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and women who manage golf courses in the United States and worldwide. From its headquarters in Lawrence, Kan., the association
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Tournament Fact Sheet
Golf Course Superintendent
Marshall Dick, GCSAA
Phone: 310-566-5329
Email: marshalld@rrcla.com
Years as GCSAA Member: 2
Years at Riviera: 9
Years as a Superintendent: 2
Previous Courses: Bel Air Country Club (assistant)
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Professional Tournaments Hosted: This will be the 9
th
professional event Marshall Dick has been involved with.
Other Key Golf Personnel
Tyler Shuman, Assistant Superintendent
Fabian Pacheco, Assistant Superintendent
Omar Rua Cano, Equipment Manager
Course Architect
Architect (year): George Thomas (1927)
Renovation Architect (year): Ben Crenshaw and Bill
Coore (1992) / Tom Fazio (several times)
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Tournament Fact Sheets for the PGA, LPGA, Champions
and Korn Ferry Tours and USGA and PGA of America
championships can be found all year at:
https://www.gcsaa.org/media/tournament-fact-sheets
Tournament Set-up
Par: 35-36--71
Yardage: 7,322
Course Statistics
Average Green Size: 7,500 sq. ft.
Acres of Fairway: 37
Acres of Rough: 90
Number of Sand Bunkers: 58
Number of Water Hazards: 0
Soil Conditions: Good
Water Sources: Well and potable
Drainage Conditions: Good
Turfgrass
Greens: Poa annua .100”
Tees: Bermudagrass .350”
Fairways: Kikuyu .350”
Rough: Kikuyu 2”
Additional Notes
• Riviera Country Club will host the 2026
Women’s U.S. Open and the 2028 Summer
Olympics.
• The 2028 golf competition won’t be the first
Olympic event hosted by the club, which
hosted the dressage equestrian and the
riding part of the modern pentathlon at the
1932 Olympics.
• Notable events hosted by Riviera include
the 1948 U.S. Open, 1983 and 1995 PGA
Championships, 1998 U.S. Senior Open,
and 2017 U.S. Amateur.
The Genesis Invitational (PGA Tour)
Riviera Country Club • Pacific Palisades, Calif. • February 17-20, 2022
