PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – For a kid from Texas, it’s interesting how Riviera Country Club in the heart of Los Angeles can feel like a second home.
This is after all one of three layouts, along with the sixth hole at Carnoustie and Colonial C.C., dubbed Hogan’s Alley after Texas legend Ben Hogan, and the rolling layout was nearly enough to woo the Dallas-born Jordan Spieth to the West Coast to attend college.
“In all honesty, a huge thing for me was I heard that [USC] had four playing memberships at Riviera,” Spieth said on Tuesday at Riviera.