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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
--Field Level Media
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