Tiger Woods played a quick nine holes on Tuesday before letting the cat out of the bag over social media as to when he will tee off at the Genesis Invitational.
Woods has that authority considering he is the host of this week’s event at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
“It’s time! Teeing it up at Riv Thursday at 9:25am and Friday at 11:54am PT,” the 15-time major champion wrote on Twitter.
It’s time! Teeing it up at Riv Thursday at 9:25am and Friday at 11:54am PT. @ROLEX #RolexFamily pic.twitter.com/Vo3UPMtFUS
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) February 13, 2024
Woods is paired with Justin Thomas and Gary Woodland in the first round on Thursday.
As for Tuesday, Woods played the back nine while featuring a different look after ending his 27-year partnership with Nike. He was sporting a black sweater and black shoes that displayed the new tiger stipes logo and “SDR” scripting.
Woods, 48, has said he aims to play one tournament a month in 2024 as he returns from plantar fasciitis and ankle surgery last spring.
Woods’ last appearance came at December’s PNC Championship, a team event in which he played with his son, Charlie Woods.
Woods will play in his first official PGA Tour event since withdrawing from last year’s Masters.
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is paired with No. 6 Wyndham Clark and No. 8 Max Homa, while World No. 4 Viktor Hovland will be joined by Nick Taylor and No. 18 Sam Burns.
The following is the complete list of tee times (all times EST) for Thursday’s first round of the Genesis Invitational:
10:20 a.m. — Nicolai Hojgaard; Chase Johnson
10:32 a.m. — Charley Hoffman; Beau Hossler; Ben Griffin
10:44 a.m. — Lucas Glover; Byeong Hun An; Adam Schenk
10:56 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo; Russell Henley; Sungjae Im
11:08 a.m. — Keegan Bradley; Tom Hoge; Harris English
11:20 a.m. — Chris Kirk; Corey Conners; J.T. Poston
11:32 a.m. — Adam Svensson; Seamus Power; Denny McCarthy
11:44 a.m. — Cam Davis; Adam Hadwin; Cameron Young
12:01 p.m. — Nick Taylor; Viktor Hovland; Sam Burns
12:13 p.m. — Tom Kim; Patrick Cantlay; Jordan Spieth
12:25 p.m. — Justin Thomas; Tiger Woods; Gary Woodland
12:37 p.m. — Ludvig Aberg; Nick Hardy; Christiaan Bezuidenhout
12:49 p.m. — Nick Dunlap; Grayson Murray
1:01 p.m. — Will Zalatoris; Matt Kuchar; Sam Ryder
1:13 p.m. — Luke List; J.J. Spaun; Kevin Yu
1:25 p.m. — Jason Day; Tony Finau; Brendon Todd
1:42 p.m. — Lee Hodges; Brain Harman; Hideki Matsuyama
1:54 p.m. — Sepp Straka; Si Woo Kim; Andrew Putnam
2:06 p.m. — Rickie Fowler; Mackenzie Hughes; Patrick Rodgers
2:18 p.m. — Taylor Moore; Kurt Kitayama; Eric Cole
2:30 p.m. — Sahith Theegala; Xander Schauffele; Tommy Fleetwood
2:42 p.m. — Collin Morikawa; Matt Fitzpatrick; Scottie Scheffler
2:54 p.m. — Wyndham Clark; Rory McIlroy; Max Homa
3:06 p.m. — Adam Scott; Alex Smalley; Taylor Montgomery
–Field Level Media
