PGA CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES

Note to those PGA spectators wanting to take a look at O.J. Simpson’s Rockingham Avenue home on your way to Riviera this week: Street access to Rockingham from Sunset Boulevard has been blocked by concrete barriers. The Rockingham street sign has also been covered.

Add O.J. and Riviera: An announcement over the media room public address system Tuesday was prefaced by this comment: “And this is no joke . . . “

The announcement warned that a Ford Bronco blocking the entrance at the Riviera Country Club would be towed within five minutes if not moved.

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Pavin, trying to win for the third time at Riviera in 18 months, recalled the first time he played the course.

“I played it two times when I was at UCLA,” the 1995 U.S. Open champion and former Bruin said. “We could play at 2 p.m., I think, on Thursdays or something like that. And by the time we got to the 13th or 14th hole, it was dark. So I never saw 15, 16, 17, 18 until I actually played in the Los Angeles Open. So I couldn’t assess the whole golf course at that point.”