Los Angeles Open
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| Location | Pacific Palisades, California |
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| Established | 1926, 91 years ago |
| Course(s) | Riviera Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,322 yards (6,695 m) |
| Organized by |
Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $7.0 million |
| Month played | February |
| Aggregate | 264 Lanny Wadkins (1985) |
| To par | −20 as above |
 Dustin Johnson
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The Los Angeles Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in southern California, first played 91 years ago in 1926. Now the Genesis Open, previous names include Northern Trust Open and Nissan Open. Played annually in February at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, it is often the concluding event of the tour's "West Coast Swing" early in the calendar year, before the tour moves east to Florida.
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, takes 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 to 1983.
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Prior to World War II, the event led a nomadic existence in southern California, moving from course to course. The inaugural event 91 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, also in Los Angeles, and 1929 and 1930 saw the event's first foray to Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades before returning again to Los Angeles for the next decade. From 1931–33, the event alternated between Wilshire CC and Hillcrest Country Club, before returning to Los Angeles CC from 1934–36. From 1937–39, the event was played at Griffith Park before returning to Los Angeles CC in 1940. Babe Zaharias played in the 1938 event, being the first woman to play in a professional golf tournament for men.
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