The stars are out in L.A., and none shine brighter than Tiger Woods, who is playing in his first PGA Tour event since withdrawing from the Masters 10 months ago.
Sure, we saw him at the Hero World Challenge and the PNC Championship late last year, but this time it counts as the Genesis Invitational is the PGA Tour’s third signature event of the year. That means that the 70-player field is competing for a $20 million purse, with $4 million going to the champion.
It was a busy week for Woods before he even struck a competitive golf shot as he’s host of the tournament at Riviera Country Club and he launched a new logo and apparel brand, Sun Day Red. On Wednesday, he played in the pro-am with Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen.
The rest of the field is stacked too, as nine of the top-10 players in the world are in action, including Nos. 1 and 2, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy. Only LIV Golf’s Jon Rahm, the 2023 Genesis champion, is missing.
An oddity this week—there is a cut even though there are only 70 players in the field. It’s been reported that three tournaments hosted by the biggest names in golf history—Woods’ Genesis, the late Arnold Palmer’s Invitational at Bay Hill and Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament—each pushed to have a cut. The PGA Tour agreed and after 36-hole the field will be cut to the top 50 players and ties and anyone within 10 shots of the leader. It’s possible only a few players will not play the weekend. (You can read more about it from our Tod Leonard here.)
Here is a prize money breakdown for everyone who makes the cut this week at Riviera. Check back here shortly after the winner is crowned on Sunday for updates.
WIN: $4 million
2: $2.2 million
3: $1.4 million
4: $1 million
5: $840,000
6: $760,000
7: $700,000
8: $646,000
9: $600,000
10: $556,000
11: $514,000
12: $472,000
13: $430,000
14: $389,000
15: $369,000
16: $349,000
17: $329,000
18: $309,000
19: $289,000
20: $269,000
21: $250,000
22: $233,000
23: $216,000
24: $200,000
25: $184,000
26: $168,000
27: $161,000
28: $154,000
29: $147,000
30: $140,000
31: $133,000
32: $126,000
33: $119,000
34: $114,000
35: $109,000
36: $104,000
37: $99,000
38: $94,000
39: $90,000
40: $86,000
41: $82,000
42: $78,000
43: $74,000
44: $70,000
45: $66,000
46: $62,000
47: $58,000
48: $56,000
49: $54,000
50: $52,000
51: $51,000
52: $50,000
53: $49,000
54: $48,000
55: $47,000
56: $46,000
57: $45,000
58: $44,000
59: $43,000
60: $42,000
61: $41,000
62: $40,000
63: $39,000
64: $38,000
65: $37,000
66: $36,000
67: $35,000
68: $34,000
69: $33,000
70: $32,000
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
