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2021 The Genesis Invitational Pre-Tournament Notes Dates: February 15-21, 2021 Where: Pacific Palisades, California Course: The Riviera Country Club Par/Yards: 35-36—71/7,322 Field: 121 Defending champion: Adam Scott Purse: $9,300,000/$1,674,000 FedExCup points: 550 to the winner Format: 72-hole stroke play Things to Know The Genesis Invitational is one of three tournaments on the PGA TOUR schedule with elevated status, along with the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide and Arnold ...

    Second-Round Notes – Friday, February 12, 2021 Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 60. Wind NW 10-20 mph. 36-hole cut: 67 professionals at 1-under 143 from a field of 156 professionals. Note: Because the amateur portion of the tournament was canceled for 2021, the cut rule was changed from low 60 and ties to standard PGA TOUR rule of low 65 and ties. This had no effect on the cut made.   Second-Round Leaderboard Pos. Name R1 R2 Total 1st Jordan ...

More encouraging news for those planning to cross the Irish Sea and see Shane Lowry defend his Open Championship title. The R & A has already announced the staging of the 149th Open Championship will go ahead with or without fans and in the latest news, R & A CEO Martin Slumbers has directly reached out to fans with further hope of getting back to hosting a ‘normal’ championship. “We are focused on staging the 149th Open at Royal St George’s from 11-18 July 2021 and on delivering ...

Rolex is now the official partner of both European and US Based Ryder Cup matches. The PGA of America today announced an expansive agreement with Rolex, and replacing rivals Omega, as partner of the PGA of America and its three annual Major Championships: the PGA Championship, KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship plus the Ryder Cup. You had the scenario for many years of Rolex acting as partner at European Ryder Cup matches but then when the Ryder Cup was staged ...

Weather: Sunny with a high of 73. Wind SW 4-8 mph.  Final-Round Leaderboard Pos. Name Score 1 Brooks Koepka 68-66-66-65—265 (-19) T2 Kyoung-Hoon Lee 66-66-66-68—266 (-18) T2 Xander Schauffele 66-64-65-71—266 (-18)   The eagle lands from 97 feet. 🦅@BKoepka‘s winning moment was a beauty. 😍 pic.twitter.com/4jRosLxCzR — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 8, 2021 Things to Know Brooks Koepka picks up his eighth TOUR victory in his 145th start Koepka, ...

World No. 1 Dustin Johnson made it two wins from three Saudi starts with his two-shot success at the Saudi International. Johnson, and despite a very average putting display in making just two putts over five feet on the final day, held on to also capture a ninth European Tour title and a 28th career success in posting a final day 67 for a 15-under par on the course laid out along the Red Sea shoreline. In three Saudi showings Johnson has now won twice and finished runner-up while he’s not ...

Third-Round Notes –Saturday, February 6, 2021   Weather: Sunny with a high of 72. Wind W 4-8 mph. Third-Round Leaderboard Pos. Name Score T1 Jordan Spieth 67-67-61—195 (-18) T1 Xander Schauffele 66-64-65—195 (-18) T3 Scottie Scheffler 67-65-66—198 (-15) T3 Kyoung-Hun Lee 66-66-66—198 (-15) Things to Know Jordan Spieth ties career-low score with 10-under 61, in position for 12th PGA TOUR win and first since 2017 Spieth last played in a ...