In 2005, the tournament was shortened by 36 holes due to rain. Adam Scott defeated Chad Campbell on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff on a Monday. Due to the event’s length, this win is counted as unofficial for Scott. In 2007, Rich Beem made a hole-in-one at the 14th hole on Saturday to win a new red Altima coupe, which he immediately ascended, embraced, and sat atop of in triumph. The sequence was later made into a Nissan commercial. Phil Mickelson won the 2008 tournament and successfully defended the title in 2009 with a one-stroke victory over Steve Stricker. In 2010, Stricker came back to win the Northern Trust Open and secure his ranking of the number two player in the world.