Northern Trust Open

Tiger Woods plays golf with President Obama

2013-02-18 00:00:00

Tiger Woods had a good reason for snubbing the Northern Trust Open again this year. It turns out he was playing in the President's Cup. Woods spent Sunday playing golf with President Obama at the Floridian, a secluded club on that state's Treasure...

John Merrick, a son of Westwood, enjoys his day in sun at Riviera

2013-02-17 20:30:00

The playoff that led to the payoff at Riviera Country Club was always so freeway close, yet it took seven years of weaving through all the traffic. Isn't that life in L.A.? John Merrick was born in Long Beach, played at UCLA and had scuffed around the...

Diabolical No. 10 proves to be real winner at Riviera Country Club

2013-02-17 21:23:00

The man who won the Northern Trust Open in a playoff Sunday called it "one of the great par fours we play." The man who lost in the playoff called it "funky" and added, "They might as well put a windmill out there." So, although the record books will...

John Merrick wins Northern Trust Open in a playoff

2013-02-17 16:45:00

John Merrick, a Long Beach Wilson High graduate and a Pac-10 champion at UCLA, collected his first victory on the PGA Tour by defeating Charlie Beljan on the second playoff hole in the Northern Trust Open on Sunday at Riviera Country Club. Beljan, the...

No shortage of compelling third-round stories at storied Riviera

2013-02-17 00:00:00

Saturday's third round of golf in the Northern Trust Open was like the line in the old TV series "Naked City." There were eight million stories at Riviera. Here are three. � Barber can cut it Blayne Barber, 69-70-72—211; two under, tied...

Bill Haas leaves field in his Wake with a 64

2013-02-16 18:05:00

Saturday was moving day at the Northern Trust Open and no player was more moved than Bill Haas. He was also inspired and motivated even if he was relatively unchallenged. The tournament's defending champion shot up the leaderboard with a brilliantly...

Bill Haas trying for two in a row at Riviera

2013-02-16 19:19:00

Third-round leader Bill Haas is trying to become only the eighth player to win what is now called Northern Trust Open in consecutive years. The first player to do it was Macdonald Smith in 1928-29. The last to do it was Phil Mickelson in 2008-09....

Saturday's TV Highlights: 'History of the Eagles' on Showtime

2013-02-15 20:00:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Ripper Street: Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) and the team attempt to find the culprit behind a series of cleverly...

The names are there at Riviera

2013-02-15 21:40:00

What an autograph-rush weekend it should be at the Northern Trust Open, with headliners such as Phil Mickelson, Bill Haas, Keegan Bradley, Adam Scott, Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia and Fred Couples all ... well, making the cut. Never mind the top of the...

Sang-moon Bae leading Northern Trust Open after second-round 65

2013-02-15 14:35:00

South Korea's Sang-moon Bae shot six-under 65 on Friday morning to seize the second-round lead at the Northern Trust Open. Bae is currently nine-under 133 overall and holds a one-shot lead over John Merrick, who followed his first-round 68 with a five-...

Brandt Jobe feels good about his 66

2013-02-14 19:25:00

The highlight for Brandt Jobe after Thursday's first round of the Northern Trust Open was not his five-under-par 66 and his third-place standing. It was that he could shoot 66 at Riviera and sit at a news conference without any pain. If the movie people...

Matt Kuchar takes early lead at Northern Trust Open

2013-02-14 13:51:00

Matt Kuchar shot a bogey-free morning round of seven-under 64 to seize the early lead at the Northern Trust Open. Kuchar birdied his first three holes at Riviera on his way to a front-nine 31. He finished with seven birdies. "I got off to a hot...

John Merrick watches his drive at No. 2 during the final round of the Northern Trust Open on Sunday at Riviera Country Club.

2013-02-17 00:00:00

Matt Kuchar birdied his first three holes on his way to an early lead at the Northern Trust Open.

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Keegan Bradley celebrates after making a birdie putt at No. 18 to force a three-way tie after 72 holes with Phil Mickelson and Bill Haas in the Northern Trust Open on Sunday at Riviera Country Club.

2012-02-19 17:04:00