As anticipation builds for The Genesis Invitational, taking place at the prestigious Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades in California, USA, golf enthusiasts have been eagerly awaiting the release of the PGA Tour Tee Times. This year, the event boasts a substantial prize fund of $20,000,000. Defending champion Jon Rahm is expected to face tough competition on the par-71 course.
PGA Tour Tee Times for Round 1 and 2: All American Players
Chase Johnson will be teeing off at 07:20 for round one and 09:49 for the second round alongside Nicolai Højgaard from Denmark. The formidable American triple threat of Charley Hoffman, Beau Hossler, and Ben Griffin will commence play at 07:32 for round one and 10:01 for round two.
Following closely behind, Lucas Glover and Adam Schenk will be paired with Byeong-hun An from South Korea, teeing off at 07:44 for the first round and 10:13 for the second. Russell Henley is set to play alongside Emiliano Grillo from Argentina and Sungjae Im from South Korea, starting at 07:56 for round one and 10:25 for round two.
Keegan Bradley and Harris English will tee off the first round with Tom Hoge at 08:08, continuing into the second round at 10:42. Meanwhile, at 08:20 for the first round and 10:54 for the second, Chris Kirk, and JT Poston will be teamed with Corey Conners from Canada.
Denny McCarthy and Cameron Young will be accompanied by players from Ireland and Canada respectively, while Sam Burns, Jordan Spieth, and Gary Woodland are grouped with players of varying nationalities. Next up are Nick Hardy, Grayson Murray, and Nick Dunlap, teamed with players from South Africa and Sweden, starting their competition at 09:49 for round one and 07:20 for round two.
Matt Kuchar, Sam Ryder, and Will Zalatoris embark onto round one at 10:01, moving to round two at 07:32. Shortly after, Luke List and J.J. Spaun from the USA will be joined by Chun-an Yu from Taipei, teeing off at 10:13 in round one and 07:44 in round two. Also in this group are Brendon Todd, Tony Finau, Rickie Fowler, alongside Patrick Rodgers from the USA, with counterparts hailing from Australia, Japan, and Canada.
The exciting trio of Kurt Kitayama, Eric Cole, and Taylor Moore will play at the times of 11:18 and 08:44 for rounds one and two respectively. Lastly, Xander Schauffele, Sahith Theegala, Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa, Alex Smalley, and Taylor Mongomery have their PGA Tour Tee Times set alight with noteworthy international talents.
Tiger Woods will play in a flight with Gary Woodland and his good friend Justin Thomas. On day 1 they start at 9:25am and on day 2 they tee off at 11:54am.
Star at the Genesis Invitational: Rory McIlroy. (Photo: Getty)
The professional sports world directs its focus to Pacific Palisades, California, USA, as The Riviera Country Club plays host to The Genesis Invitational on the esteemed PGA Tour. Twenty million dollars are waiting to be won in the buzzing atmosphere of the club. The tournament, played on a par 71 course, will test the mettle of the best golfers around, among them the current titleholder, Jon Rahm.
Commencing the PGA Tour Tee Times, Tommy Fleetwood of England is lined up to play the first round of The Genesis Invitational at 11:30 am. He will be joined by Xander Schauffele from the USA and Sahith Theegala, also from the USA. For the second round, Fleetwood and his team have their PGA Tour Tee Times scheduled for 09:01 am.
Matthew Fitzpatrick, another of England’s participants, is penciled in for a start time of 11:42 am in the first round, accompanied by Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa, both from the USA. For Friday’s second-round action, Fitzpatrick’s PGA Tour Tee Times position is 09:13 am.
Highlighting the PGA Tour Tee Times from the UK contingent, we have Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland. He will kickstart his efforts in the first round at 11:54 am playing alongside Max Homa and Wyndham Clark, both from the USA. On Friday, McIlroy and his group have an early start set for 09:25 am.
The IRS Prima Malaysian Open in the season 2024 is being played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the The Mines Resort & Golf Club. The tournament starts at the Thursday, 15th of February and ends at the Sunday, 18th of February 2024.
The IRS Prima Malaysian Open is part of the Asian Tour in the season 2024. In 2024 all players competing for a total prize money of US$1,000,000.
The course for the tournament at The Mines Resort & Golf Club plays at Par 71.
The Dimension Data Pro-Am in the season 2024 is being played in George, South Africa at the Fancourt Golf Estate. The tournament starts at the Thursday, 15th of February and ends at the Sunday, 18th of February 2024.
The Dimension Data Pro-Am is part of the Challenge Tour in the season 2024. In 2024 all players competing for a total prize money of $370,000.
The course for the tournament at Fancourt Golf Estate plays at Par 72.
The Challenge Tour is playing its third of four tournaments in South Africa to kick off the year. In addition to last week’s winner Mikael Lindberg and defending champion Oliver Bekker, the field also includes five German golfers.
Challenge Tour live
The Challenge Tour is a professional golf tournament series that acts as the second tier below the DP World Tour. It serves as a development league and offers aspiring golfers the opportunity to develop their skills at a higher level, gain experience and qualify for the European Tour.
The Challenge Tour is internationally orientated, with tournaments held in various European countries and outside Europe. This offers players a varied experience on different golf courses and in different competitive conditions. The tour attracts golfers from all over the world who are interested in furthering their careers in professional golf.
As with the Korn Ferry Tour, the top players on the Challenge Tour qualify for the higher tour, in this case the European Tour, at the end of each season. This is usually based on the Challenge Tour ranking, with the best players receiving a Tour card. This promotion is a key goal for many players on the Challenge Tour, as it allows access to more prestigious tournaments, higher prize money and greater visibility in the world of golf.
Overall, the Challenge Tour is a crucial step for many golfers who want to make the leap to the highest level of European golf, the European Tour. It offers a mix of challenge and opportunity that is crucial for the career development of golfers.
The new Titleist Vokey SM 10 Wedges 2024. (Photo: Titleist)
Titleist is launching the tenth generation of its iconic wedges this season. In an interview with Golf Post, Aaron Luttrell, wedge expert at Titleist, talks about the development process of the new Titleist Vokey SM 10 wedges and Bob Vokey’s influence on the development of the new models.
“Bob Vokey is still our wedge guru” – Titleist with the tenth generation of the iconic wedges
Golf Post: Titleist Vokey released the new SM10 wedges. What’s making them better than previous generations?
Aaron Luttrell: A lot of times people ask, what do you do to make a better wedge? So at Vokey, what Bob’s kind of narrowed it down to is if you think about what makes a better wedge player, it’s usually being able to generate spin, being versatile around the greens and having good distance and trajectory control.
That’s really what we design our wedges around. How do we make each of those segments better for all players, not just the better player? What we typically do is we’re looking at improving each one of those areas every time we come out with a wedge. One of the big areas that we worked on for SM 10 was CG placement, which relates to distance and trajectory control.
All of them were kind of interconnected. You can’t really have one without the other. If you’re not striking the club in the right part of the face, you’re probably not going to take advantage of the CG or the grooves. So grind fitting is very important. That’s very related to versatility and shots around the green.
You’re obviously not going to get the spin that you want unless you have like the best grooves in the industry. So really if you look at what we did with trajectory and distance control, it’s a CG movement. So in the higher lofted wedges, in years past, we were able to push CG actually forward in front of the face, which allows the face to square up a bit easier or return to where the players set the club in.
I shouldn’t say square up because some people worry like, Oh, if I open the face, is it going to want to shut? No, it’s just going to want to return to where it started. It’s kind of a dynamic shift. Moving it forward allows that to happen. Moving it high or up keeps that flight down and it allows the player to manage the trajectory.
It also prevents some of those shots that want to roll up the face and take off high and weak. So really what we’re trying to do is push consistency, allow the player to, you know, deliver the club the way they want to deliver it and they get the results that they expect. So that was one thing in the higher lofted wedges and now in the lower lofted wedges, we kind of looked at where CG placement was relative to face center.
Looking at modern iron sets, a lot of those CG placements have started to migrate more toward face center or more toward the toe, not outside face center, but just moving that direction. We realized we were a little more heel-ward than where a lot of our irons are. Again, having the player be able to deliver it in the most consistent way possible.
You want the flow from your irons into your wedges to be very consistent. So we were able to move CG a little more from the heel, more towards the center and saw improvements in accuracy. The players that said that sometimes if they went after it a little bit, the ball, maybe would jump left there on them.
The progressive CG of the new Titleist Vokey SM 10 wedges. (Photo: Titleist)
Once in a while, that kind of has gone away now. So we had a lot of really excited players last few weeks about their gap and pitching wedge, which normally, you know, people get really excited about high lofted wedges because they hit all the tricky shots with it. But it’s nice to hear people saying, I’m really excited about my SM 10 pitching wedge as well.
So those are the things that we’ve kind of worked on as improvements technically. And then as far as profiles go, We worked really hard to make sure that they’re as consistent as possible. Really good look that we’ve gotten feedback on over the many generations, but looking at where the highest peak of the toe is and making it consistent throughout the set, making sure the blade length is very consistent throughout the set.
And then we went through a different process of designing the shapes. Before it was the whole wedge at once. What we did was, we looked at it a different way and designed the profile and then you put the sole on afterward and then manipulate it to get the CG positioning that you want.
So what that allows us to do is when you look down at a wedge and you’re getting fit and you say have four different 56 degrees, the only difference is going to be how the club goes through the turf. You’re not going to see a difference on the ground or in an open or closed position. They’re going to look identical, the only difference in performance is going to be the performance through the turf because of the, the solid ground.
Golf Post: How many different versions of the SM10 are there in total?
Aaron Luttrell: 25 in right hand, 25 in left hand. So, 25 different loft and grind optinons, the lowest lofted being 46, highest lofted being 62.
Golf Post: Obviously they’re called Vokey Wedges and Bob Vokey has been around forever, and he’s still known as the Wedge guru. But there’s probably a huge team behind him and I wonder, how much of Bob Vokey himself is still in these wedges.
Aaron Luttrell: Every step is vetted for, you know, but in truth Bob is in every R and D meeting. What he does is he allows his team or our R and D team to really be free with their ideas. And then he helps us reign everything back in because really he’s the one that really pays attention to what the players want as far as looks and feel and sound and performance through the turf.
So if he feels like anything may jeopardize, you know, the clean, classic look of a Vokey wedge or the feel or the performance, it gets tossed out. So really he’s a part of it, but at the same time he understands he’s not hand shaping the masters anymore. We have CAD design. We have all these things that can continue to push wedge play forward, but it’s in the vein of very classic workman style type. We have 3D printers, and we will 3D print a part and he will hand measure every single one of them and go back to the CAD designer that he worked with and say we need to make slight adjustments to this toe area or the width of the sole here. So he’s still a hundred percent involved. He is at work every day, He is one of the most dedicated people I’ve ever met to the craft.
Golf Post: What about the future of Vokey wedges. Which aspects of wedges will be decisive in the future?
Aaron Luttrell: We’re continually looking at every way that we can improve accuracy and control. There’s a lot in the works. Not much we can talk about yet… We do have a lot of ideas for the next generation, the generation after. The nice part about how we go about a design though, is like we launched on tour a week ago.
That’s when we actually get the most feedback on what we did this last time. So we start for the next one. So literally every time we launch a wedge, we’re learning something to make the next one better.
Golf Post: What was the first feedback from the tour players like?
Aaron Luttrell: It was great. We had 160 wedges in play, which was the most in play for any brand. And Vokey was far and away the most played. So, the number one model was SM 10, the number two model was SM 9. So, we’re our own best competitors and the transition so far has been very seamless. All the things that we worked on for SM 10 was feedback from SM 9.
So, we, all the players were very happy because they just said, well the little tweaks we asked for, you delivered on.
Golf Post: The SM10 come in three different finishes, right?
Aaron Luttrell: We actually added a new finish, yeah. This is the nickel finish. We had a finish called brush steel. It was a bit brighter. Nickel is a little bit more matte. It’s perfect in between finish between jet black and tour chrome. We think the durability is going to be pretty good.
And the look of it at address looks fantastic. So for the player that thinks, you know, Tour Chrome might be a little on the bright side and Jet Black may be a little too dark, Nickel will be that nice in between finish.
The Chubb Classic in the season 2024 is being played in Naples, Florida, United States of America at the Tiburon Golf Club. The tournament starts at the Friday, 16th of February and ends at the Sunday, 18th of February 2024.
The Chubb Classic is part of the Champions Tour in the season 2024. In 2024 all players competing for a total prize money of $1,800,000.
The course for the tournament at Tiburon Golf Club plays at Par 72.
The Champions Tour travels to Naples, Florida, for the Chubb Classic. After Bernhard Langer won the tournament the last two years, the German will not be able to defend his title again due to injury.
Champions Tour live
The PGA Tour Champions, formerly known as the Senior PGA Tour and Champions Tour, is a professional golf tournament series designed specifically for golfers aged 50 and over. This tour offers a platform for experienced golfers who have already completed their regular career on the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour Champions is characterised by shorter tournaments, usually over three rounds instead of the usual four, and there is no cut so that all qualified players compete in the entire tournament.
The participants are often former PGA Tour players and Major winners, which gives the Tour a high level of competitiveness and prestige. The PGA Tour Champions allows fans to continue to see some of the most legendary names in golf in action. The Tour also includes unique team and match play events that differ from the usual PGA Tour formats.
The Aramco Ladies International in the season 2024 is being played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the Riyadh Golf Club. The tournament starts at the Thursday, 15th of February and ends at the Sunday, 18th of February 2024.
The Aramco Ladies International is part of the Ladies European Tour in the season 2024. In 2024 all players competing for a total prize money of $5,000,000.
The course for the tournament at Riyadh Golf Club plays at Par 72.
The Ladies European Tour is playing its second tournament of the new calendar year in Saudi Arabia. With strong German participation, one of the highest prize pools on the tour is at stake here.
Ladies European Tour live
The Ladies European Tour is the leading professional golf tournament series for women in Europe. It is the European counterpart to the LPGA Tour (Ladies Professional Golf Association), which mainly takes place in the USA. The LET offers talented female golfers the opportunity to compete at a high level and serves as a platform for players to make a name for themselves internationally.
The tour includes a variety of tournaments in different European countries as well as outside of Europe. This international presence allows players to prove themselves on different courses and in different competitive conditions. For many players, the LET is an important step in their career.
The The Genesis Invitational in the season 2024 is being played in Pacific Palisades, California, United States of America at the The Riviera Country Club. The tournament starts at the Thursday, 15th of February and ends at the Sunday, 18th of February 2024.
The The Genesis Invitational is part of the PGA Tour in the season 2024. In 2024 all players competing for a total prize money of $20,000,000.
The course for the tournament at The Riviera Country Club plays at Par 71.
The PGA Tour plays its signature event in Los Angeles, California. Tiger Woods, host of the tournament, welcomes a world-class field of competitors to compete at the famous Riviera Country Club during the 2024 tournament.
PGA Tour live
Through the Golf Post Live Blog you can follow all results on the PGA Tour live. Alongside the DP World Tour (formerly the European Tour), the PGA Tour is the world’s largest tournament series in men’s professional golf. The tour attracts prize money that is just as high as the level of the international elite that comes together at quite a few of the tournaments. The annual highlights of the season are the four major tournaments (co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour), the Players Championship and the final FedExCup playoffs, which conclude the season every year. Signature events were created for this purpose. These include the three FedExCup playoff tournaments, The Sentry, the invitational tournaments (Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational and Memorial Tournament) and four other tournaments, which can change annually.
The PGA Tour has gained its importance primarily through its ability to retain top players through the attractiveness of the tournaments and the size of the prize money, which has risen steadily in recent years. The FedExCup is the American equivalent of the European Race to Dubai, with players collecting points throughout the season until the FedExCup winner is crowned in three tournaments in August. The FedExCup playoffs consist of three tournaments: the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the BMW Championship and the final Tour Championship. The winner of the Tour Championship also becomes the winner of the FedEx Cup and secures the record jackpot of 25 million US dollars.
Tiger Woods announces clothing line Sun Day Red. (Image: Getty)
After weeks of speculation, Tiger Woods officially announced his clothing line Sun Day Red on Monday afternoon. The announcement took place at an event near the Riviera Country Club, where Tiger Woods will participate in this week’s Genesis Invitational, marking his season debut. Sun Day Red is set to launch on May 1.
Tiger Woods and his red tradition
Following the announcement in January that Tiger Woods and Nike would end their collaboration after nearly 30 years, speculation arose about how Woods would dress in the future. Now, the new clothing line Sun Day Red was unveiled at an event in Los Angeles. The brand, launched in collaboration with TaylorMade, will debut on May 1 and is named after Tiger Woods’ tradition of wearing red on Sundays at tour events.
“It started with mom”, Woods said at the event. “Mom thought being a Capricorn that my power color was red, so I wore red as a junior golfer and I won some tournaments. Lo and behold, I go to a university that is red, Stanford is red. We wore red on the final day of every single tournament, and then every single tournament I’ve played as a professional I’ve worn red. It’s just become synonymous with me.”
Brand advertises luxury and innovation
As stated on the official website, Sun Day Red promises to “a brand that promises to bring a new and elevated standard to performance wear and luxury lifestyle fashion.” Additionally, it will offer “never-before-seen patterns, fabrication and technical detailing intended to elevate all levels of play.”
Tiger Woods sees the termination of his partnership with Nike and the establishment of his standalone brand under TaylorMade as the right timing and step in his life: “It’s transitional. I’m not a kid anymore. I want to have a brand I’m proud of going forward.” Sun Day Red will be based in San Clemente, California, rather than in nearby Carlsbad, where TaylorMade’s headquarters is located. According to TaylorMade CEO David Abeles, the brand stands alone. “It is independent from TaylorMade and it is run by an independent group of leaders that are part of my team.” This is not expected to change in the future.
Tiger Woods with first tournament appearance of the year
However, Tiger Woods will first focus on his first tournament of the year, the Genesis Invitational. Starting on Thursday, February 15, this will be the 82-time PGA Tour winner’s first tournament since December when he finished tied for 5th place at the PNC Championship with his son Charlie Woods.
Justin Rose is currently the best ranked golffer from England on the FedEx Cup. (Credit: Getty)
The FedExCup continues to capture the competitive spirit of the PGA Tour, aggregating points from tournaments throughout the current season. With several events already in the books, players are vying for the top spot fiercely. The excitement peaked at the last event, where determination and skill were on full display. It was here Matthieu Pavon shone, claiming victory and cementing his place at the helm of the FedExCup rankings. Amongst the elite, four English players are proving their mettle in the top 100, showcasing the depth of talent within the ranks of England’s golfers.
Highlighting the performances of England’s top two players in the FedExCup standings reveals considerable promise. Justin Rose ranks at 39th, with a total of 185 points accumulated over four events. Close on his heels is Matt Fitzpatrick, who holds the 41st spot with 175 points from the same number of tournaments. Neither has clinched a victory yet this season, but their consistent showings keep them well within striking distance of the PGA Tour’s coveted playoff spots.
FedExCup’s Elite: A Close Contest at the Top
The battle at the summit of the FedExCup leaderboard is a spectacle of skill and strategy. Matthieu Pavon remains the pacesetter with an impressive 949 points from 4 events, including 3 finishes in the top ten and a tour victory to his name. American Chris Kirk resides in second place with 813 points, while compatriot Wyndham Clark holds third with 773 points. Both have similarly played 4 events, with one victory each. Scottie Scheffler, in fourth place, is yet to win this season but has accumulated 698 points through consistent performance, and rounding out the top five is Byeong Hun An from Korea, sitting steadfast with 604 points.
How the PGA Tours FedEx Cup works
The FedExCup is the season ranking of the PGA Tour. The top 30 players in the FedExCup ranking are allowed to take part in the PGA Tour’s final play-off tournament at the end of the season. The season ranking also determines who is allowed to play on the PGA Tour the following year. At each tournament, the players who make the cut collect points. The total number of points earned at a tournament depends on the value of the event. Major tournaments earn the most points. The winner receives 500 points for winning a normal PGA Tour tournament.