played down the sleek Riviera Country Club course. High winds raised hob with tee shots, and one afternoon came bursts of hail and sleet—and then snow. Defending Champ Ben Hogan (TIME ...

Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Lanny Wadkins, Tom Watson, Nick Faldo, Ernie Els, and Phil Mickelson all have won at Riviera Country Club and are Hall of Famers.

In addition to the return of the Genesis Invitational, here's a closer look at three significant events coming to Riviera.

We all know that the iconic Riviera Country Club, a staple of the PGA ... including Macdonald Smith in 1932 and the one and only Ben Hogan in 1942, which was actually his first LA Open victory.

"[Ben Hogan] said there's three ways to beat somebody ... At 12, he turned to caddying, receiving 65 cents a round at the Glen Garden Country Club. He wasn't popular with the other caddies ...

The first tee at The Riviera Country Club is a historic setting for the ... is fashioned after the famed Redan in Scotland. Ben Hogan called it “the greatest par-3 hole in America.” ...