The Genesis Invitational R1

Genesis Invitational 2022 R1
February 17-20
The Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, CA
$12,000,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Chilean Joaquin Niemann shot the best opening score on Thursday, an 8-under 63, to take a three-shot lead in the Genesis Open.

Genesis Invitational 2022 R1

“I think everything. I hit the ball great off the tee. My iron play, I was
hitting it really close so that makes it a lot easier. The greens were pretty good also today and it wasn’t that windy. So yeah, I think the whole game was pretty good today.”

His score matches the record lowest-opening score at Riviera Country Club and he is the ninth to play it from Charlie Sifford in 1969 to J.B. Holmes in 2019, four of whom went on to win the tournament.

Genesis Invitational 2022 R1

“I think it’s got to be one of my best days on the golf course, especially in a place like this with this history,” said Niemann. “Riviera Country Club is one of my favorite golf courses and this event is my favorite during the year.

“You always work to have these kind of days. Yeah, you always know that you’re never going to have these days four days in a row. It’s a good way to start. I know it’s going to be different days during the week, so I’ve got to be ready for everything and have the best attitude for it.”

Genesis Invitational 2022 R1

Americans Jordan Spieth, WM Phoenix Open winner Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young and Max Homa are tied in second place at 5-under.

“I think my trainer and I were pretty excited about not being in that little first-off group, which is nice, get a few more minutes of sleep,” said Scheffler. “Those tee times are tough, people don’t realize if you’re teeing off at 6:40 in the morning what time you’re waking up, what time you’re getting out here. Half the places we show up in the morning then are closed. I’m sure the locker room was locked for all those guys this morning and trailer’s barely open and you’re warming up a literally in the dark basically until you tee off so you don’t really get a good feel for where your body’s at and how you’re swinging that day, so it’s definitely more challenging than people know.”

Genesis Invitational 2022 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Joaquin Niemann	-8	63
T2	Scottie Scheffler	-5	66
T2	Jordan Spieth	-5	66
T2	Cameron Young	-5	66
T2	Max Homa	-5	66
T6	C.T. Pan	-4	67
T6	Collin Morikawa	-4	67
T6	Jason Kokrak	-4	67
T6	Cameron Smith	-4	67
T6	Justin Thomas	-4	67
T6	Charley Hoffman	-4	67
T12	Kevin Tway	-3	68
T12	Patton Kizzire	-3	68
T12	Martin Laird	-3	68
T12	Maverick McNealy	-3	68
T12	Russell Knox	-3	68
T12	Adam Long	-3	68
T12	Adam Scott	-3	68
T12	Carlos Ortiz	-3	68
T12	Paul Casey	-3	68
T12	Dylan Frittelli	-3	68
T22	Keegan Bradley	-2	69
T22	Alex Smalley	-2	69
T22	Emiliano Grillo	-2	69
T22	Matthew NeSmith	-2	69
T22	Tony Finau	-2	69
T22	Jon Rahm	-2	69
T22	Xander Schauffele	-2	69
T22	Peter Malnati	-2	69
T22	Sahith Theegala	-2	69
T22	Chesson Hadley	-2	69
T22	Doc Redman	-2	69
T22	Cameron Tringale	-2	69
T22	Beau Hossler	-2	69
T22	Taylor Moore	-2	69
T22	Hank Lebioda	-2	69
T22	Abraham Ancer	-2	69
T22	Matt Kuchar	-2	69
T22	Rory McIlroy	-2	69
T22	Si Woo Kim	-2	69
T22	Patrick Rodgers	-2	69
T22	Will Zalatoris	-2	69
T43	Danny Lee	-1	70
T43	Alex Noren	-1	70
T43	Jhonattan Vegas	-1	70
T43	Andrew Putnam	-1	70
T43	Seamus Power	-1	70
T43	J.T. Poston	-1	70
T43	Joel Dahmen	-1	70
T43	Matt Jones	-1	70
T43	Marc Leishman	-1	70
T43	Bubba Watson	-1	70
T43	Aaron Wise	-1	70
T43	Sam Ryder	-1	70
T43	Pat Perez	-1	70
T43	Mito Pereira	-1	70
T43	Scott Piercy	-1	70
T43	Sebastián Muñoz	-1	70
T43	Francesco Molinari	-1	70
T43	Patrick Cantlay	-1	70
T61	Nick Watney	Par	71
T61	Lee Hodges	Par	71
T61	Sergio Garcia	Par	71
T61	Rickie Fowler	Par	71
T61	Sungjae Im	Par	71
T61	Sam Burns	Par	71
T61	J.J. Spaun	Par	71
T61	Matt Wallace	Par	71
T61	Troy Merritt	Par	71
T61	Viktor Hovland	Par	71
T61	Brooks Koepka	Par	71
T61	Cam Davis	Par	71
T61	Brandon Hagy	Par	71
T61	Kyle Stanley	Par	71
T61	Robert MacIntyre	Par	71
T61	Michael Brennan (a)	Par	71
T77	Cameron Champ	+1	72
T77	Luke List	+1	72
T77	Kevin Na	+1	72
T77	James Hahn	+1	72
T77	Russell Henley	+1	72
T77	Aaron Rai	+1	72
T77	Corey Conners	+1	72
T77	Hideki Matsuyama	+1	72
T77	K.H. Lee	+1	72
T77	Mackenzie Hughes	+1	72
T77	David Lipsky	+1	72
T77	Jaekyeong Lee	+1	72
T89	Adam Hadwin	+2	73
T89	Scott Stallings	+2	73
T89	Thomas Pieters	+2	73
T89	Brian Stuard	+2	73
T89	Kramer Hickok	+2	73
T89	Taylor Pendrith	+2	73
T89	Dustin Johnson	+2	73
T89	Branden Grace	+2	73
T97	Doug Ghim	+3	74
T97	Erik van Rooyen	+3	74
T97	Chez Reavie	+3	74
T97	Charl Schwartzel	+3	74
T97	Tom Hoge	+3	74
T97	Lanto Griffin	+3	74
T97	Sepp Straka	+3	74
T97	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	+3	74
T105	Vince Whaley	+4	75
T105	Harry Higgs	+4	75
T105	Adam Schenk	+4	75
T105	Anirban Lahiri	+4	75
T105	Ryan Palmer	+4	75
T105	Brendan Steele	+4	75
T111	Henrik Norlander	+6	77
T111	Talor Gooch	+6	77
T111	Andrew Landry	+6	77
T111	Harold Varner III	+6	77
T111	Robert Streb	+6	77
T111	Patrick Reed	+6	77
T111	Min Woo Lee	+6	77
118	Roger Sloan	+7	78
119	Aaron Beverly	+11	82
DQ	Wyndham Clark	Par	77