J.J. Spaun and Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis had to share the camera during the champion interview after Sunday’s final round at the Valero Texas Open.
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Scheffler’s opening 74 has him inside the cut line at Riviera, but eight shots off the lead, though he did birdie two holes after Friday’s first-round restart.
Highlights from the opening round of the 2026 Genesis Invitational, where weather caused a lengthy suspension, but Rory McIlroy found his way to the top of the leaderboard -- and Scottie Scheffler to the bottom of it.
Scottie Scheffler sits in a tie for last place with Keegan Bradley at the 2026 Genesis Invitational. Scheffler was 5-over par through 10 holes when play was suspended due to darkness at Riviera Country Club on Thursday. It’s the third straight week the world’s top-ranked player struggled in his opening round.
Hovland shot 2-under 69 Thursday at Riviera as he made nice progress with his driver, so much so that trees planted to stop him from playing No. 15 down No. 17 might not be enough.
With first-round play carrying over a day because of inclement weather, Todd Lewis says the PGA Tour is “very confident” Round 2 of the Genesis Invitational will be completed Friday.
Rory McIlroy and Jacob Bridgeman are tied in the clubhouse after shooting 5-under 66s but Aaron Rai has a stroke advantage with two more holes to play Friday morning at Riviera Country Club.
Rory McIlroy talked to Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis after his 5-under 66 in the first round of the 2026 Genesis Invitational. McIlroy said he’s hoping the wind will dry out the course and allow Riviera to play like Riviera can.
The par-3 sixth at Riviera Country Club has a bunker in the middle of the green. Rory McIlroy found himself on the wrong side of it Thursday, but played an expert chip shot -- on the green -- to save par.
Steady rain puddled greens and led PGA Tour officials to suspend play in the opening round of the Genesis Invitational. Rory McIlroy birdied his first hole once play resumed a little after 1 p.m. local time.
Scheffler, like Tiger Woods — and, to this point, Rory McIlroy — has not won a PGA Tour event at Riviera Country Club.