Choi leads at Riviera (AP)

February 15th, 2008

K.J. Choi ,of South Korea, makes his approach shot on the second fairway in the first round of the Northern Trust Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The wind rattled through the eucalyptus trees at Riviera, the temperatures were starting to fall, and K.J. Choi rarely looked so comfortable. It helped that he was only on the practice range, having finished a bogey-free round in the Northern Trust Open that left him atop the leaderboard.