There are a lot of ways to praise the field at this week’s Genesis Invitational. Every player among the top 30 players of the latest FedEx Cup standings is competing at Riviera Country Club outside of Los Angeles, as are 23 of the top 25 in the world led by new world No.1 Scottie Scheffler and the man his took the label from, Rory McIlroy.
But when it comes down to it, the No. 1 thing to know about the field in this latest PGA Tour designated event is that Tiger Woods will be teeing it up his first non-major event since October 2020.
The 82-time PGA Tour winner surprised some by announcing last Friday on social media that he was ready to again. He last teed it up at an official PGA Tour event at The Open Championship last July. Woods has been battling plantar fasciitis, which forced him to miss the Hero World Challenge. His only other recent on-course appearances have come at The Match (losing with McIlroy to Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas) and at the PNC Championship (with his son Charlie).
California golfers Collin Morikawa—coming off a second-place finish at Riviera a year ago—and 2021 Genesis winner Max Homa will be looking to win the local event. Also in the field is Marcus Byrd, making just his second career PGA Tour start after receiving the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption given to a golfer of colour.
The winner will receive 550 FedEx Cup points and a $US3.6 million share of the $20 million purse.
TV
Kayo and Fox Sports
Streaming Schedule
PGA Tour Live streaming coverage takes place on ESPN+ from 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. EST from Thursday and Friday, 12 noon-7pm on Saturday and 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. on Sunday.
First tee (times in American Eastern time; Australian players’ times in bold and AEDT)
9:40 a.m. — Russell Knox, Nick Watney, Thomas Detry
9:51 a.m. — Peter Malnati, Doc Redman, Kramer Hickok
10:02 a.m. — James Hahn, Danny Lee, Ben Taylor
10:13 a.m. — Mackenzie Hughes, Tom Hoge, Luke Donald
10:24 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Martin Laird, Lanto Griffin
10:35 a.m. — Chez Reavie, Robert Streb, Gary Woodland
10:46 a.m. — Stewart Cink, Brendon Todd, Francesco Molinari
10:57 a.m. — J.T. Poston, Rickie Fowler, Matt Kuchar
11:08 a.m. — Adam Svensson, Joel Dahmen, Brian Harman
11:19 a.m. — Brendan Steele, David Lipsky, Lee Hodges
11:30 a.m. — Nick Hardy, Adrian Meronk, Marcus Byrd
2:20 a.m. — Kevin Tway, Alex Noren, Matthew NeSmith
2:31 a.m. — Keith Mitchell, Chesson Hadley, Greyson Sigg
2:42 a.m. — Troy Merritt, Scott Piercy, Matt Wallace
2:53 a.m. — Si Woo Kim, Matt Fitzpatrick, Nick Taylor
3:04 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Tiger Woods
3:15 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa
3:26 p.m. — Justin Rose, Hideki Matsuyama, Shane Lowry
3:37 p.m. — Sam Burns, K.H. Lee, Cameron Young
3:48 p.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Schenk
3:59 p.m. — Adam Long, Denny McCarthy, Sahith Theegala
4:10 p.m. — Davis Thompson, S.H. Kim, Justin Suh
10th tee
9:40 a.m. — Kevin Streelman, Kelly Kraft, Taylor Montgomery
9:51 a.m. — Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Hayden Buckley, Taylor Moore
10:02 a.m. — Danny Willett, Callum Tarren, Matthias Schwab
2:13 a.m. — Jason Day, Sepp Straka, Sungjae Im,
10:24 a.m. — Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland
2:35 a.m. — Adam Scott, Tony Finau, Billy Horschel
10:46 a.m. — Max Homa, Tom Kim, Xander Schauffele
10:57 a.m. — Will Zalatoris, Cameron Champ, J.B. Holmes
11:08 a.m. — Dylan Frittelli, Beau Hossler, Wyndham Clark
11:19 a.m. — Patton Kizzire, Kurt Kitayama, Stephan Jaeger
11:30 a.m. — Aaron Rai, Keita Nakajima
2:20 p.m. — Corey Conners, Emiliano Grillo, Justin Lower
2:31 p.m. — Adam Hadwin, Scott Stallings, Max McGreevy
2:42 p.m. — Nate Lashley, Alex Smalley, Austin Smotherman
6:53 p.m. — Cam Davis Luke List, Kevin Kisner
3:04 p.m. — Russell Henley, Ryan Brehm, Tyler Duncan
3:15 p.m. — Seamus Power, Chad Ramey, Lucas Glover
7:26 a.m. — Lucas Herbert, Trey Mullinax, Harris English
3:37 p.m. — J.J. Spaun, Michael Thompson, Tyrrell Hatton
3:48 p.m. — Patrick Rodgers, Mark Hubbard, Doug Ghim
3:59 PM– Andrew Putnam, Sam Ryder, Brandon Wu
4:10 p.m. — Yeongsu Kim, Jack Wall (a)
