Tiger chases history on hallowed ground

Woods can break all-time win record on LA course where PGA career began

There is perhaps no more symbolic place for Tiger Woods to make history than at Riviera Country Club, the venue for this week's Genesis Invitational.

Woods, who remains in search of a record 83rd PGA Tour title, will attempt to break Sam Snead's all-time win record at the place where it all began. He made his tour debut at this event in 1992 as a 16-year-old amateur.

"To come here in 1992 and play, but to come here with my dad and my old pro, Rudy, who took me up here," Woods said. "I remember watching Lanny Wadkins play well here and win, seeing Corey Pavin and Davis (Love III) and Freddie (Couples) go after it. There's a lot of history for me to come up here and play. This was the second professional event I ever went to besides San Diego."