Preview | The Genesis Invitational
COURSE: Riviera County Club, Pacific Palisades, California
ARCHITECTS: G.C.Thomas, Jr. and W.P. Bell
YARDS/PAR: 7,322 yards/Par 71
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $12,000,000/$2,160,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Max Homa
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 550 (Elevated Status)
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @thegenesisinv
TV COVERAGE: First two rounds (Feb 17-18) are scheduled for coverage from 4:00pm to 8:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel. Saturday coverage is set for 1:00pm to 3:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel and 3:00 to 7pm (ET) on CBS. On Sunday, Golf Channel broadcasts from 1:00pm to 3:00pm (ET) and CBS follows with the final round 3:00 to 6:30pm (ET).
PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING on ESPN+: Streaming coverage will be featured on ESPN-Plus Thursday and Friday with Main Feed, Featured Hole and Featured Groups from 9:30am to 8:00pm (ET). On Saturday ESPN+ streams 12:00 noon to 7:00pm (ET) while, on Sunday, ESPN+ streaming is from 11:30am to 6:30pm (ET).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live radio coverage of The Genesis Invitational with Thursday and Friday broadcasts from 2:00pm to 8:00pm (ET). Saturday coverage on Sirius XM Radio runs from 2:00pm to 7:00pm and Sunday from 1:00 to 6:30pm (ET). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92 or online via PGATourCom.
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
The Genesis Invitational | Tournament Preview
PACIFIC PALISADES - The Genesis Invitational, hosted by Tiger Woods, is one of three PGA Tour events with elevated status, along with the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. Those three events offer a larger purse ($12 million; up from $9.3 million in 2021), an increased allotment of FedExCup points (550 to the winner) and a three-year PGA TOUR exemption for the winner.
World's Best: Each of the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking are scheduled to compete at The Genesis Invitational. Last season, only nine Tour events featured every Top 10 player.
Three Straight First-timers: There have been five first-time winners on Tour this season, including one in each of the last three weeks: Luke List, Farmers Insurance Open; Tom Hoge, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am; Scottie Scheffler, WM Phoenix Open. The last time there were four or more consecutive first-time winners was in the fall portion of the 2017-18 PGA Tour schedule (Ryan Armour, Sanderson Farms Championship; Patrick Cantlay, Shriners Children's Open; Patton Kizzire, World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba; Austin Cook, The RSM Classic).
No. 10 at Riviera will be the second-shortest par 4 on Tour thus far this season at 315 yards (Shortest: No.14, Sentry Tournament of Champions).
There were 373 tee shots hit at No. 10 in 2021, with 297 (79.6%) attempting to hit the green.
Of those 297 attempts, just five (1.68%) hit the green.
The Basics:
The Genesis Invitational Tee Times start Thursday at 6:40am (local)/9:40pm (ET) and go to 12:54pm (local)/3:54pm (ET).
Weather: Thursday’s forecast is for sunny skies and 68-degrees for the opening round with winds nine mph and a 0% chance of rain (link). Sunny to mostly sunny skies, low winds and zero chance of rain expected all weekend.
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 9:00AM (ET) on Thursday.
Next Week: The tour swings east for The Honda Classic (link)
The Genesis Invitational - Field and Tee Times:
The Field: (link)
Tee Times: (link)
Odds for The Genesis invitational:
Source: CBS Sportsline
Jon Rahm +900
Patrick Cantlay +1200
Justin Thomas +1600
Dustin Johnson +1800
Collin Morikawa +2000
Rory McIlroy +2200
Xander Schauffele +2200
Viktor Hovland +2500
Scottie Scheffler +2500
Cameron Smith +2500
Will Zalatoris +2500
Hideki Matsuyama +2500
Matt Fitzpatrick +3300
Sam Burns +3300
Brooks Koepka +3300
Sungjae Im +3500
Jordan Spieth +3500
Adam Scott +4000
Max Homa +4000
Bubba Watson +4000
Marc Leishman +5000
Tony Finau +5000
Russell Henley +5000
Talor Gooch +5000
Sergio Garcia +6000
Joaquin Niemann +6000
Paul Casey +6000
Thomas Pieters +6600
Kevin Na +6600
Abraham Ancer +6600
Patrick Reed +6600
Jason Kokrak +6600
Alex Noren +7000
Tom Hoge +7000
Si-Woo Kim +7000
Cameron Tringale +7000
Seamus Power +7000
Maverick McNealy +8000
Corey Conners +8000
Erik Van Rooyen +8000
Luke List +8000
Lanto Griffin +8000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +8000
Mackenzie Hughes +9000
Harold Varner +9000
Adam Hadwin +10000
Aaron Rai +10000
Sahith Theegala +10000
Francesco Molinari +10000
Robert MacIntyre +10000
Carlos Ortiz +12500
Matt Kuchar +12500
Martin Laird +12500
Ryan Palmer +12500
Jhonattan Vegas +12500
Keegan Bradley +12500
Matt Jones +15000
Pat Perez +15000
Sebastian Munoz +15000
Rickie Fowler +15000
Min Woo Lee +15000
Joel Dahmen +15000
Cameron Young +15000
Andrew Putnam +15000
Kyoung-Hoon Lee +15000
Patton Kizzire +15000
Troy Merritt +15000
Aaron Wise +15000
Russell Knox +15000
Cam Davis +15000
Taylor Moore +17500
Cameron Champ +20000
Scott Stallings +20000
James Hahn +20000
Mito Pereira +20000
Wyndham Clark +20000
Charley Hoffman +20000
Patrick Rodgers +20000
Doug Ghim +20000
Branden Grace +20000
Taylor Pendrith +20000
Charl Schwartzel +25000
J.J. Spaun +25000
Chez Reavie +25000
Beau Hossler +25000
J.T. Poston +25000
Matt Wallace +25000
Matthew NeSmith +25000
Doc Redman +30000
Emiliano Grillo +30000
Brendan Steele +30000
David Lipsky +30000
Sepp Straka +30000
Dylan Frittelli +30000
TL’s Wedge for an Edge: This week at The Genesis Invitational at Riviera, Tee Els’ PGA Fantasy game foursome (and two reserves) will be: Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson . TL bench players will be: Viktor Hovland and Patrick Cantlay. For my One and Done, I’m going with Morikawa.
What They’re Saying:
Draws and Fades at The Genesis Invitational (PGATourCom)
Power Rankings for The Genesis Invitational (PGATourCom)
How to Watch This Week (Golf Week/USA Today)
FedExCup Standings (PGATourCom)
Bryson Smacks Down Reports (ESPNCom)
Industry News, #Sports Gambling and Daily Fantasy News
Seven Picks and Predictions for the Genesis Invitational (Action Net)
Fantasy Pick ‘Em (PGATourCom)
Expert Picks for Genesis - (PGATourCom)
Sleeper Picks for Riviera - (PGATourCom)
Horses for the Course at Riviera - (PGATourCom)
Eduardo Romero of ARG, Dead at 67 (ESPNCom)
Cantlay Criticizes Tour on Social Media Incentives (ESPNCom)
Ty Votaw Stepping Down (Golf Week/USA Today)
On This Day in Golf History:
February 16, 2003 - Tiger Woods won for the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines in San Diego for the second time, his 35th PGA Tour title. The win came after Woods had surgery to repair his ailing left knee. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt:
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