The third signature event of the 2024 PGA Tour season will have a couple wrinkles to it. The 2024 Genesis Invitational will be the first to feature a 36-hole cut as the field of 70 men will be trimmed to 50 players and those within 10 strokes of the lead at the halfway point. Not only will the field shrink in size, it will (at least initially) include a certain 15-time major champion in Tiger Woods.
Woods is set to tee it up at Riviera Country Club for the second straight season; the Pacific Palisades gem similarly served as his comeback location a year ago. Tiger will play on the PGA Tour this week for the first time since the 2023 Masters, and he will play in a 72-hole competitive setting for the first time since the Hero World Challenge in December.
There is plenty of optimism surrounding Tiger’s latest return as his surgically repaired ankle held up well in the Bahamas, and Woods himself suggested a busier playing schedule could be ahead. This may be the first of perhaps a half dozen times we see Woods this season between the regular tour stops and the four major championships.
The 48-year-old will have to contend with the best the game has to offer as nine of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Rankings are in the field this week. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler headlines after just missing out on successfully defending his WM Phoenix Open title for a third straight year.
Scheffler has gone 11 months without a win on the PGA Tour, but he’s been playing far too well for that streak to continue. World No. 2 Rory McIlroy earned a trip to the winner’s circle already this season with a victory in Dubai on the DP World Tour. Although his finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was disappointing, the Northern Irishman should be a factor this weekend at Riviera.
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