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. 8: 433 yards, par 4

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Which way do you want to go—left or right? Heading back toward the clubhouse, the eighth hole features a split fairway. Golfers can either go left, which is the more difficult tee shot but with a more manageable approach. Or they can go to the right, which is a more open fairway but with a lengthier approach shot.