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The Riviera Country Club, 132 players will compete for a tournament-record $20 million purse.
Woods is joined by 19 of the top 20 golfers in the Official World Golf Ranking – the first occurrence for a 2022-23 PGA TOUR event. Annually among the strongest fields in golf, commitments include:
Tiger Woods (Tournament Host, 82-time PGA TOUR winner, 15-time major champion)
Rory McIlroy (World No. 1, 23-time PGA TOUR winner, four-time major champion and 2022 PGA TOUR FedExCup champion)
Scottie Scheffler (World No. 2, 2022 Masters champion and reigning PGA TOUR Player of the Year)
Jon Rahm (World No. 3, 2021 U.S. Open champion and nine-time PGA TOUR winner)
Patrick Cantlay (World No. 5, eight-time PGA TOUR winner, UCLA product and Long Beach native)
Collin Morikawa (World No. 7, two-time major champion and Los Angeles native)
Justin Thomas (World No. 9, 2022 PGA Championship winner and 15-time PGA TOUR winner)
Matt Fitzpatrick (World No. 10, 2022 U.S. Open winner)
· Max Homa (World No. 12, 2021 tournament champion and Valencia native) The field features 19 past major champions, including three-time major winner Jordan Spieth (World No. 17) and 2021 Masters winner Hideki Matsuyama (World No. 20), among others. Past winners at Riviera in the field include Homa, Adam Scott (2020 & 2005), J.B. Holmes (2019) and James Hahn (2015). Overall, The Genesis Invitational will showcase 40 of the top 50 players in the world and 29 of the top 30 players in the 2022-23 FedExCup standings.