Northern Trust Open 2012: Tee Times, Date and TV Schedule

The West Coast section of the PGA Tour continues this week at famed Riviera, also known as "Hogan's Alley." This is the last California stop on the PGA Tour Schedule until the U.S. Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. 

After this week. the next stop will be WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona. 

Aaron Baddeley won the Northern Trust Open in 2011 by two shots over Vijay Singh. This is the seventh tournament of the season. 

Where: Riviera Country Club. Pacific Palisades, California

When: Thursday, Feb. 16 - Sunday, Feb. 19.

What They're Saying

Steve Elling of CBSSports.com identified World No. 1 Luke Donald as one of his favorites for the week, noting that his game sets up well for Riviera. 

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Luke Donald missed two cuts last year in his breakthrough season and one was in his season opener at Riviera. In all, however, he’s perfect for this track, where length is not the central tool. In five of his last seven starts here, has been T13 or better.

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Golfer to Watch

Keegan Bradley.

Bradley entered the season on a little bit of a hot streak, winning the PGA Championship in 2011, but has remained a little under the radar in 2012. He has made cuts in 2012 but hasn't seriously contended. 

He will need to be a little more consistent early on in the year or the talk about a sophomore slump will appear. This is a good situation for him to do that. Bradley is under the radar, which is where he's been at his best throughout his short career. Look for a Top 10 showing this week.

Tee Times

Notables: 

Golfer	Round 1 (EST)	Round 2 (EST)
Keegan Bradley	3:12 p.m.	10:27 a.m.
Luke Donald	10:16 a.m.	3:01 p.m.
Rickie Fowler	10:06 a.m.	2:51 p.m.
Bill Haas	10:27 a.m.	3:12 p.m.
Dustin Johnson	10:27 a.m.	3:12 p.m.
Hunter Mahan	3:01 p.m.	10:16 a.m.
Phil Mickelson	3:12 p.m.	10:27 a.m.
Bubba Watson	10:27 a.m.	3:12 p.m.

Full list of Tee Times for the opening two rounds available at PGATour.com.

TV Schedule

Live:

Round	Time (EST)	TV
Round 1	3 p.m.	GOLF
Round 2	3 p.m.	GOLF
Round 3	1 p.m./3 p.m.	GOLF/CBS
Round 4	1 p.m./3 p.m.	GOLF/CBS

Replay:

Round	Time (EST)	TV
Round 1	Thursday, 8:30 p.m./Friday, 12:30 a.m.	GOLF
Round 2	Friday, 8:30 p.m./Saturday, 2:30 a.m.	GOLF
Round 3	Saturday, 9:30 p.m.	GOLF
Round 4	Sunday, 9:30 p.m./Monday, 11 a.m.	GOLF

Prediction: Hunter Mahan

His game sets up well for this course. Riviera has always favored shot makers over players that have one really strong dimension to their game. That describes Mahan perfectly; his game is well rounded for a course like this one. He has played well this season and is in great position to break through for a win this week.

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