PGA Tour Brunch | Genesis | Wrap-Up
PGA Tour Brunch Recap of the '26 Genesis Invitational | LA
By TERRY LYONS, Digital Sports Desk
The Genesis Invitational | Tournament Wrap
LOS ANGELES - Jacob Bridgeman was presented with a $4 million check as winner of The Genesis Invitational, and it represented 40% of his career earnings to date. Chance are, his career earnings will be significantly higher when he heads back to Riveria CC next year. He is destined for greatness at age 26.
Bridgeman (Winner/-18) earned his first PGA TOUR victory in 66th career start at the age 26 years, 2 months, 16 days. His previous best finish on TOUR was a T2/2025 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches - the tournament coming this week.
Bridgeman became the 13th first-time winner at the tournament and first since 2015 (James Hahn). Bridgeman’s win in his Genesis tournament debut, made him the first player since 1975 (Pat Fitzsimons) to win in his first start at the event.
Bridgeman also became the first “first-time winner” this season and the first since Sami Valimaki at the 2025 RSM Classic.
World No. 1 and 20-time PGA TOUR winner Scottie Scheffler (T12/-11) finished T12, ending a streak of 18 consecutive Top 10 finishes on TOUR, the most consecutive Top 10 finishes on TOUR (since 1983). The last time fhe inished outside the Top 10 on TOUR was a T20 at the 2025 PLAYERS Championship (343 days ago).
Max Greyserman (T24/-7) made a hole-in-one on No. 14, his first career ace on TOUR and the seventh ace at No. 14 on record.
Bridgeman and Ben Griffin WD from the Cognizant - Bridgeman, the defending champion.
Genesis Invitational | Final Leaderboard
1 Jacob Bridgeman 66 64 64 72 266 (-18)
T2 Kurt Kitayama 71 64 68 64 267 (-17)
T2 Rory McIlroy 66 65 69 67 267 (-17)
4 Adam Scott 70 63 72 63 268 (-16)
5 Aldrich Potgieter 68 68 65 68 269 (-15)
Final Leaderboard | (link
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FedEx Cup Points (link) - (Bridgeman jumped to the lead over Chris Gotterup)
What They’re Saying:
Bridgeman Wins at The Genesis (Golf Week)
Bridgeman Breaks Through at Genesis (PGATourCom)
What They Earned at The Genesis (Golf Week)
Scheffler’s Top 10 Streak Ends (PGATourCom)
Sporting Goods and Golf Industry News
What’s in Jacob’s Winner’s Golf Bag? (Golf Week)
A Look at the Cognizant (PGATourCom)
Bridgeman WDs from Cognizant (Palm Beach Post)
On This Day in Golf History:
February 23, 2014 - Jason Day finally defeated Victor Dubuisson on the fifth hole of an 18-hole final match at the World Golf Championship-AccentureMatch Play Championship in Tucson, Arizona. it was Day’s second PGA Tour title. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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