The Northern Trust Open is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour established in 1926, and located in Pacific Palisades, California, which was formerly known as the Nissan Open and originally known as the Los Angeles Open. The tournament is played annually in February in Pacific Palisades, California, and has been contested at the Riviera Country Club on a near-continuous basis since 1973.
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Chicago based Northern Trust Corporation, a leading provider of investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions for corporations, institutions and affluent individuals worldwide is the current sponsor of the event. 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. It returned to Los Angeles from 1956-72, being played at Rancho Park Golf Course, with the exception of 1968 when the event was played at Brookside Golf Course 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. 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. In 2005, the tournament was shortened by 36 holes due to rain, and Adam Scott defeated Chad Campbell on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff on a Monday. In September 2007, it was originally announced that Bearing Point would become the new title sponsor of the tournament.