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32-597: The tournament has been held at Riviera on a near-continuous basis since 1973 . South Korea-based Hyundai Motor Group , through its Genesis Motors subsidiary, took over sponsorship in 2017 , after nine seasons from Northern Trust Corporation , based in Chicago , following a 21-year sponsorship by Nissan Motors . Entertainer Glen Campbell was the celebrity host of the Los Angeles Open from 1971 through 1983 . Listed by most recent Prior to World War II ,

64-403: A 16-year-old high school sophomore. Neither Woods nor Jack Nicklaus have won the event; Woods lost in a playoff in 1998 (at Valencia) and was again a runner-up the next year at Riviera, while Nicklaus' best finish was two strokes back in solo second in 1978 . He had earned his first paycheck as a pro in the event in 1962 at Rancho Park, less than thirty four dollars. The 2001 event was only

96-654: A 15-under-par total. Following the demise of The National tournament after 2018 , which was run by the Tiger Woods Foundation, the Genesis Open was converted to an invitational for 2020 , with a larger purse and a smaller field. The Genesis Invitational is one of only five tournaments given "invitational" status by the PGA Tour , and consequently it has a reduced field of only 69 players in 2024 (as opposed to most full-field open tournaments with

128-608: A 2–2–1 record in the 2009 Presidents Cup , Allenby accused Anthony Kim of being ill-prepared for his Sunday singles match, in which Allenby lost 5 and 3. In December 2009 Allenby became the first Australian to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa, defeating Henrik Stenson in a playoff. It was his first professional win in four years, but he did not have to wait long for the next as he returned home to claim his fourth Australian PGA Championship title

160-578: A field of 156 players). The other four are the Arnold Palmer Invitational , RBC Heritage , Charles Schwab Challenge , and the Memorial Tournament . Invitational tournaments have smaller fields (between 69 and 132 players), and have more freedom than full-field open tournaments in determining which players are eligible to participate in their event, as invitational tournaments are not required to fill their fields using

192-546: A long time. It's disappointing that at age 42, or however old he [Allenby] is, he's still treating people that way and how many good caddies he's gone through." Allenby resides in Jupiter, Florida . Allenby is a patron of the Challenge Cancer Support Network, which has raised more than AU$ 9 million since 1993 for children with cancer and blood disorders. On 22 June 2000, he was awarded

224-409: A playoff with rookie John Huh . He lost out at the eighth extra hole when he could only bogey the par three 10th, leaving Huh with a tap in par for the tournament. Both players had made par on all seven previous holes throughout the playoff until this point. Statements made by Allenby at the 2009 and 2011 Presidents Cups generated controversy. In 2009, following a loss to American Anthony Kim in

256-642: The Australian PGA Championship , Allenby got into contention which resulted in Ogilvy making a tweet that Allenby perceived as being sarcastic. After the tournament ended, Allenby exchanged heated words with Ogilvy and came close to having a physical altercation with Ogilvy. In July 2015 at the RBC Canadian Open , Allenby had a verbal altercation with his caddie, Mick Middlemo, after playing four holes. While Allenby says that he

288-646: The Australian Sports Medal . Allenby said he was kidnapped while drinking at a bar in Honolulu on 17 January 2015, with his kidnappers robbing and beating him before leaving him in a park several miles away. An arrest was made concerning the false use of his credit card when it was used to spend US$ 32,000 at a strip club, which was filed as a case of mistaken identity . PGA Tour playoff record (3–2) European Tour playoff record (3–0) Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0) Co-sanctioned by

320-556: The OneAsia Tour PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (3–1) CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Cancelled due to 9/11 QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied NT = No Tournament Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009. CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates

352-558: The PGA Championship , and Valencia Country Club in 1998 , while Riviera prepared to host the U.S. Senior Open . The event remained at Riviera in 1995, despite Riviera hosting the PGA Championship that year, and also remained in 2017, when the course hosted the U.S. Amateur . 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

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384-667: The Victorian Open as an amateur. He also began to play on the European Tour and it was his principal tour until 1998. He won four tournaments on it, including three in 1996, when he finished third on the Order of Merit. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings . Allenby now plays primarily in the U.S. on the PGA Tour . He earned exempt status for 1999 by finishing 17th at

416-601: The major championships have been somewhat disappointing; his highest placing in a major is tied seventh at the 2004 U.S. Open . In 2005 he became the first golfer to win the "triple crown" of the Australian Masters, Australian PGA and Australian Open in the same year. Allenby played for the International Team in the Presidents Cup in 1994 , 1996 , 2000 , 2003 and 2009 . After posting

448-593: The 1998 Qualifying School. He had a disappointing first season in America, coming 126th on the money list, but came good in 2000 when he won the Shell Houston Open and the Advil Western Open . He claimed another pair of wins the following season. In both of those years he came 16th on the money list. He has not won since but finished in the top 50 each year from 2002 to 2004. His performances in

480-484: The Northern Trust Open, and the new partnership marks the beginning of a process of transformation for this high-profile tournament. As part of the initial move to enhance the tournament, the Northern Trust Open increased its purse to $ 6.2 million in 2008, an increase of $ 1 million over 2007. Additionally, the tournament pro-am went from four amateurs to three per group. After the initial 5-year agreement, it

512-496: The PGA Tour Priority Ranking System. Furthermore, unlike full-field open tournaments, invitational tournaments do not offer open qualifying (aka Monday qualifying). The winner is granted a three-year tour exemption, rather than two. The field consists of at least 120 players invited using the following criteria: In 2009, the tournament designated one unrestricted exemption for a player who represents

544-550: The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades before returning again to Los Angeles for the next decade. From 1931 to 1933, the event alternated between Wilshire CC and Hillcrest Country Club , before returning to Los Angeles CC from 1934–1936. From 1937–1939, the event was played at Griffith Park (Wilson course) and again at Los Angeles CC in 1940. Babe Zaharias played in the 1938 event, being

576-796: The Sunday singles, Allenby accused Kim of partying all night on the eve of the Singles matches. That statement was vehemently denied by Kim and the members of the American team. In 2011, following a 0–4–0 record at the Presidents Cup where he failed to gain any points for the International team, he asserted that his record wasn't completely his fault and cited his partners' poor play as a reason. His partners, including Geoff Ogilvy , were displeased with Allenby's comments. The following week, at

608-582: The advancement of diversity in golf. The exemption is called the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption, in honor of pioneering black golfer and 1969 tournament winner Charlie Sifford . While most of the recipients have been of African-American descent, the 2015 exemption went to PGA Tour rookie Carlos Sainz Jr. , of Filipino and Bolivian descent; and the 2016 recipient, J. J. Spaun , is also of Filipino descent. The 2018 exemption went to Cameron Champ , who nine months later became

640-434: The cut) and earned $ 33.33 in prize money. The L.A. Open was traditionally the first event of the season, played in early January; it was a late 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. The tournament has only twice been played at other courses since: Rancho Park Golf Course in 1983, while Riviera prepared to host

672-593: The event led a nomadic existence in southern California, moving from course to course. The inaugural event 98 years ago in 1926 was played at Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles ; in 1927 the event moved to El Caballero Country Club in Tarzana for the only time. In 1928, the event moved again to Wilshire Country Club in the Hancock Park neighborhood, and 1929 and 1930 saw the event's first foray to

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704-627: The event was played at Fox Hills Country Club (now in Culver City ) and in 1955 moved to Inglewood Country Club. From 1956–1972, the event returned to Los Angeles at Rancho Park Golf Course , with the exception of 1968 , which was at Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena , adjacent to the Rose Bowl . In early January 1962 , 21-year-old Jack Nicklaus made his professional debut at the Los Angeles Open – his 289 tied for 50th (last place after

736-439: 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. ( video ) Beem credited Peter Jacobsen for inspiring his reaction; Jacobsen aced the same hole thirteen years earlier in 1994 then hopped into

768-587: The first past recipient of this exemption to win on the PGA Tour when he won the Sanderson Farms Championship in the fall portion of the 2019 season. In 2020, Joseph Bramlett became the first two-time recipient of the award. Source: Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records. Sources: 34°03′N 118°30′W  /  34.05°N 118.50°W  / 34.05; -118.50 1973 PGA Tour The 1973 PGA Tour

800-454: The first woman to play in a professional golf tournament for men. In 1941, the event returned to Riviera CC and in 1942 was played again at Hillcrest CC before World War II intervened. The event started up again in 1944 at Wilshire CC before spending the next nine years (1945–1953) at Riviera CC, which also hosted the U.S. Open in June 1948 , won by Ben Hogan in a record score. In 1954,

832-490: The following week. Allenby missed the cut in the 2011 Masters Tournament by one stroke after bogeying the 18th hole of the second round. In February 2012, Allenby missed an opportunity to end an eleven-year drought on the PGA Tour, when he took a two stroke advantage to the 72nd hole of the Mayakoba Golf Classic . He hit his tee shot into the trees on the right and proceeded to make double bogey to fall into

864-648: The nearby 300ZX convertible and pretended to drive it. In September 2007, it was originally announced that Bearing Point , a consulting firm based in McLean , Virginia , would become the new title sponsor of the tournament, but Northern Trust became the title sponsor beginning in February 2008. The five-year agreement, which extended through the 2012 event, was announced October 15, 2007, by PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem and William A. Osborn, Chairman and CEO of Northern Trust Corporation. The tournament became known as

896-645: The season, calculated in U.S. dollars. Robert Allenby Robert Allenby (born 12 July 1971) is an Australian professional golfer . Allenby was born in Melbourne on 12 July 1971. He is of English descent, with his father being a native of Leeds . He turned professional in 1992 and was successful almost immediately, topping the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in his first season and again in 1994. He continues to play some events on his home tour and has won 13 times in Australassia, including

928-401: The second time that a six-player playoff was needed in PGA Tour history to determine the tournament winner. Robert Allenby won the playoff ahead of Toshi Izawa , Brandel Chamblee , Bob Tway , Jeff Sluman , and Dennis Paulson . 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

960-478: Was extended 4 years to cover Northern Trust's partnership through the 2016 event. 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. In 2016, Bubba Watson won the tournament for a second time in three years, holding off Adam Scott and Jason Kokrak to win by one shot with

992-516: Was the 58th season of the PGA Tour , the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the fifth season since separating from the PGA of America . The following table lists official events during the 1973 season. The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. The money list was based on prize money won during

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1024-402: Was verbally abused and threatened by Middlemo, Middlemo says Allenby was verbally abusive. Middlemo walked off the course and Allenby selected a school principal from the gallery to carry his clubs the rest of the round. Later reports from another caddy in the group, Simon Clarke, seemed to indicate the problem was with Allenby. Clarke said, "I've known Rob for a long time and I've known Mick for

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