Dream 18: Riviera Country Club

Every golfer has a dream course-or, more likely, dream courses. It’s part of golfing tradition, where you stand at the tee box of your local nine-hole spot or driving range (or maybe from the 19th hole) and pretend you’re limbering up from a …

No. 2: 515 yards, par 4

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No. 2 doesn’t let up from the lengthy test at the first hole and actually increases the pressure by making this 500-plus yarder a par 4. Rated the most difficult hole on the course—and one of the most challenging par 4s in the PGA —it requires both length and accuracy.