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. 9: 458 yards, par 4

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A grand view of Riviera’s clubhouse from the ninth hole welcomes golfers back from the first half of the journey. However, getting through the halfway point without a three-putt (or above) is easier said than done. The third most difficult hole on the course, hitting the ninth green requires executing an uphill approach to a narrow putting surface… that slopes from the back to the front.