Comments on: Riviera Country Club Review, Pacific Palisades, California

By: Ben W.

Ben W. — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:21:03 +0000

Thanks for the review. I will be playing there in two weeks for the first time & I am very excited about it. Your pictures are great, and I’m hoping to get some myself and get the most out of my experience. Nice site.

-Ben

By: Doug Hansen

Doug Hansen — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:02:26 +0000

I too am lucky to have played “The Riv”. I played it three times with a member who was friends with the owner of a racing sailboat I crewed for on San Francisco Bay. He told me his college chum hosted him at Riviera from time to time and I said, “George, you get me on Riviera and I will fly down there at the drop of a hat”.

He did and I did.

It has been two long since those precious three years playing Riviera and I always enjoy reading anything I can about The Riv. This is an excellent and succint essay about Riviera.

I think Mr. Beem made his on 14, though, not 16. But who cares?

Again, this is a great report and I loved reading it!!

Maybe one day I will add the Riviera Joke to it.

Thanks,

-=Doug

By: tracy

tracy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:32:36 +0000

Just discovered your review of sand piper, one of my favorites. Glad you were able to enjoy it. By the way, the tree is a Sycamore. They are known for their exotic shapes, and one of the few California trees to show color in the fall.

By: danperry

danperry — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:39:38 +0000

@Siobhan It’s in Southern California, in a city called Pacific Palisades.

By: Siobhan

Siobhan — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:26:25 +0000

For those of us on the other side of the pond where is this course

By: dh

dh — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:35:51 +0000

Nice report on this great golf course. You’re so lucky to have been able to play here.

As for the mirror on #18, if you go play Elmbrook in Traverse City, you’ll see a mirror up in a tree behind the tee in order to see down the elevated #10 fairway. It’s been a fair # of years since I’ve played there, but I’m sure the mirror is still there. I love a course with elevation changes/contours and Elmbrook has some nice ones too. Maybe not as spectactular as, say, the Boyne Hills course, but I love that modest little public course.