Northern Trust Open Golf Betting 2012
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Dates: February 14th–19th, 2012
Course: Riviera Country Club – Pacific Palisades, CA
Purse: $6,500,000
Winning Share: $1,188,000
2011 Winner: Aaron Baddeley
TV: The Golf Channel/CBS
The Northern Trust Open, formerly known as the Nissan Open and originally known as the Los Angeles Open, is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour, with a prize purse of $6.4 million. It is played annually in February in Pacific Palisades, California. The Northern Trust Open is the fourth-oldest event on PGA Tour, trailing only the BMW Championship, the Canadian Open and the Valero Texas Open. The tournament has been contested at the Riviera Country Club on a near-continuous basis since 1973.
Northern Trust Open Golf Betting Tips
The Southern Californian course is not one of the longest in terms of average to the green, and Riviera is very much a place for course specialists, producing six multiple winners in its three decade history of hosting this event.
Course experience is very important on a layout that requires sound management. Smaller than average greens place a great emphasis on long game accuracy, So there is a prerequisite for a player to have a fantastic short game. A key to performing well at Riviera is the ability to shape the ball as there are very few straight holes on the course. In fact, Riviera has been desribed as a ‘fader’s paradise’ because of the many left to right doglegs players have to contend with.
When placing golf bet, it might be worth looking away from the favourites' odds as several winners in the past have included slightly lesser lights from the tour. The names of Steve Stricker, Rory Sabbatini and Mike Weir come to mind, but Phil Mickelson, who has won the PGA Championship in the past, has enjoyed success in the Northern Trust Open recently and is likely to be at the head of the ante-post betting. The winner receives $1.152 million so there is plenty to play for with some stellar names sure to be well backed in the betting before and during the tournament.
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The Northern Trust Open golf tournament. Formerly the Los Angeles Open from 1926 to 1970, then the Glen Campbell Los Angeles Open, until 1996 since when the tournament has been customarily known as the Nissan Open.There have been some great champions in L.A. Open past including Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Lawson Little, Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, and the legendary great Ben Hogan. Riviera Country Club is the host golf course and is also known as Hogan's Alley. Former Olympic great and LPGA star Babe Zaharias twice played in the L.A. Open against the men missing the cut both times. Riviera hosted the '48' U.S. Open (won by Hogan who set a record there), the 1983 and 1995 PGA Championships, and has been the primary host course since 1929.
Course
As the PGA TOUR heads to Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles next week for the Nissan Open, a number of players who have been playing well will be looking to end a victory drought. The course was designed by George Thomas in 1926. It is an old fashioned course with multiple doglegs, narrow tree lined fairways, small slopey greens and deep bunkers.
| Hole | Par | Yards | |
| 1 | 5 | 503 | A great starting hole. The tee rests 75 feet able the fairway. With a big tee shot, players can set themselves up a birdie or possible eagle. With out-of-bounds left and trees right, an errant tee shot could spell trouble. |
| 2 | 4 | 463 | The most demanding hole on this course. Members play this hole as a par 5. A slight dogleg with out-of-bounds left and trees on the right makes for a narrow tee shot. Once the player has negotiated the tee shot, he is left with a long iron or wood into a green that is only 25 feet wide and heavily bunkered. |
| 3 | 4 | 434 | This is the first hole designed to play dead into the wind. A slight fade off the tee sets up your second shot. However, you must be careful as your second shot is played to a hard, shallow green that slopes away from you. A huge bunker also comes into play in front and along the right side of the green. Four is a good score here. |
| 4 | 3 | 236 | One of the toughest par 3's I've ever played. Most players will be using anywhere from a 3-iron to a 3-wood, depending on the wind conditions. The green is well-guarded by a large bunker in front and slopes severely from right to left. Most players favor the left side of the green when planning their approach. |
| 5 | 4 | 444 | "We've returned the tee to Thomas' original placement on a small hill to the right of its previous location. This brings the wind into play, whereas before it was shielded by the hill. The preferred drive will now be a slight fade for most golfers, whereas before the hole favored a draw from the tee |
| 6 | 3 | 200 | There's no other par three like it! A two-tiered green with a bunker right in the middle. A good birdie opportunity if you're on the correct side of the green. But if you're not you are faced with the decision of whether to chip over the bunker or putt around it. A great vantage point for the spectators. |
| 7 | 4 | 408 | "This is now the toughest drive on the course because not only do you have to hit a fade, but there is a hump in the fairway right at the preferred landing area. If you land the ball on the left side of the hump, it could careen into the bunker. If the ball hits on the right side of the hump, it could kick out of bounds into the barranca. |
| 8 | 4 | 462 | "The shorter hitter, or a player choosing to lay-up, can play in front of the left fairway bunker. He or she then faces a middle iron into a narrow green, which offers the option of running the ball onto the putting surface. Driving down the right fairway leaves a shorter iron shot to the green. Depending on the pin placement, the golfer now has better angle with which to approach the green, which has been slightly enlarged to accept such shots. The bigger hitters can risk hitting a power fade past the left fairway bunker for an easy wedge pitch to the pin |
| 9 | 4 | 496 | "Thomas intended these fairway cross-bunkers to be in play, but today's pros, with the vastly improved equipment and ball, just hit their drives well over them. Lengthening the hole makes these strategic bunkers again as they were originally designed to be and not the 'target' bunkers they had become. Now the shorter hitter will be forced to lay up short or to the right of the left bunker, while the longer player can hit over or around the right cross-bunker, |
| 10 | 4 | 315 | Jack Nicklaus call this "one of the best tenth holes in major championship golf." A short hole, but by no means easy. Longer hitters can drive this green, but extreme accuracy is required. The ideal spot to come into this green is from the left side of the fairway. An extremely narrow green with bunkers right, left and behind gives this hole its character. |
| 11 | 5 | 564 | This is the first hole where the barranca really comes into play. If the player's tee shot finds the rough, he is now faced with the option of laying up or going over it. Two well-placed shots will set up an easy pitch and a realistic birdie chance. Under favorable conditions, some of the longer hitters can reach this green in two. |
| 12 | 4 | 460 | "This now becomes one of toughest holes on the course because it is obviously more difficult to play a longer iron into this narrow green guarded on right by a deep bunker and on the left by Bogey's tree, which is named after Humphrey Bogart |
| 13 | 4 | 459 | "The restoration of the barranca holes is historic for Riviera Country Club. Everyone has wanted to restore them for a long time and we have finally done so. This is a great thing for Riviera Country Club, its members and for the Nissan Open |
| 14 | 3 | 176 | Although it is considered the easiest hole on the course, many players will be happy with par. An extremely wide green often causes the player to lose his sense of aim. Two large bunkers in front of the green, one left and one right, will catch any errant shots. |
| 15 | 4 | 443 | Come Sunday, this becomes a very important hole. A birdie here will gain ground on the field. As on many other holes at Riviera, this tee shot will test the player's ability to hit a power fade. A long drive off the tee makes your approach shot to a two-tiered green that much easier. |
| 16 | 3 | 166 | This par 3 requires an accurate mid iron shot. Any shot that finds the small green will be a legitimate birdie opportunity. Hitting the green, however, is not such an easy task. Several steep faced bunkers that guard the entire green catch numerous shots. Large overhanging lips of these bunkers can create difficulties for even the best sand players. |
| 17 | 5 | 576 | The longest hole on the course. It requires two big shots to put you in position for a possible birdie. The two-tiered green that slopes from back to front, makes all downhill putts quite treacherous. Most players try to keep their third shots below the hole. |
| 18 | 4 | 451 | One of golf's most unique and most recognized finishing holes. The green rests below the clubhouse in a natural amphitheater. A blind tee shot from well below the level of the fairway must carry the hill and fly approximately 220 yards to reach safely. The second shot requires a long iron or even a wood to a kidney shaped green. |
Aaron Baddeley wins Northern Trust Open 2011
Finally a winner again, Aaron Baddeley raised his arms when his last putt dropped into the cup Sunday in the Northern Trust Open as his wife and two young daughters came over to share the moment.Baddeley could hear chants of "Freddie!" at every turn, and it got even louder when Fred Couples birdied the opening three holes to take the lead. Unfazed, Baddeley cared only about a victory that was just as meaningful to him. Baddeley wound up with a two-shot win over Singh, who turns 48 on Tuesday. The big Fijian closed with a 69 for his best finish in more than two years. Couples, who still had hope on the 16th, bogeyed two of the last three holes and shot 73 to tie for seventh in his bid to become the PGA Tour's oldest winner in more than 35 years.
Steve Stricker Won 2010 Northern Trust Open
Instead of firing at flags and trying to make birdies, which allowed him to build a six-shot lead at Riviera, he suddenly found himself playing it safe and trying not to make bogeys. Instead of having a chance to break the 25-year-old tournament scoring record, he feared matching a PGA Tour record for blowing the biggest lead. The Northern Trust Open ultimately ended Sunday the way everyone thought it would — Stricker in tears after another victory.
Back-to-back birdies at the turn settled him down. Another clutch putt for par on the 15th hole essentially clinched it for him.
Stricker won for the fourth time in his last 15 starts, moving up to No. 2 in the world for the second time in his career. It was his eighth career victory, and the eighth time he couldn't make it through his TV interview without wiping tears from his eyes.
Phil Mickelson won Northern Trust Open 2009
Phil Mickelson posted a 1-over 72 on Sunday to finish 15-under 269, capturing the 2009 Northern Trust Open by one stroke over Steve Stricker (67). The victory is the 35th of Mickelson's career and comes in his 388th start on the PGA TOUR (370 as a professional). The win moves the left-hander out of a tie with Vijay Singh and into solo possession of 13th place on the all-time wins list.
2008 Champion: Phil Mickelson Score: 272 Purse: $6,200,000 Winning Share: $1,116,000
2007 Champion:
Charles Howell III, (268, -16)
Charles Howell III (27) becomes just the fifth of the last 18 Nissan Open winners (dating back to 1990) to win the tournament before turning 30. The others were 1999 champion Ernie Els (29), 2001 winner Robert Allenby (29), 2005 champion Adam Scott (24) and Rory Sabbatini (29).
2003 Mike Weir
2002 Len Mattiace
2001 Robert Allenby
2000 Kirk Triplett
1999 Ernie Els
1998 Billy Mayfair
1997 Nick Faldo
1996 Craig Stadler
1995 Corey Pavin
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