We are approaching another event of those that have great importance within the PGA Tour calendar. It is the Genesis Invitational, which will not see the title holder, the Chilean Joaquin Niemann, at the start because he passed with LIV Golf .
Among the great themes there is also the return of Tiger Woods, who hypothetically, by winning the tournament, could rise directly from over the thousandth position in the ranking to number 54.
Genesis Invitational, schedule
However, the fight for the number 1 in the world is renewed again.
Scottie Scheffler took it back last week, but he can lose it again right away. There are always two rivals, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm. The Northern Irishman has six different options for making it. Of these, only victory makes him certain of returning to the top without depending on other results.
Otherwise, he can also do it with 2nd place alone or in pairs, with two others or with three others, depending on Scheffler’s position and without Rahm as winner. Even third place alone is enough with Scheffler over 25th and Rahm not first or second.
As far as the Iberian is concerned, however, there are two possibilities. One is Scheffler’s solo victory without second position, the other a second place that does not see McIlroy’s victory as a scenario, nor is it a better place than Scheffler’s 21st in a pair.
But, among the three contenders for leadership, there are also others who can do well. In fact, Max Homa is very happy at Riviera, who won two years ago and has all the potential to repeat himself; other good performers are Collin Morikawa, Tony Finau and Xander Schauffele.
Francesco Molinari is also looking for form, who wasn’t exactly lucky last week. Thus the programming of Eurosport 2 on TV: first round from 10.50 pm, second from 10.00 pm, third from 10.45 pm and fourth from 9.40 pm. The streaming of Discovery+ and eurosport.it will start at 10.00 pm for the first two days and at 7.00 pm for the second two.
The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for assessing the level of performance of professional golfers. It was introduced in 1986, supported by the four major tournaments and six professional tours that make up the International Federation of the PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, European Tour, Asian Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, Japan Golf Tour and the Sunshine Tour.
points also for good final placements in the following tours: Web.com Tour, Challenge Tour, PGA Tour Canada, OneAsia Tour, Korean Tour, PGA Tour Latinoamérica, Asian Development Tour, PGA Tour China, Alps Tour, Nordic Golf League, PGA EuroPro Tour , ProGolf Tour, MENA Golf Tour.
