Tiger Woods makes his 2024 season debut on the PGA Tour while the PGA Tour Champions schedule resumes in Florida.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: WM Phoenix Open (Nick Taylor)
THIS WEEK: The Genesis Invitational, Pacific Palisades, Calif., Feb. 15-18
Course: The Riviera Country Club (Par 71, 7,322 yards)
Purse: $20M (Winner: $4M)
Defending Champion: Jon Rahm
FedEx Cup Leader: Matthieu Pavon
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 4-8 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (GC), 3-7 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS).
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. ET; Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
X: @TheGenesisInv
NOTES: This is the third signature event of the 2024 season, featuring $20 million in prize money and 700 FedEx Cup points. This is one of three player-hosted signature events to include a 36-hole cut along with the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial Tournament. … Tournament host Tiger Woods will play in his first official PGA Tour event since withdrawing from last year’s Masters. Woods’ most recent top-10 in a tour event was the 2020 Farmers Insurance Open. … Rahm will not defend his title after signing with LIV Golf. … The field is comprised of the top 50 in last year’s FedEx Cup Playoffs (all but Justin Rose playing), Nos. 51-60 from the FedEx Cup Fall, the Aon Swing 5, the top player not otherwise exempt from the Race to Dubai (Nicolai Hojgaard), this year’s winners who are not already exempt (Nick Dunlap), sponsor exemptions (Woods, Adam Scott, Gary Woodland, Will Zalatoris) and Charlie Sifford Award Winner Chase Johnson. … Lanny Wadkins holds the tournament scoring record of 264 set in 1985.
BEST BETS: Scottie Scheffler (+650 at BetMGM) is coming off a T3 at the WM Phoenix Open. His best finish in five previous starts at Riviera was a T7 in 2022. … Rory McIlroy (+1000) makes his second start of the PGA Tour season, following a T66 at Pebble Beach. … Viktor Hovland (+1400) returns after withdrawing before last week’s event following a T58 at Pebble Beach. … Justin Thomas (+1600) finished second in 2019 and enters this week with three consecutive T12s or better to begin 2024. … Max Homa (+1800) won the event in 2021 and has four consecutive top-10s in the event. Four of his six PGA Tour victories have come in California. … Collin Morikawa (+1800) finished T6 last year and the Los Angeles native knows Riviera well. … Sam Burns (+2200) has three consecutive top-10 finishes, including a T3 last week.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Mexico Open at Vidanta, Vallarta, Mexico, Feb. 22-25
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: LPGA Drive On Championship (Nelly Korda)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Race to the CME Globe leader: Lydia Ko
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Honda LPGA Thailand, Feb. 22-25
PGA Tour Champions
LAST TOURNAMENT: Mitsubishi Electric Championship (Steven Alker)
THIS WEEK: Chubb Classic, Naples, Fla., Feb. 16-18
Course: Tiburon Golf Club, Black Course (Par 72, 6,909 yards)
Purse: $1.8 million (Winner: $270,000)
Defending Champion: Bernhard Langer
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Alker
HOW TO FOLLOW:
TV: Friday, 12-3 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-5:30 p.m. (GC)
X: @ChubbClassic
NOTES: The 54-hole event features a 78-player field that includes 14 major winners. … Langer will not compete for his third consecutive event title as he recovers from a torn Achilles. … Alker, who also won the Charles Schwab Cup Champion to close out 2023, is attempting to become the 10th player to win three consecutive Champions Tour events. … Heath Slocum will make his tour debut after recently turning 50.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Trophy Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco, Feb. 22-24.
LIV Golf League
LAST TOURNAMENT: Las Vegas (Individual: Dustin Johnson; Team: Smash GC)
THIS WEEK: OFF
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 1-3
–Field Level Media
