What tournament was Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour event, as an amateur in 1992?

Tiger Woods’s first PGA Tour event, as an amateur in 1992, was the Nissan Los Angeles Open. He was only 16 years old when he entered the tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.

Woods shot 72 in the opening round and 75 in the second, finishing at 5-over par. He missed the cut, but the appearance marked his first start in a PGA Tour event. The tournament was then known as the Nissan Los Angeles Open; it is now associated with the Los Angeles Open’s long-running Riviera event and the modern Genesis Invitational.

A common mix-up is confusing this tournament with Woods’s professional debut. He played as an amateur in 1992 and returned to the event in 1993 before turning professional in 1996. Another nearby milestone came at the 1992 U.S. Junior Amateur, which Woods won, but that was not a PGA Tour event.