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On a roll: Adam Scott says he didn’t want to be lagging behind fellow Aussies

Adam Scott joins Aussies Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman as winners on the PGA Tour in 2020.

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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie.

Adam Scott’s resolute victory in Sunday’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club kept his home country of Australia rolling on the PGA Tour in 2020. With his first victory on the PGA Tour in nearly four years – and the 14th of his career – the 2013 Masters champion became the sixth man from Down Under to win on professionals tours around the world this year.

Last year, just two Australians registered victories around the world. Well, the men from Oz passed that the first month of 2020.

Scott joined Cameron Smith (Sony Open) and Marc Leishman (Farmers Insurance Open) as winners on the PGA Tour, while Lucas Herbert (Omega Desert Classic) and Min Woo Lee (Vic Open) earned their maiden victories on the European Tour. Wade Ormsby won the Hong Kong Open on a tour co-sanctioned by the Asian and European tours.

Scott, who got the best of rugged Riviera and won by two shots over Scott Brown, Sung Kang and Matt Kuchar and by three over world No. 1 Rory McIlroy, credits the Presidents Cup in Australia in December for spurring on his countrymen.

The Internationals nearly pulled off the upset of the Americans before falling late, 16-14, at Royal Melbourne. Scott, Smith and Leishman played on that team.

“I’ve seen it before, with some guys off the back of an incredible Presidents Cup experience where there’s pressure out on the golf course and guys really learning and elevating their games and then putting that into practice the next time they’re in a pressure situation,” Scott said Sunday. “I know I did that back in 2003, we played in December in South Africa and I remember leading the Players going into Sunday but using that pressure situation playing with Ernie (Els) in South Africa as a way to know that I can handle it, and I think some of us might have done that off the back of this Presidents Cup.

“And it’s certainly motivation for me seeing Cam and Marc win to come out and make sure I’m not the one lagging behind, so over to Jason (Day).”

Day, who has played well but is winless since 2018, won’t join his mates with a victory this week as he’s not playing the WGC-Mexico Championship. But Australia will be well represented with Scott, Smith, Leishman, Herbert and Scott Hend in the field.

While three of the top-10 players in the world are bypassing the Mexico Championship – world No. 2 Brooks Koepka, No. 6 Patrick Cantlay and No. 9 Tiger Woods – the field is still stacked.

McIlroy, No. 3 Jon Rahm, No. 4 Justin Thomas, No. 5 and defending champion Dustin Johnson, No. 7 Scott, No. 8 Webb Simpson and No. 10 Xander Schauffele are teeing it up in the second WGC event of the season.

Tommy Fleetwood, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar, Bryson DeChambeau, Louis Oosthuizen, reigning British Open champion Shane Lowry, reigning U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland and Leishman make it 15 of the top 20 in the field.

Major champions Sergio Garcia, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Graeme McDowell and Francesco Molinari are among others playing.

Scott is definitely one of the favorites this week. The last time he ended a winless drought came in 2016 when he won the Honda Classic. The following week his won the WGC-Cadillac Championship.

“I think anytime you’re coming off a drought of wins, I’ve always kind of judged myself and graded myself on winning tournaments and I’ve done that fairly consistently throughout my career, but it’s been nearly four years since I won on the PGA Tour,” he said. “This is an important step for whatever this next few years is in my career. So I think it is important, it can definitely be used for momentum.”

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How much money each golfer won at the Genesis Invitational

Check out how much each golfer won this weekend at the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club.

An exceptionally deep field turned out at Riviera Country Club for the Genesis Invitational, and it was a horse race until the end. After a final-round shootout in which World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and Matt Kuchar played major roles, Adam Scott walked away with his 14th career PGA Tour title.

For Scott, the Genesis broke a winless streak that dated to 2016. For his efforts on a track that tested the whole field, Scott banked $1,674,000.

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Take a look at what the rest of the field earned.

Position Player To Par Earnings
1 Adam Scott -11 $1,674,000
T-2 Sung Kang -9 $703,700
T-2 Scott Brown -9 $703,700
T-2 Matt Kuchar -9 $703,700
T-5 Hideki Matsuyama -8 $318,990
T-5 Bryson DeChambeau -8 $318,990
T-5 Max Homa -8 $318,990
T-5 Joel Dahmen -8 $318,990
T-5 Rory McIlroy -8 $318,990
T-10 Chez Reavie -7 $234,825
T-10 Dustin Johnson -7 $234,825
T-10 Talor Gooch -7 $234,825
T-13 Vaughn Taylor -6 $176,700
T-13 Kyoung-Hoon Lee -6 $176,700
T-13 James Hahn -6 $176,700
T-13 Harold Varner III -6 $176,700
T-17 Patrick Cantlay -5 $127,875
T-17 Scott Piercy -5 $127,875
T-17 Rafa Cabrera Bello -5 $127,875
T-17 Jon Rahm -5 $127,875
T-17 Wyndham Clark -5 $127,875
T-17 Russell Henley -5 $127,875
T-23 Sam Burns -4 $89,745
T-23 Xander Schauffele -4 $89,745
T-23 Brian Stuard -4 $89,745
T-26 Adam Hadwin -3 $70,680
T-26 Carlos Ortiz -3 $70,680
T-26 Collin Morikawa -3 $70,680
T-26 Sebastian Muñoz -3 $70,680
T-30 J.T. Poston -2 $55,733
T-30 Cameron Tringale -2 $55,733
T-30 Ryan Moore -2 $55,733
T-30 Scottie Scheffler -2 $55,733
T-30 Patrick Rodgers -2 $55,733
T-30 Matthew Fitzpatrick -2 $55,733
T-30 Luke List -2 $55,733
T-37 Si Woo Kim -1 $55,733
T-37 Denny McCarthy -1 $41,385
T-37 Sergio Garcia -1 $41,385
T-37 Lanto Griffin -1 $41,385
T-37 Andrew Landry -1 $41,385
T-37 Paul Casey -1 $41,385
T-43 Marc Leishman E $32,085
T-43 Brooks Koepka E $32,085
T-43 Martin Laird E $32,085
T-43 Abraham Ancer E $32,085
T-47 Adam Schenk 1 $25,482
T-47 Martin Trainer 1 $25,482
T-47 Pat Perez 1 $25,482
T-47 Brian Harman 1 $25,482
T-51 Joseph Bramlett 2 $22,487
T-51 Patrick Reed 2 $22,487
T-51 Bud Cauley 2 $22,487
T-51 J.B. Holmes 2 $22,487
T-51 Tony Finau 2 $22,487
T-56 Justin Rose 3 $21,483
T-56 Steve Stricker 3 $21,483
T-56 Brendon Todd 3 $21,483
T-59 Jordan Spieth 4 $20,832
T-59 Alex Noren 4 $20,832
T-59 Rory Sabbatini 4 $20,832
T-59 Charles Howell III 4 $20,832
63 J.J. Spaun 6 $20,367
T-64 Kyle Stanley 8 $19,995
T-64 Jason Dufner 8 $19,995
T-64 Tyler Duncan 8 $19,995
67 Ryan Palmer 10 $19,623
68 Tiger Woods 11 $19,437

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Winner’s Bag: Adam Scott, Genesis Invitational

A complete list of the Titleist golf equipment Adam Scott used to win the PGA Tour’s 2020 Genesis Invitational.

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The golf equipment Adam Scott used to win the PGA Tour’s 2020 Genesis Invitational:

DRIVER: Titleist TS4 (10.5 degrees), with Mitsubishi Kuro Kage Tini S 80 shaft

FAIRWAY WOOD: Titleist TS2 (16.5 degrees), with Fujikura Rombax P95 shaft

IRONS: Titleist 715 T-MB (3), 680 (4-9), with KBS Tour shafts

WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Design SM8 (48, 52, 56, 60 degrees), with True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT X100 shafts

PUTTER: Scotty Cameron Xperimental long prototype

BALL: Titleist Pro V1

GRIPS: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

Adam Scott prevails at Riviera after outpacing golf’s biggest names on back nine

Adam Scott won the Genesis Invitational after a final round in which he went toe-to-to with some of golf’s biggest names.

Adam Scott’s reaction to a made 10-footer for birdie on the 17th green said it all. It was a colossal putt that finally granted the Aussie some breathing room atop a leaderboard packed with golf’s best players. He pumped his first on the way to the hole then proceeded to laser a drive down the par-4 18th on his way to a closing par and the rest is history.

Scott had begun the day tied with early-week leader Matt Kuchar and World No. 1 Rory McIlroy. After some early jostling, Scott emerged as the strongest player. Even two bogeys and a double couldn’t derail his Sunday, though granted, no other player made a strong push to take the title from him.

Scott, who had said after the third round that he felt comfortable on Riviera’s tricky greens and that it gave him an advantage, fired a final-round 70 to finish at 11 under.

By the end of the day, Sung Kang, Scott Brown and Kuchar were Scott’s biggest challengers. All three men tied for second at 9 under.

A four-man tie for fifth included Hideki Matsuyama, Bryson DeChambeau, Max Homa and Joel Dahmen.

Riviera’s history is deep, having hosted everything from a U.S. Open to the PGA Championship to the NCAA Championship. Scott adds his name to a long list of distinguished champions.

For the 39-year-old, the Genesis Invitational amounted to PGA Tour title No. 14 and his first since winning the 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship.

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Tiger Woods collapses down the stretch, finishes last at Genesis Invitational

It was a tournament to forget for host Tiger Woods at the Genesis Invitational.

When Tiger Woods looks back on the 2020 Genesis Invitational, he’ll have fond memories of his role as tournament host.

His memories of his performance won’t be as fond.

Back where it all started in 1992 when he made his PGA Tour debut at Riviera Country Club as a 16-year-old amateur, Woods struggled to even make the weekend cut and proceeded to roll out performances of 5-over 76 on Saturday and 6-over 77 during Sunday’s final round.

For the fourth consecutive day, Woods struggled in every aspect of his game. Wayward drives, short approaches and poor putting culminated in an 11 over finish, putting Woods at the bottom of the tournament leaderboard.

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The lone bright side of the round came on the par-5 17th and 1st holes, where Woods made birdie and eagle, respectively.

Entering the week looking for his record-breaking 83rd PGA Tour title, Woods’ next opportunity to break away from Sam Snead may come at either the Honda Classic or Arnold Palmer Invitational. Earlier this week Woods elected to skip next week’s WGC Mexico Championship.

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Tracker: Follow Tiger Woods’ final round at Genesis Invitational, shot-by-shot

Follow Tiger Woods’ Sunday round at the Genesis Invitational with shot-by-shot analysis.

Tiger Woods is back where it all started in 1992 when he made his PGA Tour debut at Riviera Country Club at just 16 years old.

Flash-forward to 2020 and the 44-year-old Woods is now hosting his own Tour event, the Genesis Invitational. Despite his success on the West coast, Woods has never won at Riviera, and that trend will continue this weekend.

Woods opened with a 2-under 69 on Thursday then collapsed with a 2-over 73 on Friday, making the weekend cut by just two strokes. He followed that with a disappointing 5-over 76 on Saturday.

Woods tees off at 1:14 p.m. ET Sunday afternoon alongside Brendon Todd and J.J. Spaun. Follow his final round with shot-by-shot analysis.

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Pre-round

If you missed the action on Saturday, get caught up here thanks to the PGA Tour.

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Max Homa, ignored on Genesis broadcast, has something to say about it

Max Homa’s fans weren’t pleased they couldn’t find him on the CBS broadcast, and of course he had something clever to say about that.

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With his popular swing commentary and witty Twitter banter, Max Homa always has something to say. Saturday his fans bemoaned the fact that they couldn’t actually see any of his stellar round, a 65 during which Homa climbed 26 spots on the Genesis Invitational leaderboard. After 54 holes, Homa is tied for eighth, three shots back.

And to those who wished they could have seen at least some highlights of Homa’s round on Saturday’s CBS broadcast, of course he had a response:

Last week Homa paired with Aaron Rodgers at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, getting into contention over the weekend but finishing T-9 at 24 under. Rodgers also weighed in on Homa being ignored on the telecast:

Only two men had better scores than Homa at Riviera on Saturday as Talor Gooch and Hideki Matsuyama shot 64.

Homa grew up in nearby Valencia and was a star player for the Cal Bears, becoming the school’s first NCAA individual champion in 2013. That summer he was named to the Walker Cup team that won the matches at the National Golf Links of America.

Saturday he felt comfortable on the greens, the same as those he grew up playing on, and felt supported by family and friends in the gallery, saying it felt like a “home game.”

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“This place has always held a very special place in my heart,” Homa said of Riviera after his round. “I think this is kind of where I also started to fall in love with golf, not getting to play it, because I watched the tournament. So to come out here to shoot 6 under on this golf course, I know how hard it is and it means a lot to me.”

Last year Homa earned his first PGA Tour victory at the Wells Fargo Championship.

It’s worth noting he teed off in the first group Saturday morning, four hours before CBS went live. Sunday he’s off with Dustin Johnson and Gooch at 1:24 p.m. for the final round.

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Genesis Invitational: Final-round tee times, TV information

Here are the tee times, groupings and viewing information for the final round of the Genesis Invitational.

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It would be hard to dream up a better leaderboard than the one fans got Saturday evening at the Genesis Invitational. A three-way tie at the top doesn’t include Tiger Woods, but it does include World No. 1 Rory McIlroy plus Adam Scott and Matt Kuchar.

The three will be paired together on Sunday as they chase a victory at historic Riviera Country Club. It’s bound to be thrilling theater, which is appropriate considering that Riviera sits just miles away from Hollywood.

Woods, the tournament host, played well enough to score weekend tee times at Riviera, but he’s not much of a factor entering the final round. He’ll tee off on No. 10 on Sunday, far away from the men chasing the title.

Genesis Invitational: Best photos | Leaderboard

All times are listed in Eastern.

Final round

1st tee

Time Players
11:50 a.m. Si Woo Kim, Vaughn Taylor, Denny McCarthy
12:00 p.m. Marc Leishman, Brooks Koepka, Cameron Tringale
12:11 p.m. Sam Burns, Lanto Griffin, Andrew Landry
12:21 p.m. Scott Piercy, Carlos Ortiz, Rafa Cabrera Bello
12:32 p.m. Matthew Fitzpatrick, Kyoung-Hoon Lee, Brian Stuard
12:42 p.m. Paul Casey, James Hahn, Chez Reavie
12:53 p.m. Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Sebastian Munoz
1:03 p.m. Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Wyndham Clark
1:14 p.m. Sung Kang, Luke List, Scott Brown
1:24 p.m. Dustin Johnson, Max Homa, Talor Gooch
1:35 p.m. Russell Henley, Harold Varner III, Joel Dahmen
1:45 p.m. Adam Scott, Matt Kuchar, Rory McIlroy

10th tee

Time Players
11:50 a.m. Sergio Garcia, Patrick Cantlay, J.T. Poston
12:00 p.m. Adam Schenk, Ryan Moore, Adam Hadwin
12:11 p.m. Xander Schauffele, Martin Trainer, Joseph Bramlett
12:21 p.m. Patrick Reed, Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Rodgers
12:32 p.m. Jordan Spieth, Martin Laird, Justin Rose
12:42 p.m. Pat Perez, Alex Noren, Brian Harman
12:53 p.m. Abraham Ancer, Bud Cauley, Rory Sabbatini
1:03 p.m. Steve Stricker, J.B. Holmes, Tony Finau
1:14 p.m. Brendon Todd, J.J. Spaun, Tiger Woods
1:24 p.m. Charles Howell III, Kyle Stanley, Jason Dufner
1:35 p.m. Tyler Duncan, Ryan Palmer

How to watch

All times are listed in Eastern.

Sunday

Golf Channel: 1-2:45 p.m.
CBS: 3-6:30 p.m.
PGA Tour Live: 11:15 a.m.-6:30 p.m
PGA Tour radio (SiriusXM): 11:15 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

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Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, Matt Kuchar set up Sunday shootout at Genesis Invitational

Adam Scott, Rory McIlroy and Matt Kuchar share the top spot at Riviera Country Club at 10 under.

Just a few miles from Hollywood, it would be hard to imagine a more star-studded leaderboard than the one that came together in the final moments of Saturday’s third round of the Genesis Invitational.

Unless, of course, Tiger Woods also had a share of the 54-hole lead.

As it stands, fans will have to settle for Adam Scott, Rory McIlroy and Matt Kuchar. The three men – all ranked inside the top 20 in the Official World Golf Ranking – share the top spot at Riviera Country Club at 10 under.

The three men got there in different ways. Scott birdied his final hole at Riviera to finish off a third-round 67. He did the bulk of his climbing on the strength of a second-round 64.

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Similarly, McIlroy had a 68 that included a front-nine 32.

Kuchar, meanwhile, gave up some ground to his pursuers. After starting the day with a two-shot cushion, Kuchar cruised through the front nine but had a bumpy back. He made three bogeys in a four-hole stretch from Nos. 13-16, but got one back when he birdied the par-5 17th.

Behind the leaders, Russell Henley and Harold Varner III are tied for fourth at 9 under.

In a loaded field, there’s one more big name lurking. Dustin Johnson, No. 5 in the world, fired a third-round 67 that pulled him 15 shots up the leaderboard.

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Lynch: Attention turns to Tiger Woods’ plans before Masters after Genesis meltdown

Tiger Woods couldn’t explain his struggles with the putter after his third-round 76, but he did say his body wasn’t 100 percent this week.

PACIFIC PALISADES — It was seven minutes before the leaders teed off in the third round of the Genesis Invitational when Tiger Woods’ tournament pretty much ended, if only as a competitor and not as the host.

As the final threesome of Matt Kuchar, Rory McIlroy and Harold Varner III arrived at the first tee by the iconic clubhouse, Woods stood over an 18-foot birdie putt a few hundred yards away on the 13th green. Split tees are used at Riviera Country Club, so on Saturday morning the lower reaches of the leaderboard go off No. 10. That’s where Woods began a round in which he needed a low number to get back into the mix. No. 13 was his fourth hole, and he was already 1 over par for the round.

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That 18-footer for birdie was well wide left of the hole, leaving a relative tap-in of 28 inches.

Relative.

That one lipped out, leaving a bogey putt that was 10 inches longer than the par effort.

That too missed, leaving a three-footer for double bogey.

That one curled in on the left side. Four putts, the second time he has done that this year.

“That was a lot of shots. I hit the ball quite a few times, especially on the greens,” Woods said after the round. “It was a long day.”

The disaster on the 13th left Woods a dozen shots behind leader Matt Kuchar. On paper at least that is not an insurmountable deficit with 32 holes to go, but Riviera often produces bunched leaderboards and Woods was T-66 among the 68 players who made the cut. The only man lower on the leaderboard at the time was Ryan Palmer, playing two groups ahead, who had just made a sextuple bogey 9 on the 14th hole after needing six swipes to escape a greenside bunker.

Woods did claw back a couple of birdies early on his second nine, but his scorecard was littered with errors, most of them on the greens. He three-putted for bogey on No. 14 and missed a 7-footer for par on 16. After reaching the par-5 17th in two majestic swings, he triple-jacked again from 51 feet for a disappointing par. There was another bogey at the fourth, his third of the day on the par-3s. The final indignity came on the ninth green, his last hole of the day: a three-putt from 12 feet.

He signed for a round of 76. He was at a loss to explain his struggles with the putter. “I don’t know, I didn’t putt well today at all,” he said. “I didn’t have a feel for it, I didn’t see my lines, I couldn’t feel my pace and I was just off.”

Strokes Gained statistics ebb and flow through a round with all the predictability of Los Angeles traffic. By the time Woods made the turn — already 5 over for the day — he was losing more than five shots to the field on the greens and ranked near the bottom in the Strokes Gained Putting category. He hit half of the greens through 54 holes and needed 88 putts, 33 of which came on Saturday. That grisly four-putt left him with recreational-golfer level 19 putts for the eight greens he hit in regulation. The poa greens at Riviera are small and bumpy, and even on a good week that can be like putting on teenage acne. This week the greens have been lightning fast and firm, but that is true for every player, and almost none have been worse with the flatstick.

He admitted that his body was less than 100 percent this week. “I feel stiff, but I have weeks like that, especially in the cold mornings like it was the other day,” he said with a shrug. “Don’t quite move as well and that’s just kind of how it’s going to go.”

His 76 left him 15 strokes off the pace Saturday. His streak at Riviera, where he debuted as a 16-year-old amateur in 1992, is destined to reach 0-for-14.

Having elected to skip next week’s WGC Mexico Championship, Woods’ schedule will be the subject of intense speculation as he prepares to defend his Masters title in 54 days. The Tour’s Florida swing begins one week after the Mexico stop, raising the possibility that Woods will play a home game at the Honda Classic or the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which he has won eight times. Since the API is followed by the Players Championship, it is unlikely Woods will play three straight weeks given his famously fragile body. A couple of starts in his home state and a likely appearance at the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play in late March would give Woods five starts this year before he gets to Augusta National, the same as he had in ’19 before winning his fifth green jacket.

“You know, that’s the fun part of trying to figure this whole comeback — how much do I play, when do I play, do I listen to the body or do I fight through it?” Woods said. “There are some things I can push and some things I can’t. And so I had a theory this year that I may play about the same amount. What did I play, 12 times last year? So that’s kind of my number for the year. I can’t play a lot more than that just because of the physical toll and I want to stay out here for just a little bit longer.”

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