The PGA Tour comes back to Riviera Country Club for this week’s Genesis Invitational, after last year’s temporary move to Torrey Pines due to the California wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Seventy-two of the PGA Tour’s best will be competing in the 100th edition of the L.A. PGA Tour stop, with World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and current FedEx Cup leader Chris Gotterup among the notables.
Along with Scheffler, the entire rest of the top 10 in the OWGR will be teeing off at Riviera, looking to knock off defending champ (and 2026 slow starter) Ludvig Åberg. Since Åberg won at Torrey Pines, Hideki Matsuyama will be the Riviera de facto defending champ (from his win in 2024)—and he’ll have another chance to bounce back from his heartbreaking WM Phoenix Open playoff loss earlier this month.
Åberg won last year’s Genesis behind a back-nine 32 for his second win on the PGA Tour. He needed every shot, as it came down to a birdie putt by the Swede on the 72nd hole for a one-stroke triumph over Maverick McNealy.
This week’s winner will receive a $4 million cut of the $20 million purse and 700 FedEx Cup points.
TV Schedule
Thursday-Friday: 4-8 p.m., 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
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A compact and shrewd design by George C. Thomas Jr. and associate William P. Bell, Riviera features everything from a long Redan par-3 to a bunker in the middle of a green to an alternate-fairway par-4. With its 18th green at the base of a natural amphitheater, and its primary rough consisting of club-grabbing Kikuyu, Riviera seems tailor-made as a tournament venue. It hosted a PGA Championship in 1995, a U.S. Senior Open in 1998 and a U.S. Amateur in 2017, but no U.S. Open since 1948. Riviera was recently awarded the 2031 U.S. Open, and it will also host the 2028 Olympics. But it’s the site of an annual PGA Tour event, which is even better exposure to the golf world. View Course Streaming Schedule
PGA Tour Live will have four feeds streaming on ESPN+ this week, including featured groups, featured holes and BetCast broadcasts. Coverage will air on Thursday and Friday from 10:15 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST. On Saturday, coverage runs from 10:15 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday it goes from 9:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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Leaderboard
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First tee
10:15 a.m. — Sami Valimaki, J.T. Poston, Rico Hoey
10:27 a.m. — Kurt Kitayama, Nico Echavarria, Jake Knapp
10:39 a.m. — Matt McCarty, Jhonattan Vegas, Taylor Pendrith
10:51 a.m. — Tom Hoge, Bud Cauley, Matti Schmid
11:03 a.m. — Sahith Theegala, Michael Kim, Pierceson Coody
11:15 a.m. — Ben Griffin, Keegan Bradley, Sam Burns
11:27 a.m. — Maverick McNealy, Akshay Bhatia, Jacob Bridgeman
11:39 a.m. — Cameron Young, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry
11:56 a.m. — J.J. Spaun, Ludvig Åberg, Hideki Matsuyama
12:08 p.m. — Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy
12:20 p.m. — Ryan Gerard, Adam Scott, Patrick Rodgers
12:32 p.m. — Kevin Yu, Max Homa, Denny McCarthy
12:44 p.m. — Aldrich Potgieter, Ryan Fox, Sam Stevens
12:56 p.m. — Tom Kim, Rickie Fowler, Max Greyserman
1:08 p.m. — Lucas Glover, Tony Finau, Max McGreevy
1:20 p.m. — Garrick Higgo, Aaron Rai, Matt Fitzpatrick
1:37 p.m. — Jason Day, Alex Noren, Ryo Hisatsune
1:49 p.m. — Andrew Novak, Brian Harman, Nick Taylor
2:01 p.m. — Russell Henley, Harris English, Corey Conners
2:13 p.m. — Sepp Straka, Harry Hall, Patrick Cantlay
2:25 p.m. — Chris Gotterup, Justin Rose, Robert MacIntyre
2:37 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Si Woo Kim
2:49 p.m. — Min Woo Lee, Jordan Spieth, Daniel Berger
3:01 p.m. — Brian Campbell, Wyndham Clark, Marco Penge
SECOND ROUND/FRIDAY
First tee
10:15 a.m. — Aldrich Potgieter, Ryan Fox, Sam Stevens
10:27 a.m. –– Tom Kim, Rickie Fowler, Max Greyserman
10:39 a.m. — Lucas Glover, Tony Finau, Max McGreevy
10:51 a.m. — Garrick Higgo, Aaron Rai, Matt Fitzpatrick
11:03 a.m. — Jason Day, Alex Noren, Ryo Hisatsune
11:15 a.m. — Andrew Novak, Brian Harman, Nick Taylor
11:27 a.m. — Russell Henley, Harris English, Corey Conners
11:39 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Harry Hall, Patrick Cantlay
11:56 a.m. — Chris Gotterup, Justin Rose, Robert MacIntyre
12:08 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Si Woo Kim
12:20 p.m. — Min Woo Lee, Jordan Spieth, Daniel Berger
12:32 p.m. — Brian Campbell, Wyndham Clark, Marco Penge
12:44 p.m. — Sami Valimaki, J.T. Poston, Rico Hoey
12:56 p.m. — Kurt Kitayama, Nico Echavarria, Jake Knapp
1:08 p.m. — Matt McCarty, Jhonattan Vegas, Taylor Pendrith
1:20 p.m. — Tom Hoge, Bud Cauley, Matti Schmid
1:37 p.m. — Sahith Theegala, Michael Kim, Pierceson Coody
1:49 p.m. — Ben Griffin, Keegan Bradley, Sam Burns
2:01 p.m. — Maverick McNealy, Akshay Bhatia, Jacob Bridgeman
2:13 p.m. — Cameron Young, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry
2:25 p.m. — J.J. Spaun, Ludvig Åberg, Hideki Matsuyama
2:37 p.m. — Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy
2:49 p.m. — Ryan Gerard, Adam Scott, Patrick Rodgers
3:01 p.m. — Kevin Yu, Max Homa, Denny McCarthy
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