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2024 Genesis Invitational prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour.

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour. Just ask this week’s winner, Hideki Matsuyama.

The 31-year-old from Japan won the 2024 Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club outside Los Angeles after a bogey-free 9-under 62 on Sunday. For his efforts, Matsuyama will take home the signature event’s top prize of $4 million, nearly double what he earned for his 2021 Masters victory.

Will Zalatoris (69) and Luke List (68), who finished T-2 at 14 under, will each take home $1.8 million as a consolation prize.

With $20 million up for grabs, check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned this week at the 2024 Genesis Invitational.

Prize money payouts

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Hideki Matsuyama -17 $4,000,000
T2 Luke List -14 $1,800,000
T2 Will Zalatoris -14 $1,800,000
T4 Adam Hadwin -13 $866,667
T4 Xander Schauffele -13 $866,667
T4 Patrick Cantlay -13 $866,667
7 Harris English -12 $700,000
8 Tom Hoge -11 $646,000
9 Jason Day -9 $600,000
T10 Sam Burns -8 $455,000
T10 Tommy Fleetwood -8 $455,000
T10 Scottie Scheffler -8 $455,000
T10 Eric Cole -8 $455,000
T10 Adam Svensson -8 $455,000
T10 J.T. Poston -8 $455,000
T16 Byeong Hun An -7 $329,000
T16 Max Homa -7 $329,000
T16 Cameron Young -7 $329,000
T19 Collin Morikawa -6 $251,400
T19 Ludvig Aberg -6 $251,400
T19 Viktor Hovland -6 $251,400
T19 Adam Scott -6 $251,400
T19 Tony Finau -6 $251,400
T24 Lee Hodges -5 $164,857
T24 Tom Kim -5 $164,857
T24 Rory McIlroy -5 $164,857
T24 Russell Henley -5 $164,857
T24 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -5 $164,857
T24 Beau Hossler -5 $164,857
T24 Corey Conners -5 $164,857
T31 Taylor Moore -4 $123,000
T31 Seamus Power -4 $123,000
T31 Brendon Todd -4 $123,000
T31 Mackenzie Hughes -4 $123,000
T35 Rickie Fowler -3 $106,500
T35 Lucas Glover -3 $106,500
T37 Sahith Theegala -2 $96,500
T37 Ben Griffin -2 $96,500
T39 Nicolai Hojgaard -1 $82,000
T39 Gary Woodland -1 $82,000
T39 Denny McCarthy -1 $82,000
T39 Nick Taylor -1 $82,000
T39 Kurt Kitayama -1 $82,000
T44 Emiliano Grillo E $62,400
T44 Si Woo Kim E $62,400
T44 Andrew Putnam E $62,400
T44 Sungjae Im E $62,400
T44 Brian Harman E $62,400
49 Cam Davis 2 $54,000
50 Charley Hoffman 4 $52,000
51 Chase Johnson 5 $51,000

There were 51 golfers in the original 70-man field who made the cut. After Tiger Woods’ withdrawal and Jordan Spieth’s disqualification, there were 17 who missed the cut but the signature event still doled out money to them, starting with $50,000 to the No. 52 finisher on down to $32,000 at the bottom.

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Jordan Spieth congratulates Hideki Matsuyama on 2024 Genesis Invitational win with disqualification joke

“Great playing Hideki! Just make sure you double check that scorecard…”

Self-deprecating humor is often the best kind of humor.

Exhibit A: Jordan Spieth on Sunday.

The 13-time winner on the PGA Tour loves Riviera Country Club and the Genesis Invitational. It’s one of his favorite PGA Tour stops on the schedule. Spieth regrettably signed for an incorrect scorecard after the second round, which led to his disqualification from the event and cut his week short.

With some free time on his hands, Spieth was watching as Hideki Matsuyama shot a bogey-free 9-under 62 to win the Genesis at 17 under and had some helpful (and humorous) advice.

If you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?

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Sizzling 62 at Riviera: Hideki Matsuyama smiling again after winning 2024 Genesis Invitational

The win is the ninth of Matsuyama’s PGA Tour career and first since the 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii.

Hideki Matsuyama is his own toughest critic.

The 31-year-old past Masters champion has developed a reputation for reacting as if he hated his shot more than hot sauce on ice cream only for the shot in question to be a thing of beauty.

Wearing his Sunday yellow golf shirt, even Matsuyama couldn’t resist cracking a smile as he struck irons on back-to-back holes on the back nine to within a foot to set up kick-in birdies and win the Genesis Invitational.

“It was 184 into the wind and I executed perfectly,” Matsuyama said through his agent, Ken Harai, who served as his interpreter, of his 6-iron at 15. “Happy with how I struck it.”

The Japanese star broke out of a five-way tie for the lead with three birdies in his final four holes to shoot bogey-free 9-under 62 at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, the lowest final-round score in tournament history.

Matsuyama, who has battled a neck injury the last two years, won for the ninth time on the PGA Tour, breaking out of a tie with Korea’s K.J. Choi for the most wins by an Asian-born male golfer, signing for a 72-hole total of 17-under 267 to defeat Luke List and Will Zalatoris by three strokes.

“There were a lot of times where I felt, you know, I was never going to win again,” Matsuyama said.

He erased a six-shot overnight deficit by making three birdies to start both nines of his round. Matsuyama drained his longest putt of the tournament at the 12th hole, a 46-foot birdie, to reach 14 under and cut the deficit to one. Patrick Cantlay led after each of the first three days but faded on Sunday, shooting 72 and finished T-4. He played alongside Xander Schauffele (70), the best man at his wedding, whose birdie at the 10th hole was the first of the day for either of the competitors in the final group. Cantlay ended his string of nine straight pars at the 10th with a bogey to trail by two. He bounced back with a birdie at 11 but was upstaged by Schauffele, who holed a bunker shot for eagle. Both improved to 14 under and joined a five-way tie for the lead when List (68), who vaulted in front with six threes in his first seven holes, made bogey at 12. Zalatoris, who underwent a microdiscectomy on his back in April, reached 15 under with a birdie at 13 but it turned out to be his last of the day (69).

“I’ve got a lot of silver in my house so getting another second place doesn’t really sit that well, but obviously coming back from what I had to go through physically, you know, we’re in the right direction,” Zalatoris said. “Hats off to Hideki, that is just stellar playing.”

Matsuyama broke out of the pack with his third stretch of three birdies in a row. At 15, he flushed an iron from 189 yards to inside a foot for his seventh birdie of the day. At the par-3, 160-yard 16th hole, his tee shot looked like instant replay but it wasn’t – this time he stuffed his tee shot to 6 inches.

“I hit it maybe like five yards to the right of my target, but it became a good shot,” he explained. “All is good.”

Matsuyama, the critic, rated his ball striking for the rest of the round as more like he’d shot 75 than 62. He credited his putter and short game for his birdie barrage. Matsuyama chipped close at the par-5 17th for his final birdie of the day. His long-range birdie putt at the last to tie the course record burned the left edge of the cup.

Tiger Woods, who serves as tournament host at the Genesis Invitational, withdrew from the tournament after completing just six holes on Friday citing illness. He confirmed on Saturday via social media that he had the flu and missed the trophy presentation.

“A little disappointed that I wasn’t able to take a picture with Tiger today,” Matsuyama said.

He had been winless since the 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii, last recorded a top-10 finish nearly a year ago at the Players Championship in March, and had dropped out of the top 50 in the world a month ago. (He entered the week at No. 55.) Matsuyama’s injury dates to the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational and it caused him to withdraw most recently from the BMW Championship in August.

“Ever since that injury, I was worried every week that something bad might happen to my neck,” he said.

Matsuyama confirmed that his neck has been improving this year and he’s felt pain-free.

“I had this feeling of I can do something special maybe this year,” he said. “This week I played without any worries so that really helped too.”

 It helped him stand tallest on Sunday in the city of angels.

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Watch: Tom Kim rushes to make his tee time at Genesis Invitational

“Kim is hustling, I mean, high-tailing it to the first tee because his tee time is just moments away.”

Tom Kim nearly was late for his tee time Sunday at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.

Kim, 21, was scheduled to tee off in the eighth tee time of the day alongside Rickie Fowler at 8 a.m. local time.

But Kim was in danger of a two-stroke penalty for being late or potentially being disqualified if he arrived more than five minutes late. PGA Tour Live showed Kim rushing to the first tee ahead of his final-round tee time. “Kim is hustling, I mean, high-tailing it to the first tee because his tee time is just moments away,” an announcer said.

Kim made it in time but he may have been flustered as he made par for the first time at No. 1 all week after three straight birdies at the downhill, short par-5.

Emergency bathroom trip? Waiting on a breakfast sandwich to go that took too long? Read his tee time wrong like Lucas Glover did last week in Phoenix? We’ve all been there, done that, in one form or another. While we don’t know for sure what delayed Kim, we sure are happy he made it in time.

2024 Genesis Invitational Sunday tee times, how to watch PGA Tour at Riviera Country Club

Everything you need to know ahead of the final round at Riviera Country Club.

Patrick Cantlay’s five-stroke 36-hole lead at the Genesis Invitational shrunk by three on Saturday, as he leads Xander Schauffele and Will Zalatoris by two shots at 14 under.

Schauffele and Zalatoris both carded 6-under 65s.

Riviera Country Club ranks No. 4 in California on Golfweek’s Best list of private courses in each state, and it’s No. 18 among all classic courses built before 1960 in the U.S. The course is a par-71 layout measuring 7,322 yards.

The purse is $20 million with $4 million going to the winner Sunday. The winner will also receive 700 FedEx Cup points. The Genesis is one of three signature events with a $4 million first-place prize in 2024.

Genesis: Photos from Riviera

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the final round of the 2024 Genesis Invitational. All times listed are ET.

Sunday tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
9:55 a.m. Emiliano Grillo
10 a.m. Charley Hoffman, Chase Johnson
10:10 a.m. Andrew Putnam, Nicolai Hojgaard
10:20 a.m. Gary Woodland, Lee Hodges
10:30 a.m. Cam Davis, Si Woo Kim
10:40 a.m. Collin Morikawa, Sahith Theegala
10:50 a.m. Denny McCarthy, Sungjae Im
11 a.m. Rickie Fowler, Tom Kim
11:10 a.m. Ludvig Aberg, Brian Harman
11:20 a.m. Tommy Fleetwood, Taylor Moore
11:35 a.m. Viktor Hovland, Ben An
11:45 a.m. Rory McIlroy, Nick Taylor
11:55 a.m. Seamus Power, Sam Burns
12:05 p.m. Max Homa, Scottie Scheffler
12:15 p.m.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Brendon Todd
12:25 p.m. Russell Henley, Kurt Kitayama
12:35 p.m. Tony Finau, Lucas Glover
12:45 p.m. Adam Scott, Cameron Young
12:55 p.m. Eric Cole, Ben Griffin
1:05 p.m. Tom Hoge, Mackenzie Hughes
1:20 p.m. Adam Hadwin, Beau Hossler
1:31 p.m. Corey Conners, Adam Svensson
1:42 p.m. J.T. Poston, Hideki Matsuyama
1:53 p.m. Harris English, Jason Day
2:04 p.m. Will Zalatoris, Luke List
2:15 p.m. Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele

How to watch, listen

ESPN+ is the exclusive home of PGA Tour Live. You can also watch the Genesis Invitational on Golf Channel free on Fubo. All times ET.

Sunday, Feb. 18

Golf Channel/Peacock: 1-3 p.m.

CBS: 3-6:30 p.m.

Sirius XM: 1-6:30 p.m

ESPN+: 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m

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Patrick Cantlay’s lead shrinks, here comes Will Zalatoris and more from 2024 Genesis Invitational

Catch up on all of Saturday’s action here.

A Tiger Woods-less Genesis Invitational continued Saturday at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.

Woods withdrew Friday afternoon and revealed Saturday via his Twitter/X account that he came down with the flu.

As for the players still on property, Patrick Cantlay holds a two-shot 54-hole lead after a third-round 1-under 70. Three birdies and two bogeys were good enough to keep a charging group at an arm’s distance, a pack that includes his best buddy Xander Schauffele.

Schauffele, after a 6-under 65 on Day 3, is two shots back at 12 under and tied for second alongside Will Zalatoris (who we’ll get to in a bit).

If you missed Saturday’s action, here are five things to know from the third round of the Genesis Invitational.

Genesis Invitational: Photos | Fans react to Jordan Spieth DQ

Tiger Woods provides health update after WD from 2024 Genesis Invitational

“I am resting and feeling better.”

On Friday, Tiger Woods withdrew from the Genesis Invitational due to flu-like symptoms after playing six holes of his second round.

Social media began to think it was another injury before the PGA Tour provided an update stating the problem was illness.

Woods’ team told the media the 15-time major champion started to feel symptoms Thursday night, and they were only worse when he woke up in the morning.

On Saturday, Woods provided an update via his Twitter/X account: “I would like to confirm that I had to withdraw from (the Genesis Invitational) due to illness, which we now know is influenza. I am resting and feeling better.”

Genesis: Jordan Spieth DQ’d | 7 stars to miss cut

Right call or outdated rule? Social media reacts to Jordan Spieth’s DQ at 2024 Genesis Invitational

Does the rule need to be changed?

Friday was a wild day at the 2024 Genesis Invitational.

First, there was tournament host Tiger Woods withdrawing from the tournament at Riviera Country Club because of an illness, even a scare with an ambulance waiting to possibly take him away. Then after the round was completed, one of the stars of the PGA Tour was disqualified.

Jordan Spieth was DQ’d after signing an incorrect scorecard. Spieth signed for a 3 after making a 4 on the 245-yard, par-3 fourth hole. He hit his tee shot into the left rough, chipped to within four feet and then missed the par putt.

Spieth owned up to his mistake, posting on his social media accounts about the ordeal.

The announcement came late Friday night, with Spieth in the third-to-final group of the day, and it sent social media into a frenzy discussing the rule and how it happened in the first place.

However, that didn’t stop the shortage of people discussing whether the rule needed to be changed or if it was the right call. Here are some of the best reactions to Spieth’s DQ:

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Here are key things to know after the second round of the Genesis Invitaitonal.

Patrick Cantlay was asked if he prefers leading or chasing at a PGA Tour event.

“Oh, I’ll take leading, yeah, by as many as I can get,” he said.

Cantlay leads by five at the midway point of the Genesis Invitational in Pacific Palisades, California, the largest lead after 36 holes on the Tour since Brian Harman at the British Open in July and tied for the largest margin in Genesis Invitational tournament history (Sam Burns, 2021). The 31-year-old former UCLA Bruin followed up his opening-round 64 with a 6-under 65 on Friday to shoot 13-under 129 at Riviera Country Club.

Cantlay leads the field in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (+4.471) and SG: Putting (+6.826). “It’s the best putting surfaces I’ve ever seen around this place,” said Cantlay, who ranks 125th in SG: Putting for the season, but is perfect on all 27 putts from inside 10 feet this week. “I like when the greens are really fast, they’re as fast as I’ve ever seen them and I’ve made a bunch.”

Cantlay will attempt to put an end to his track record as the 36-hole leader or co-leader in individual stroke-play events. This marks his eighth time leading at the halfway point of a Tour event and he’s winless in the seven prior times as the frontrunner (most recently at the 2021 RBC Heritage, where he lost in a playoff). According to stats guru Justin Ray, over the last 20 years, players who lead by five strokes through two rounds on Tour win 72 percent of the time. Cantlay is bidding for his first Tour title since the 2022 BMW Championship.

Here are four more things to know after the second round of the Genesis Invitational, including Tiger Woods’s early exit after six holes due to flu-like symptoms.

2024 Genesis Invitational Saturday third-round tee times, how to watch PGA Tour at Riviera Country Club

Everything you need to know ahead of the third round at Riviera Country Club.

After the first 36 holes of the Genesis Invitational in Pacific Palisades, California, at Riviera Country Club, the PGA Tour’s third signature event of the year, Patrick Cantlay holds at five-shot lead at 13 under.

Luke List, Jason Day and Mackenzie Hughes are tied for second at 8 under.

Xander Schauffele is tied for sixth after shooting a 66. He now has 40 straight made cuts, the longest current streak on the PGA Tour.

Tiger Woods withdrew Friday due to illness, while Jordan Spieth was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. Justin Thomas leads the list of big names to miss the cut.

The 70-man field had a cut of the top 50 plus ties plus anyone within 10 shots of the lead. Not counting the WD and the DQ, there were 17 golfers who failed to earn their way to the weekend.

Genesis: 7 big names to miss cut

Riviera Country Club ranks No. 4 in California on Golfweek’s Best list of private courses in each state, and it’s No. 18 among all classic courses built before 1960 in the U.S. The course is a par-71 layout measuring 7,322 yards.

The purse is $20 million with $4 million going to the winner. The winner will also receive 700 FedEx Cup points. The Genesis is one of three signature events with a $4 million first-place prize in 2024.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the third round of the 2024 Genesis Invitational. All times listed are ET.

Saturday tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
10:20 a.m. Denny McCarthy
10:25 a.m. Si Woo Kim, Charley Hoffman
10:35 a.m. Gary Woodland, Lee Hodges
10:45 a.m. Sungjae Im, Seamus Power
10:55 a.m. Eric Cole, Chase Johnson
11:05 a.m. Sam Burns, Taylor Moore
11:15 a.m. Ben Griffin, Emiliano Grillo
11:25 a.m. Collin Morikawa, Nicolai Hojgaard
11:35 a.m. Andrew Putnam, Sahith Theegala
11:45 a.m. Lucas Glover, Ludvig Aberg
12 p.m. Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott
12:10 p.m. Nick Taylor, Viktor Hovland
12:20 p.m. Adam Svensson, Adam Hadwin
12:30 p.m. Russell Henley, J.T. Poston
12:40 p.m. Kurt Kitayama, Ben An
12:50 p.m. Brian Harman, Rickie Fowler
1 p.m.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Brendon Todd
1:10 p.m. Cameron Young, Tom Kim
1:20 p.m. Harris English, Cam Davis
1:30 p.m. Max Homa, Beau Hossler
1:45 p.m. Tommy Fleetwood, Scottie Scheffler
1:56 p.m. Tony Finau, Hideki Matsuyama
2:07 p.m. Xander Schauffele, Tom Hoge
2:18 p.m. Corey Conners, Will Zalatoris
2:29 p.m. Jason Day, Mackenzie Hughes
2:40 p.m. Patrick Cantlay, Luke List

How to watch, listen

ESPN+ is the exclusive home of PGA Tour Live. You can also watch the Genesis Invitational on Golf Channel free on Fubo. All times ET.

Saturday, Feb. 17

Golf Channel/Peacock: 1-3 p.m.

CBS: 3-7 p.m.

Sirius XM: 2-7 p.m

ESPN+: 10 a.m.-7 p.m

Sunday, Feb. 18

Golf Channel/Peacock: 1-3 p.m.

CBS: 3-6:30 p.m.

Sirius XM: 1-6:30 p.m

ESPN+: 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m

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