Riviera a rare venue with top billing for McIlroy

By Mark Lamport-Stokes PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) - Golf courses very rarely compete with the players for top billing but Rory McIlroy is more than happy to share the spotlight with Riviera Country Club at this week's Northern Trust Open. Competing in the long-established PGA Tour event for the first time after being tempted here by the recommendations of many of his peers, McIlroy has already relished the multiple challenges posed by the classic par-71 layout.