Remembering the record-setting playoff at rainy Riviera
Remembering the record-setting playoff at rainy Riviera In This Article It remains the largest playoff to end a 72-hole PGA TOUR event, another bit of history created at the iconic Riviera Country Club. There also was a six-man playoff at the 1994 Byron Nelson but that tournament was just two rounds because of persistent rain. Seven years later, six men braved the elements to decide a champion at Riviera in the tournament now known as the Genesis Invitational. It rained so hard that a delay never seemed far away. The 18th hole, reachable with short-irons earlier in the week, now required ...