Destination Golf

Inside Riviera’s Turf Secrets Before the U.S. Women’s Open

Riviera Country Club is unlike anywhere else in golf, and it starts with the grass. Kikuyu grass, technically still a noxious weed in most of the country, is the backbone of the property, and managing it for a major championship requires a combination of deep institutional knowledge, precision data, and a philosophy the staff calls kaizen: continuous improvement.

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