LOS ANGELES – No hole at the Genesis Invitational plays more difficult than Riviera’s 15th, a 487-yard par 4 that features a cavernous bunker, a severe dogleg-right and a sharply sloping green.
Almost everyone in the field takes driver and tries to pound it down the left side, opening up the hole but leaving a demanding shot. Only about 41% of the field was finding the green in regulation.
Viktor Hovland has found a different route.
Instead of trying to fit his drive into a narrow landing area near the bunker, he lines up well right – down the adjacent 17th hole – and blasts away.