Look: Saturday's storm cleanup at Riviera
The Los Angeles area was hit hard with one of the worst storms in decades Friday, leaving some 80,000 homes and businesses without power.
Riviera Country Club maintenance staff, PGA Tour workers, and volunteers were on site early the next day to help get the course ready for Genesis Open play. Here's a timeline look at the work done Saturday morning.
GolfChannel : FORE! Things got a little sideways at the #GenesisOpen, leading to a suspens… https://t.co/9NCYsYJuHh pic.twitter.com/0uJIa7Yvb3
— Golf2Win (@Golf_2_Win) February 18, 2017
@GenesisOpen crews bail out the bunkers early Saturday morning so that play can resume at 9AM. See Dnphotos: https://t.co/4yP17SwjlM pic.twitter.com/8Bqz7eRGIT
— John McCoy (@JohnEMcCoy) February 18, 2017
Who you gonna call to take down a fallen piece of Riviera? Jerry's Trees in Inglewood. #genesisopen https://t.co/WW1SzJy8wG pic.twitter.com/zFDkFPB1nG
— Tom Hoffarth (@tomhoffarth) February 18, 2017
@GenesisOpen gets ready to resume play at 9AM Saturday. See Dnphotos:https://t.co/4yP17SwjlM pic.twitter.com/fjvhfx2flW
— John McCoy (@JohnEMcCoy) February 18, 2017
Amazing job by crew and volunteers rebuilding Riviera’s washed-out bunkers after 3 inches of rain. @genesisopen pic.twitter.com/07FfRJT10d
— Geoff Shackelford (@GeoffShac) February 18, 2017
What it takes to get #genesisopen ready after rain/wind delay pic.twitter.com/AEzss9S35Z
— Chris Hogstad (@pchogs) February 18, 2017
No. 10 isn't tough enogh without smoothed out bunkers. #genesisopen pic.twitter.com/msPc8X4Nsa
— Tom Hoffarth (@tomhoffarth) February 18, 2017
These courses don't exactly dry out on their own pic.twitter.com/B8GTAOI0aH
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 18, 2017