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January 21st, 2010

Kyle Gulock’s Golf Course of The Week

By: Kyle Gulock

The Riviera Club

This week’s course is The Riviera Country Club, which is located at 1250 Capri Drive, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. This week’s blog is a special one because The Riviera Country Club is set to host the annual Northern Trust Open, a PGA Tour event February 2-7, 2010. The Riviera Country club plays 7,013 yard from the back tees and will be played as a par 71. If you would like to take a course tour, click on the link below to see video of this beautiful layout… http://208.96.243.170/

The Riviera Country Club was opened 1927 and has been the PGA Tour’s Los Angeles Open tour stop since 1929. Past champions of this event include Byron Nelson, Sam Snead, Tom Watson, Johnny Miller, Nick Faldo, Fred Couples, Craig Stadler, Hale Irwin and, of course, Ben Hogan. As of late, Phil Michelson has dominated at The Riv by winning this event the last 2 years. This year Phil Michelson will go for his 3^rd straight win at the Northern Trust Open. You can learn more about this year’s Northern Trust open and even purchase tickets online by clicking on the link below…. http://www.northerntrustopen.com/tournament/index.html

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Kyle Gulock

Posted by Kyle Gulock on January 21st, 2010

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History

Tarzana was originally part of the San Fernando Mission, which was established in 1797 by Spanish settlers and missionaries, who eventually displaced the indigenous population. Later, the area was seized by Mexico and then, following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States, at which point the area came to be part of a sequential order of large cattle ranches owned by local elites. Beginning in the 1870s, the area was purchased by investors who transformed it into a large-scale wheat farm operation.

In 1909 the surrounding area was purchased by the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company. General Harrison Gray Otis, the founder and publisher of the Los Angeles Times, had invested in the company, while also purchasing 550 acres (2.2 km2) in the center of modern-day Tarzana.

In 1915 or 1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known as the author of the Tarzan stories, purchased Otis’s land and built a large home on it, which he called the Tarzana Ranch. Burroughs subdivided and sold the land for residential development, and the neighboring small farms were also converted to residential areas. In 1927 or 1928, local residents renamed the town Tarzana in honor of Burroughs and his famous storybook character.

Movies in Tarzana

* Portola Middle School in Tarzana was used as a location for the films Thirteen, The Karate Kid and Akeelah and the Bee.

* Rocko's Modern Life was animated in Tarzana.

* Tarzana Armenian Deli in Tarzana was used as a location for the HBO TV show Six Feet Under. David and Keith have coffee, sandwiches and frank conversation at the eatery.

* Tarzana was the home of John Denver's character (Jerry Landers) in the 1977 film Oh, God!

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Latitude * 34.17333 Longitude * -118.55306

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