PGA TOUR DFS First Look: The Genesis Invitational
The PGA DFS First Look is complete with a course preview, odds, salaries, and course history.
The Genesis Invitational
Field Size:
- 70 golfers
Cut Rule:
- Top 50 and ties plus anyone within 10 shots of the lead
Weather Forecasts
Riviera Country Clubs
- Location: Pacific Palisades, California
- Par 71 — 7,322 yards
- Difficulty: 2023 (16th), 2022 (17th), 2021 (26th), 2020 (42nd), 2019 (18th)
- Fairway width in landing areas: 33 yards
- Green size: 7,500 square feet
- Grass type on greens: poa annua
- 2023 driving averages:
- Driving distance = 295 yards
- Driving accuracy = 51%
- Greens in regulation = 55%
Event Notes
- Interesting field size of 70 for the first time at this event
- Classical golf course with tree-lined fairways and large greens
- Run-off areas around the green will repel bad approach shots
- Fairways and greens are both difficult to hit compared to tour average
- Distance is more important than accuracy, as everyone struggles to find fairways
- Around the green plays a critical role here every year (most important strokes gained metric relative to strokes gained total here in 2023)
- The greens are fast and feature tricky poa annua grass
- The rough isn’t too thick, but the kikuyugrass can cause tricky lies
- Not many wedges on this course, mostly mid and long irons
- This course requires golfers to be sharp in all aspects
What to Look For
- Strokes gained approach
- Strokes gained around the green
- Strokes gained off the tee (lean to distance over accuracy)
- Bogey avoidance
- Experience in California
- Course history
- Strokes gained putting (emphasis on poa annua)
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Salaries, Odds, Stats, Course History, & Form (L5 Events)
Note: Form includes results from the PGA TOUR, the DPWT, the KFT, and LIV.
| Golfer | Odds | DK | FD | Cuts | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | -1E | -2E | -3E | -4E | -5E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottie Scheffler | 8 | $11,500 | $12,400 | 4/4 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 500 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Rory McIlroy | 10 | $11,200 | $12,100 | 4/5 | 29 | 10 | 111 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | ||
| Xander Schauffele | 16 | $10,100 | $11,300 | 5/5 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 38 | ||
| Viktor Hovland | 14 | $10,000 | $11,800 | 3/3 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 500 | 500 | 58 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Max Homa | 20 | $9,800 | $11,500 | 5/5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 89 | 66 | 13 | 14 | 13 | ||
| Collin Morikawa | 20 | $9,500 | $11,100 | 4/4 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 26 | 500 | 14 | 79 | 5 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Patrick Cantlay | 18 | $9,300 | $10,900 | 5/5 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 56 | 52 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Ludvig Aberg | 22 | $9,200 | $10,800 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 47 | 1 | ||
| Justin Thomas | 18 | $9,100 | $10,600 | 3/5 | 20 | 6 | 115 | 86 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Jordan Spieth | 28 | $9,000 | $10,400 | 4/5 | 68 | 26 | 15 | 59 | 51 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 6 | 26 | ||
| Tony Finau | 35 | $8,900 | $10,300 | 5/5 | 20 | 33 | 2 | 51 | 15 | 47 | 6 | 25 | 38 | 4 | ||
| Tommy Fleetwood | 35 | $8,800 | $10,000 | 2/2 | 20 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 47 | 2 | ||
| Sam Burns | 25 | $8,700 | $10,500 | 2/5 | 102 | 103 | 3 | 23 | 132 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 16 | ||
| Sahith Theegala | 35 | $8,600 | $10,200 | 2/2 | 6 | 48 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 5 | 20 | 64 | 81 | 2 | ||
| Cameron Young | 40 | $8,500 | $10,100 | 2/2 | 20 | 2 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 8 | 70 | 3 | 33 | 15 | ||
| Matt Fitzpatrick | 40 | $8,400 | $9,900 | 2/3 | 68 | 500 | 5 | 30 | 500 | 15 | 58 | 97 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Wyndham Clark | 45 | $8,300 | $9,700 | 3/3 | 33 | 500 | 8 | 17 | 500 | 41 | 1 | 39 | 29 | 19 | ||
| Adam Scott | 33 | $8,200 | $9,700 | 5/5 | 65 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Tom Kim | 55 | $8,100 | $9,900 | 1/1 | 45 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 17 | 31 | 78 | 45 | 15 | ||
| Jason Day | 55 | $8,000 | $9,800 | 1/2 | 9 | 500 | 500 | 69 | 500 | 6 | 117 | 34 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Sungjae Im | 66 | $8,000 | $9,800 | 2/4 | 56 | 33 | 500 | 69 | 101 | 66 | 66 | 79 | 25 | 5 | ||
| Keegan Bradley | 60 | $7,900 | $9,400 | 3/5 | 93 | 48 | 60 | 110 | 51 | 11 | 43 | 2 | 45 | 13 | ||
| Will Zalatoris | 50 | $7,900 | $9,600 | 3/3 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 500 | 500 | 13 | 34 | 131 | 20 | 59 | ||
| J.T. Poston | 55 | $7,800 | $9,600 | 3/5 | 68 | 76 | 43 | 30 | 28 | 74 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Nicolai Hojgaard | 66 | $7,800 | $9,500 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 1 | ||
| Russell Henley | 70 | $7,700 | $9,400 | 4/5 | 68 | 33 | 38 | 17 | 44 | 58 | 4 | 52 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Eric Cole | 70 | $7,700 | $9,300 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 49 | 14 | 141 | 21 | 13 | ||
| Byeong Hun An | 60 | $7,600 | $9,200 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 66 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 43 | ||
| Si Woo Kim | 66 | $7,600 | $9,500 | 3/5 | 102 | 73 | 110 | 37 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 42 | 25 | ||
| Denny McCarthy | 90 | $7,500 | $9,000 | 2/4 | 14 | 500 | 84 | 37 | 117 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 43 | 5 | ||
| Chris Kirk | 110 | $7,500 | $8,700 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 26 | 47 | 18 | 1 | 28 | ||
| Hideki Matsuyama | 80 | $7,400 | $9,300 | 3/5 | 68 | 39 | 84 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 71 | 13 | 30 | 58 | ||
| Rickie Fowler | 150 | $7,400 | $9,100 | 3/3 | 20 | 55 | 20 | 500 | 500 | 128 | 47 | 145 | 56 | 17 | ||
| Corey Conners | 100 | $7,300 | $9,000 | 1/4 | 61 | 76 | 68 | 86 | 500 | 28 | 31 | 57 | 33 | 44 | ||
| Brian Harman | 110 | $7,300 | $8,600 | 3/4 | 93 | 500 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 60 | 54 | 70 | 18 | 5 | ||
| Cameron Davis | 80 | $7,200 | $9,200 | 2/4 | 111 | 48 | 43 | 500 | 77 | 20 | 96 | 30 | 52 | 42 | ||
| Nick Taylor | 100 | $7,200 | $9,100 | 3/4 | 33 | 500 | 20 | 69 | 33 | 1 | 71 | 78 | 7 | 52 | ||
| Sepp Straka | 100 | $7,100 | $8,800 | 3/4 | 45 | 15 | 43 | 69 | 500 | 26 | 141 | 12 | 2 | 22 | ||
| Adam Hadwin | 110 | $7,100 | $8,700 | 4/5 | 66 | 99 | 26 | 26 | 75 | 117 | 39 | 6 | 81 | 14 | ||
| Beau Hossler | 80 | $7,000 | $8,900 | 2/3 | 80 | 48 | 500 | 500 | 15 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 47 | 15 | ||
| Harris English | 100 | $7,000 | $8,600 | 1/2 | 12 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 88 | 17 | 76 | 64 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Kurt Kitayama | 100 | $6,900 | $8,800 | 0/1 | 68 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 8 | 39 | 24 | 29 | 16 | ||
| Emiliano Grillo | 110 | $6,900 | $8,900 | 2/4 | 67 | 21 | 95 | 86 | 500 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 43 | ||
| Brendon Todd | 200 | $6,800 | $8,200 | 1/3 | 93 | 500 | 84 | 56 | 500 | 22 | 58 | 30 | 33 | 28 | ||
| Patrick Rodgers | 125 | $6,800 | $8,500 | 3/5 | 80 | 90 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 79 | 9 | 24 | 14 | 16 | ||
| Taylor Montgomery | 175 | $6,800 | $8,500 | 0/1 | 68 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 39 | 39 | 13 | 61 | 13 | ||
| Adam Schenk | 125 | $6,700 | $8,100 | 2/4 | 50 | 90 | 500 | 47 | 88 | 17 | 47 | 25 | 78 | 29 | ||
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 125 | $6,700 | $8,300 | 1/2 | 58 | 103 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 28 | 20 | 79 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Tom Hoge | 125 | $6,700 | $8,400 | 2/4 | 14 | 90 | 52 | 500 | 117 | 17 | 6 | 56 | 17 | 81 | ||
| Andrew Putnam | 150 | $6,600 | $8,200 | 2/5 | 80 | 48 | 32 | 114 | 126 | 74 | 39 | 47 | 10 | 40 | ||
| Adam Svensson | 150 | $6,600 | $8,300 | 1/1 | 9 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 74 | 47 | 148 | 30 | 33 | ||
| Luke List | 125 | $6,600 | $8,400 | 3/5 | 29 | 76 | 68 | 30 | 15 | 74 | 26 | 50 | 66 | 22 | ||
| Lucas Glover | 250 | $6,500 | $7,900 | 0/2 | 68 | 500 | 106 | 500 | 500 | 58 | 81 | 29 | 12 | 45 | ||
| Taylor Moore | 150 | $6,500 | $7,800 | 1/2 | 68 | 21 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 39 | 47 | 70 | 25 | 21 | ||
| Tiger Woods | 175 | $6,500 | $8,000 | 3/3 | 45 | 500 | 500 | 68 | 15 | 18 | 45 | |||||
| Ben Griffin | 250 | $6,400 | $7,700 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 28 | 58 | 99 | 9 | 30 | ||
| Matt Kuchar | 250 | $6,400 | $7,800 | 4/5 | 8 | 67 | 68 | 2 | 28 | 117 | 39 | 78 | 110 | 53 | ||
| Nick Dunlap | 250 | $6,400 | $7,300 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 93 | 128 | |||||
| Kevin Yu | 200 | $6,300 | $8,000 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 89 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 81 | ||
| Alex Smalley | 300 | $6,300 | $7,600 | 1/2 | 80 | 72 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 75 | 148 | 21 | 81 | 44 | ||
| Mackenzie Hughes | 300 | $6,300 | $7,600 | 2/4 | 50 | 80 | 32 | 500 | 88 | 71 | 64 | 25 | 2 | 7 | ||
| J.J. Spaun | 350 | $6,200 | $7,500 | 2/4 | 33 | 99 | 500 | 63 | 88 | 89 | 54 | 141 | 110 | 13 | ||
| Lee Hodges | 350 | $6,200 | $7,500 | 2/2 | 18 | 39 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 106 | 58 | 79 | 78 | 57 | ||
| Charley Hoffman | 200 | $6,200 | $8,100 | 2/4 | 500 | 71 | 52 | 69 | 101 | 2 | 56 | 133 | 42 | 13 | ||
| Gary Woodland | 300 | $6,100 | $7,400 | 1/2 | 9 | 500 | 99 | 500 | 500 | 117 | 79 | 117 | 27 | 132 | ||
| Grayson Murray | 400 | $6,100 | $7,100 | 0/1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 88 | 117 | 66 | 127 | 1 | 142 | ||
| Nick Hardy | 300 | $6,100 | $7,400 | 0/1 | 102 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 66 | 47 | 37 | 42 | 47 | ||
| Sam Ryder | 350 | $6,000 | $7,700 | 3/4 | 20 | 26 | 500 | 110 | 56 | 74 | 31 | 99 | 62 | 13 | ||
| Seamus Power | 400 | $6,000 | $7,200 | 2/3 | 14 | 80 | 500 | 500 | 64 | 66 | 31 | 109 | 74 | 50 | ||
| Chase Johnson | 2500 | $6,000 | $7,000 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 100 | 69 | 64 | 72 | 25 |
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