Nissan Open

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The Nissan Open is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in February in Pacific Palisades, California. Since 1965 the tournament has been held on the course at the Riviera Country Club. Nissan is the main sponsor of the tournament. The 2006 purse was $5,100,000, with $918,000 going to the winner.

Prior to World War II, the event led a nomadic existence, moving from course to course. The inaugural event in 1926 was played at Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles, California; in 1927 the event moved to El Caballero Country Club in Tarzana, California for the first and only time. In 1928 the event moved again to Wilshire Country Club, also in Los Angeles. 1929 and 1930 saw the event's first foray to Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades before returning again to Los Angeles for the next decade. From 1931-33, the event alternated between Wilshire CC and Hillcrest Country Club, before returning to Los Angeles CC from 1934-36. From 1937-39 the event was played at Griffith Park before returning to Los Angeles CC in 1940. In 1941, the event returned to Riviera CC and in 1942 was played again at Hillcrest CC before World War II intervened.

The event started up again in 1944 at Wilshire CC before spending the next 9 years (1945-53) at Riviera CC. In 1954 the event was played at Fox Hills Country Club on land that is now in Culver City, California and in 1955 moved to Inglewood Country Club in Inglewood, California. From 1956-72, the event returned to Los Angeles, being played at Rancho Park Golf Course, with the exception of 1968 when the event was played at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena, California.

In 1973, the event began its current relationship with Riviera CC, where it has been played every year since with the exception of 1998. In that year, Riviera CC was hosting the U.S. Senior Open later that year and, in an effort to preserve the course, the event was played at Valencia Country Club in Valencia, California.