The PGA Tour remains in Southern California for a second straight week to close out a west coast swing. The Tour is playing The Genesis Invitational at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades. The tournament tees off Thursday morning at 9:40 a.m. ET.
A year ago, Adam Scott won the tournament by two strokes over Sung Kang, Scott Brown, and Matt Kuchar. This year, Dustin Johnson (+550) enters as a sizable favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook. He’s followed by Jon Rahm (+1200), Rory McIlroy (+1250), and Justin Thomas (+1400). The defending champ Scott is +4000.
The tournament gets underway on Thursday with tee times starting at 9:40 p.m. ET. First round coverage runs from at noon until 8 p.m. ET. From 12-2, Golf Channel and a PGA TOUR Live Freeview will broadcast and stream the tournament. From 2-6, it will just be Golf Channel. From 6-8 it will again be Golf Channel and the PGA TOUR Live Freeview. PGA TOUR Live will also have featured groups coverage starting at 9:45 a.m.
Below is a full list of tee times for Round 1 of The Genesis Invitational on Thursday. The featured groups on Thursday are the trio of Patrick Cantlay, Collin Morikawa, and Jon Rahm, and the trio of Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott, and Bubba Watson.
The Genesis Invitational 2021, Round 1 tee times
| Time (PT) | Tee | Golfer 1 | Golfer 2 | Golfer 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (PT) | Tee | Golfer 1 | Golfer 2 | Golfer 3 |
| 6:40 AM | Tee #1 | Charl Schwartzel | Wyndham Clark | Sepp Straka |
| 6:40 AM | Tee #10 | Cameron Tringale | Joel Dahmen | Will Zalatoris |
| 6:51 AM | Tee #1 | Mackenzie Hughes | Denny McCarthy | Maverick McNealy |
| 6:51 AM | Tee #10 | Charley Hoffman | Danny Lee | Kevin Streelman |
| 7:02 AM | Tee #1 | James Hahn | Camilo Villegas | Xinjun Zhang |
| 7:02 AM | Tee #10 | Harold Varner III | Mark Hubbard | Doc Redman |
| 7:13 AM | Tee #1 | Martin Laird | Brendon Todd | Troy Merritt |
| 7:13 AM | Tee #10 | Patrick Cantlay | Jon Rahm | Collin Morikawa |
| 7:24 AM | Tee #1 | Stewart Cink | C.T. Pan | Ryan Armour |
| 7:24 AM | Tee #10 | Dustin Johnson | Adam Scott | Bubba Watson |
| 7:35 AM | Tee #1 | Tyler Duncan | Joaquin Niemann | Scott Piercy |
| 7:35 AM | Tee #10 | Sung Kang | Francesco Molinari | Tony Finau |
| 7:46 AM | Tee #1 | Matthew Wolff | Keegan Bradley | Hideki Matsuyama |
| 7:46 AM | Tee #10 | Adam Long | Brandt Snedeker | Matthew Fitzpatrick |
| 7:57 AM | Tee #1 | Viktor Hovland | Dylan Frittelli | Corey Conners |
| 7:57 AM | Tee #10 | Michael Thompson | Andrew Landry | J.T. Poston |
| 8:08 AM | Tee #1 | Lucas Glover | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | Matthew NeSmith |
| 8:08 AM | Tee #10 | Robert Streb | Richy Werenski | Jim Furyk |
| 8:19 AM | Tee #1 | Willie Mack III | John Augenstein | Angus Flanagan |
| 8:19 AM | Tee #10 | Emiliano Grillo | Matt Jones | Talor Gooch |
| 11:10 AM | Tee #1 | Vaughn Taylor | Luke List | Sam Burns |
| 11:10 AM | Tee #10 | Adam Hadwin | Abraham Ancer | Robby Shelton |
| 11:21 AM | Tee #1 | Tom Hoge | Scottie Scheffler | Doug Ghim |
| 11:21 AM | Tee #10 | Brian Harman | Peter Malnati | Cameron Davis |
| 11:32 AM | Tee #1 | Harry Higgs | Scott Harrington | Tyler McCumber |
| 11:32 AM | Tee #10 | Branden Grace | Alex Noren | Henrik Norlander |
| 11:43 AM | Tee #1 | Bryson DeChambeau | Rory McIlroy | Cameron Champ |
| 11:43 AM | Tee #10 | Cameron Smith | Max Homa | Jimmy Walker |
| 11:54 AM | Tee #1 | Brooks Koepka | Justin Thomas | Xander Schauffele |
| 11:54 AM | Tee #10 | Nick Taylor | Austin Cook | Russell Knox |
| 12:05 PM | Tee #1 | Sebastián Muñoz | Matt Kuchar | Jordan Spieth |
| 12:05 PM | Tee #10 | Kevin Na | Nate Lashley | Pat Perez |
| 12:16 PM | Tee #1 | J.B. Holmes | Rickie Fowler | Brendan Steele |
| 12:16 PM | Tee #10 | Jim Herman | Lanto Griffin | Charles Howell III |
| 12:27 PM | Tee #1 | Si Woo Kim | Jason Kokrak | Chez Reavie |
| 12:27 PM | Tee #10 | Carlos Ortiz | Brian Gay | Wesley Bryan |
| 12:38 PM | Tee #1 | Sergio Garcia | Marc Leishman | Gary Woodland |
| 12:38 PM | Tee #10 | Russell Henley | Brian Stuard | Padraig Harrington |
| 12:49 PM | Tee #1 | Kyle Stanley | Patrick Rodgers | Bo Hoag |
| 12:49 PM | Tee #10 | Tyler Strafaci | Tim Widing | Tae Hoon Kim |