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UP NEXT: NISSAN OPEN

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THE FACTS

* Site: Riviera Country Club

* Purse: $3.1 million

* Winner’s share: $558,000

* Par: 71

* Yards: 6,987

SCHEDULE

Today

Nissan Pro-Am: 7:30 a.m.

Pro Practice: Noon

Tuesday

Pro Practice: 7 a.m.

Tour Challenge: 1 p.m.

Wednesday

Chairman’s Pro-Am: 7 a.m.

Thursday

First Round: 7 a.m.

Friday

Second Round: 7 a.m.

Saturday

Third Round: 8 a.m.

Sunday

Final Round: 8 a.m.

TELEVISION

* Thursday: USA, 1-3 p.m.

* Friday: USA, 1-3 p.m.

* Saturday: CBS, 1-3 p.m.

* Sunday: CBS, 1-3:30 p.m.

TICKETS

* Available at all Ticketmaster outlets (213) 480-3232 and the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce Office (350 South Bixel St., Los Angeles, CA 90017) or call 1-800-752-OPEN. Prices are: daily tickets $20, season tickets $60, and discount book (12 daily passes) $180. Discount youth and senior passes available. For corporate packages, call the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

PARKING

* Continuous shuttle service will be provided to and from the Longworth entrance of the Riviera Country Club from the Veterans Administration Hospital parking lot. Take Santa Monica Boulevard west from the San Diego Freeway to Sawtelle Boulevard. Turn right on Sawtelle and enter the hospital lot at the Ohio Street entrance.

HISTORY

* The first Los Angeles Open held at Riviera Country Club was in 1929. Riviera was less than two years old. This event will mark the 38th time Riviera hosts the L.A. Open.

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* The first woman to play in a PGA men’s event was Babe Didrikson Zaharias, at the 1938 Los Angeles Open.

* The Los Angeles Open defied the PGA ban on African American players by allowing Joe Louis to compete in the 1952 tournament. Louis became the first black to compete in a PGA event.

* In 1929, the Los Angeles Open provided the first radio broadcast of a golf tournament.

* In 1953, the Los Angeles Open became the first golf tournament televised locally and, in 1966, became the first televised nationally.

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