Major Issues with Its History and Beautiful Setting, It's Time for Riviera Country Club to Host Either the Pga Championship or U.S. Open in the Near Future

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Fred Couples couldn't get on a plane, sleep or lean over into position to hit an iron shot.

But he was not going to miss a golf tournament at Riviera Country Club.

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Major Issues with Its History and Beautiful Setting, It's Time for Riviera Country Club to Host Either the Pga Championship or U.S. Open in the Near Future

Couples is a full-time member of the Champions Tour at 51 years old, but the Northern Trust Open is one of just four stops he has on the PGA calendar this year. Every time he says Riviera is his favorite course, he catches himself and adds Augusta National, of course. Couples' love for Riviera is well documented, but he's not the only golfer to sing the praises of the course on which Ben Hogan won the U.S. Open in 1948.

Riviera is a fine test, and the pros like it, so why isn't R...

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