Golf Glance: World's top 10 highlight Genesis field

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[February 16, 2022] Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.
 

 


PGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: Waste Management Phoenix Open (Scottie Scheffler)

THIS WEEK: The Genesis Invitational, Pacific Palisades, Calif., Feb. 17-20

Course: The Riviera Country Club (Par 71, 7,322 yards)

Purse: $12M (Winner: $2.16M)

Defending Champion: Max Homa

FedEx Cup Leader: Hideki Matsuyama

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV: Thursday-Friday, 4-8 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-7 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS)

PGA Tour Live: Four live feeds per day on ESPN+

Social Media: @TheGenesisInv (Twitter)

NOTES: Tiger Woods serves as host of the tournament, which is one of three on the PGA Tour with elevated status that provides a higher purse and an increased allotment of FedEx Cup points along with a three-year tour exemption. ... The 120-player invitational field includes each of the top 10 players win the Official World Golf Ranking. No. 12 Bryson DeChambeau withdrew due to hip and wrist injuries. ... No. 2 Collin Morikawa and No. 3 Patrick Cantlay enter the week with an opportunity to overtake Jon Rahm, who holds the No. 1 ranking for the 31st consecutive week. Morikawa or Cantlay can become No. 1 with a win and Rahm finishing lower than solo fourth. ... The drivable par-4 10th hole is the second-shortest on tour so far this season at 315 yards. Last year, only five of the 297 (1.68 percent) of the tee shots hit with players attempting to hit the green were successful. Only one landed within 60 feet. The only eagle on the hole was a hole-out by Sergio Garcia from a green-side bunker. ... Each of the past three events has featured a first-time winner on tour. ... Aaron Beverly is the 2022 recipient of the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption. The APGA Tour player will be making his PGA Tour debut. Other sponsors exemptions include Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Rickie Fowler, Min Woo Lee, Robert MacIntyre, Thomas Pieters and Jaekyeong Lee. ... Riviera will serve as the venue for the 2026 U.S. Women's Open and the 2028 Olympic golf competition.

BEST BETS: Rahm (+900) has two top-10s in three previous event starts, including a T5 last year. ... Cantlay (+1100) has two wins and last week's runner-up among six consecutive top-10 finishes. ... Morikawa (+1800) leads the tour in greens in regulation (79.17 percent). ... Rory McIlroy (+2000) won the CJ Cup @ Summit in his lone previous start on tour this season. ... Viktor Hovland (+2500) finished T5 in his event debut last year. He's coming off a missed cut last week but has three wins in his past six worldwide starts. ... Sam Burns (+4000) is also coming off a missed cut last week. He was the 54-hole leader last year before finishing third behind Homa and Tony Finau. ... Local native Max Homa (+4000) is seeking to become the first player to successfully defend at the Genesis since Phil Mickelson in 2008-09.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: The Honda Classic, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Feb. 24-27

LPGA Tour

LAST TOURNAMENT: LPGA Drive On Championship (Leona Maguire)

THIS WEEK: Off.

Race to the CME Globe leader: Danielle Kang

NEXT TOURNAMENT: HSBC Women's World Championship, Singapore, March 3-6

Champions Tour

LAST TOURNAMENT: Mitsubishi Electric Championship (Miguel Angel Jimenez)

THIS WEEK: Chubb Classic, Naples, Fla., Feb. 18-20

Course: Tiburon Golf Club, Black Course (Par 72, 6,909 yards)

Defending champion: Steve Stricker

Purse: $1.8M ($240,000)

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Jimenez

Social Media: @ChubbClassic (Twitter)

NOTES: Davis Love III withdrew and was replaced in the field by Stephen Leaney. ... Y.E. Yang and Brian Gay will make their Champions debuts this week, as will longtime club pro Rob Labritz.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Cologuard Classic, Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 25-27

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