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Genesis Invitational: First Round Preview

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The Genesis Invitational | Tournament Preview

PACIFIC PALISADES – Jon Rahm tees-it-up for The Genesis Invitational holding the No. 1 position in the Official World Golf Ranking for the 31st consecutive week, but two players can take over the top spot with a win this week (if Rahm finishes worse than solo-fourth). Those two are No. 2 Collin Morikawa and No. 3 Patrick Cantlay, who’ve combined for seven Top-10s in seven starts this season. Neither player has been ranked No. 1 previously.

The Genesis Invitational has presented the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption since 2009, providing an opportunity to a golfer of a minority background to compete in the tournament. Named in honor of Charlie Sifford, the first Black player to compete on the modern-day PGA Tour, the 2022 exemption was awarded to Aaron Beverly who will make his Tour debut. The Sacramento State University alum most recently competed on the Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) Tour where he won the Fall Series finale at nearby Wilshire Country Club. Beverly will hit the opening tee shot to start the first round. There are three former Charlie Sifford Exemption recipients in the field this week: Harold Varner III (2014), J.J. Spaun (2016) and Cameron Champ (2018). The Genesis Invitational is the first of several tournaments to recognize Sifford in 2022 as he would have turned 100 this June 2nd.

The Genesis Invitational

COURSE: Riviera County Club, Pacific Palisades, California

ARCHITECTS: G.C.Thomas, Jr. and W.P. Bell

YARDS/PAR: 7,322 yards/Par 71

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $12,000,000/$2,160,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Max Homa

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 550 (Elevated Status)

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @thegenesisinv

TV COVERAGE: First two rounds (Today and Feb 18) are scheduled for coverage from 4:00pm to 8:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel. Saturday coverage is set for 1:00pm to 3:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel and 3:00 to 7pm (ET) on CBS. On Sunday, Golf Channel broadcasts from 1:00pm to 3:00pm (ET) and CBS follows with the final round 3:00 to 6:30pm (ET).

PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING on ESPN+: Streaming coverage will be featured on ESPN-Plus today and Friday with Main Feed, Featured Hole and Featured Groups from 9:30am to 8:00pm (ET). On Saturday ESPN+ streams 12:00 noon to 7:00pm (ET) while, on Sunday, ESPN+ streaming is from 11:30am to 6:30pm (ET).

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live radio coverage of The Genesis Invitational with today’s and Friday’s broadcasts from 2:00pm to 8:00pm (ET). Saturday coverage on Sirius XM Radio runs from 2:00pm to 7:00pm and Sunday from 1:00 to 6:30pm (ET). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92 or online via PGATourCom.

Theegala Leads at WM Phoenix Open

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SCOTTSDALE – Sahith Theegala is seeking to become the first sponsor exemption to win on the PGA TOUR since Martin Laird (2020 Shriners Children’s Open). Theegala played his final two holes of Round One Friday morning (bogey-bogey), but came back to birdied his first three holes and four of his last six in Round Two to finish with a 7-under (64), tying the low score of the week (Talor Gooch/R2, Sam Ryder/R2).

Following a T-2 in last year’s WM Phoenix Open, Xander Schauffele seeks fifth career Tour title and first in over three years.

With a win, Brooks Koepka would become the seventh player to successfully defend a WM Phoenix Open title

Patrick Cantlay is seeking to become the first player to win the WM Phoenix Open in his debut since Koepka (2015).

World No. 1 and Arizona State grad Jon Rahm sits seven strokes back at 5-under (137).

 

WM Phoenix Open Leaderboard – After two rounds

Sahith Theegala 66-64—130 (-12)

Brooks Koepka 66-66—132 (-10)

Xander Schauffele 67-65—132 (-10)

Patrick Cantlay 67-66—133 (-9)

PGA Tour: Round Two Underway at WM

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SCOTTSDALE – Play was suspended due to darkness at 6:23pm (local) with eight players yet to complete the first round. Those players will be back in position at 8am (local)/10am (ET) today, with the second round beginning as scheduled.

At 7-under thru only 16 holes Sahith Theegala, playing on a sponsor exemption, currently holds a one-stroke lead over clubhouse leader K.H. Lee.

Lee holds the clubhouse lead following a 6-under (65), highlighted by a birdie-eagle-birdie stretch on Nos. 2-4. Lee is in search of his first Top-10 finish since the 3M Open (T-6) in 2021 and second PGA Tour title (2021 AT&T Byron Nelson).

World No. 1 and Arizona State graduate Jon Rahm opened with a bogey-free (67).

The top three players on the final leaderboard from 2021 are currently T-7 or better during the first round. Chances are, they’ll be knocking on the door come Sunday.

WM Phoenix Open Leaderboard – First round (partial)

Sahith Theegala -7 (thru 16 holes)

K.H. Lee 65 (-6)

Brooks Koepka 66 (-5)

Adam Hadwin 66 (-5)

Harry Higgs 66 (-5)

Scott Stallings -5 (thru 17 holes)

Hoge Wins at Pebble Beach Pro Am

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PEBBLE BEACH – Tom Hoge won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by two strokes over Jordan Spieth. Hoge earned his first PGA Tour victory in his 203rd career start and became the fourth first-time winner of the Tour season and 13th in tournament history (first since D.A. Points in 2011).

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In the past two weeks, the Tour has awarded two first time winners tournament checks for 1st place with Luke List winning at The Farmers Insurance Open and Hoge’s victory this weekend. The last time two players earned their first PGA Tour titles in consecutive weeks on the schedule: Tyrrell Hatton (2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard) and Sungjae Im (2020 Honda Classic)

Pebble Beach 2017 winner Jordan Spieth finished solo-second, his sixth top-10 in 10 starts at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and 16th career runner-up on the circuit.

PGA Tour rookie Taylor Moore and partner Kyle Adams won the team portion of the competition at 33-under.

Pebble Beach Up for Grabs

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PEBBLE BEACH – Beau Hossler, Andrew Putnam and Tom Hoge share the 54-hole lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the only time for three co-leaders after 54-holes in tournament history (72-hole events only). It is also the most on the PGA Tour since the 2021 U.S. Open (3 players).

The three players’ records when holding the 54-hole lead/co-lead: Hossler (0-for-2), Putnam (0-for-1), Hoge (0-for-1).

Hossler and Hoge are chasing their first Tour win, a rarity at Pebble Beach as the last first-time winner of the event was D.A. Points in 2011.

AT&T brand ambassador and 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am champion Jordan Spieth trails by only one stroke following his career-best round at Pebble (9-under 63).

Reigning FedEx Cup Champion Patrick Cantlay trails by one following his 26th consecutive par-or-better round on Tour.

Davis Riley/Matthew Flannery and Joel Dahmen/David Capobianco share the lead in the team competition at 24-under.

Professionals’ Pebble Beach Leaderboard – After 54 holes

Beau Hossler – 70-65-65—200 (-15) – MP-SH-PB

Andrew Putnam – 65-67-68—200 (-15) – MP-SH-PB

Tom Hoge – 63-69-68—200 (-15) – PB-MP-SH

Patrick Cantlay – 65-68-68—201 (-14) – MP-SH-PB

Joel Dahmen – 71-64-66—201 (-14) – PB-MP-SH

Jordan Spieth – 68-70-63—201 (-14) – MP-SH-PB

Power Five at Pebble Beach

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PEBBLE BEACH – Shooting an amazing (64-64-128), Ireland’s Seamus Power set the opening 36-hole tournament record and a career-best opening 36-hole score. Power holds the 36-hole lead/co-lead for the first time in his PGA Tour career and less the pack by five strokes.

In doing so, Power posted a tournament and career-high of 18 total birdies over 36 holes and currently leads the Pro-Am portion of the competition with partner Dermot Desmond at 20-under par.

Tom Hoge and Adam Svensson – both T-2 – are seeking their first Tour title while Andrew Putnam (T-2) seeks his second victory on Tour.

Professionals’ Pebble Beach Leaderboard – After 36 holes

Seamus Power SH-PB 64-64 – 128 (-16)

Andrew Putnam MP-SH 65-67 – 132 (-11)

Tom Hoge PB-MP 63-69 – 132 (-11)

Adam Svensson PB-MP 69-63 – 132 (-11)

Hoge Leads After 18 at Pebble Beach

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AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am – Round Two

PEBBLE BEACH – Tom Hoge holds the outright 18-hole lead for the first time in his PGA Tour career (0-for-6 with the 18-hole co-lead). Hoge’s (63) marked the third-lowest score of his Tour career (62 twice).

Reigning FedEx Cup Champion Patrick Cantlay stands T-5 after a 6-under (65) at Monterey Peninsula Country Club.

Seamus Power (2nd/-8/SH) made his fifth start at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, with his best prior result coming in 2020 (T-38). Power earned his first career Tour victory last season at the Barbasol Championship and has two Top-5s in nine starts this season (T-4/The RSM Classic, T-3/Sony Open in Hawaii).

PGA Tour rookie Austin Smotherman, who competed at Pebble Beach as a junior participant in the 2015 Pure Insurance Championship, stands T-3 (-7/PB). Smotherman made eagles at Nos. 18 and 6, the first two eagles of his Tour career.

Two-time champions Kevin Streelman and NFL wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald lead the Pro Am portion of the competition at 11-under.

Professionals’ Pebble Beach Leaderboard – After 18 holes

Tom Hoge PB 63 (-9)

Seamus Power SH 64 (-8)

Jonas Blixt MP 64 (-7)

Austin Smotherman PB 65 (-7)

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am

COURSE(s): Pebble Beach Golf Links with Spyglass Hill Golf Course and Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Shore Course).

ARCHITECTS: Jack Neville & Douglas Grant

YARDS/PAR: 6.972 yards/Par 72

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $8,700,000/$1,566,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Daniel Berger

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points / to Winner: 500

Berger, Zalatoris Out at Pebble Beach

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PEBBLE BEACH – Two of the highly favored players scheduled to compete at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am, Daniel Berger and Will Zalatoris, have withdrawn from the tournament ahead of today’s opening round. Berger announced he is tending to a back injury while Zalatoris is dealing with a positive COVID-19+ test.

James Hahn also withdrew on Wednesday after testing positive for COVID-19.

The 2022 field includes nine of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (twice as many as 2021), including 2021 FedExCup Champion Patrick Cantlay (4), and 2017 winner Jordan Spieth (15).

The PGA Tour schedule features four events played on multiple courses, with three being played consecutively and the other being the The RSM Classic. The California swing featured The American Express (three courses), Farmers Insurance Open (two courses) and this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (three courses) played back-to-back. There are 78 players in this week’s field who played in both The American Express and Farmers Insurance Open.

The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am

COURSE(s): Pebble Beach Golf Links with Spyglass Hill Golf Course and Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Shore Course).

ARCHITECTS: Jack Neville & Douglas Grant

YARDS/PAR: 6.972 yards/Par 72

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $8,700,000/$1,566,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Daniel Berger

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points / to Winner: 500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @attproam

OFFICIAL SITE: (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am)

TV COVERAGE: The first two rounds of TV coverage are scheduled from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel. Weekend coverage is set for 1:00pm to 3:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel and 3:00 to 7:00pm (ET) on CBS on Saturday and then CBS’ coverage goes 3:00 to 6:30pm (ET) on Sunday.

PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING on ESPN+: Streaming coverage will be featured on ESPN-Plus today through Saturday with Main Feed, Featured Hole and Featured Groups from 11:30am to 7:00pm (ET) and 10;30am to 6:30pm (ET) on Sunday.

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live radio coverage of Pebble Beach with today’s and Friday’s broadcasts from 12:00pm to 6:00pm (ET). Saturday coverage on Sirius XM Radio runs from 2:00pm to 7:00pm and Sunday from 1:00 to 6:30pm 9ET). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92 or online via PGATour(dot)com.

List Wins at Farmers Insurance Open

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TORREY PINES – With darkness setting in and nearly two hours passing since he finished his round before regulation play ended at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, Luke List defeated Will Zalatoris on the first hole of sudden death with a tap-in birdie at the par-5 18th. It was List’s first career PGA Tour victory.

The playoff at the Farmers Insurance Open marked the second playoff of the 2021-22 PGA Tour season (Hideki Matsuyama defeated Russell Henleyafter one hole at the Sony Open in Hawaii). It also marked the 18th playoff in the Torrey Pines-based event history, the first since Jason Day defeated Alex Noren and Ryan Palmer in 2018.

Zalatoris was seeking his first PGA Tour title in his 40th start. Torrey Pines was the site of his first professional start on Tour.

In his bid to become the first player to successfully defend a Farmers Insurance Open title since Tiger Woods in 2008, Patrick Reed finished T-46 at 5-under (283).

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Farmers Insurance Open | Final Leaderboard:

*Luke List 67-68-72-66—273 (-15) SC-NC

Will Zalatoris 69-68-65-71—273 (-15) SC-NC

Jon Rahm 66-65-72-71—274 (-14) SC-NC

Cameron Tringale 67-65-72-70—274 (-14) SC-NC

Jason Day 70-65-67-72—274 (-14) SC-NC

*won with a birdie-4 on the first playoff hole (No. 18

Farmers Insurance Open: Early Preview

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TORREY PINES – The PGA Tour, CBS Sports, Farmers Insurance and the Century Club have shifted to a Saturday final round that will result in Friday and Saturday evening viewing on the East Coast with finish times of 8 p.m. (ET) both days on CBS. The scheduled Saturday finish is the first on the Tour since the 1996 Waste Management Phoenix Open, when Phil Mickelson defeated Justin Leonard in a sudden-death playoff. The adjustment is largely to avoid the AFC/NFC football doubleheader on Sunday.

This year’s Farmers Insurance Open will be headlined by World No. 1 Jon Rahm. When Rahm captured the 2017 Farmers for his first career PGA TOUR title, he became the first player to win his maiden Tour event since Jay Don Blake in 1991. Rahm has enjoyed additional success at Torrey Pines, having finished runner-up at the event in 2020, T-7 last year (2021) and most recently as winner of the 2021 U.S. Open last summer on the South Course.

Olympic Gold Medalist and San Diego native Xander Schauffele finished T-2 at the 2021 Farmers Insurance Open, his best finish in six starts and just the second time he made the cut at the event. The San Diego State University standout joins Rahm as the only players in the field this week that earned Top-10 finishes at both the 2021 Farmers Insurance Open and 2021 U.S. Open.

Charlie Hoffman and Chris Stroud WD from tournament on Tuesday.

Each of the last three winners of the Farmers Insurance Open have opened the event on the North Course (Patrick Reed/2021, Marc Leishman/2020, Justin Rose/2019). The Torrey Pines South Course ranked the fourth toughest course last season with the Average Score to Par: +1.340.

Preview | Farmers Insurance Open

COURSE: Torrey Pines (South) and (North)

ARCHITECT: William Bell

YARDS/PAR: 7,765 yards/Par 72

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $8,400,000/$1,512,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Patrick Reed

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points / to Winner: 500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @FarmersInsOpen

OFFICIAL SITE: (Farmer’s Insurance Open )

TV COVERAGE: The tournament starts a day early which means today’s coverage is from 12:30pm to 4:30pm (ET) on Golf Channel. Thursday TV broadcast from 3:00pm to 7:00pm (ET)

Friday coverage runs from 3:00pm to 5:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel and continues with CBS picking up the tournament from 5:00pm to 8:00pm (ET), tossing local and nightly newscasts for a loop! Final Round TVis Saturday: 2:30pm to 4:30pm (ET) on Golf Channel and 4;30pm to 8pm (ET) on CBS.

PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING on ESPN+: Streaming coverage will be featured on ESPN-Plus today and Thursday with Main Feed, Featured Hole and Featured Groups from 12:00pm to 7:00pm (ET). Friday and Saturday ESPN+ Streaming from 12:00pm to 8pm (ET).

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live radio coverage of the The Farmers with today’s and Thursday’s broadcasts from 1:00pm to 7:00pm (ET). Friday and Saturday coverage on Sirius XM Radio runs from 3:00pm to 8:00pm (ET). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92 or online via PGATour(dot)com.