The Genesis Invitational R2

Genesis Invitational 2022 R2
February 17-20
The Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, CA
$12,000,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Joaquin Niemann started the day with a three-shot lead and had lost none of his momentum, opening eagle-birdie on Friday at the Genesis Invitational.

Genesis Invitational 2022 R2

The Chilean’s round was marred by a single bogey at the 10th before closing with another 63 to take a two-shot lead into the weekend.

“It was a great start after yesterday’s round. Didn’t sleep much, it was pretty late when I finished and we started pretty early, but yeah, we got it going pretty good at the beginning. I really like the way I handled myself out there after been playing good the front nine. Didn’t hit a great driver on 11, still made birdie there.
That different mentality having this week I think is helping a lot.”

Genesis Invitational 2022 R2

“I think everything is working pretty well. Obviously I’m making a lot of putts right now. I feel I’m starting my ball online with the putter, so that’s obviously — when you have greens this good when you start your line, I think you’ve got a good chance of making putts, so I think that’s been big this week.”

Having mached the opening round record-score on Thursday, Niemann’s 16-under 126 total broke the 128 record set by American Cameron Young just twenty minutes previously. The prior record of 130 had been achieved by four players including Sam Burns at last year’s tournament.

Genesis Invitational 2022 R2

Young kept his round bogey-free and closed with four consecutive birdies for a 62 to move into second place at 14-under followed by compatriot Justin Thomas in third place who carded a bogey-free 64.

“I think we played it very conservatively for the most part, which is just going to limit how many mistakes we make and I think that’s kind of the name of the game out here,” said Young. “Not all the time you’re going to make a bunch of birdies. A lot of rounds you’re going to play out here with two, three and four birdies probably, so I think the name of the game out here is whenever you’re in a mediocre spot, you just have to get it on the green, two-putt and move on. Pars are never bad out here. Chasing Joaquin it felt like it a little bit today, but pars are never bad.

Australia’s Adam Scott played a bogey-free 65 and is joined in fourth place at 9-under by America Jordan Spieth who carded a 67.

Genesis Invitational 2022 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Joaquin Niemann	-16	63	63	126
2	Cameron Young	-14	66	62	128
3	Justin Thomas	-11	67	64	131
T4	Adam Scott	-9	68	65	133
T4	Jordan Spieth	-9	66	67	133
6	Collin Morikawa	-8	67	67	134
T7	Russell Knox	-7	68	67	135
T7	Viktor Hovland	-7	71	64	135
T7	Cameron Smith	-7	67	68	135
T10	Sebastián Muñoz	-6	70	66	136
T10	Max Homa	-6	66	70	136
T10	Marc Leishman	-6	70	66	136
T10	Maverick McNealy	-6	68	68	136
T14	Scott Piercy	-5	70	67	137
T14	Keegan Bradley	-5	69	68	137
T14	C.T. Pan	-5	67	70	137
T14	Kevin Tway	-5	68	69	137
T14	Sungjae Im	-5	71	66	137
T14	Matt Jones	-5	70	67	137
T14	Peter Malnati	-5	69	68	137
T14	Cameron Tringale	-5	69	68	137
T22	Taylor Moore	-4	69	69	138
T22	Mito Pereira	-4	70	68	138
T22	Pat Perez	-4	70	68	138
T22	Russell Henley	-4	72	66	138
T22	Si Woo Kim	-4	69	69	138
T22	Robert MacIntyre	-4	71	67	138
T22	Nick Watney	-4	71	67	138
T22	Scottie Scheffler	-4	66	72	138
T22	Beau Hossler	-4	69	69	138
T31	Rory McIlroy	-3	69	70	139
T31	K.H. Lee	-3	72	67	139
T31	Carlos Ortiz	-3	68	71	139
T31	Paul Casey	-3	68	71	139
T31	Will Zalatoris	-3	69	70	139
T31	Emiliano Grillo	-3	69	70	139
T31	Erik van Rooyen	-3	74	65	139
T31	Sergio Garcia	-3	71	68	139
T31	Xander Schauffele	-3	69	70	139
T31	Jason Kokrak	-3	67	72	139
T31	Martin Laird	-3	68	71	139
T31	Sam Ryder	-3	70	69	139
T31	Doc Redman	-3	69	70	139
T44	Francesco Molinari	-2	70	70	140
T44	Lanto Griffin	-2	74	66	140
T44	Alex Noren	-2	70	70	140
T44	Danny Lee	-2	70	70	140
T44	Andrew Putnam	-2	70	70	140
T44	Tony Finau	-2	69	71	140
T44	Patton Kizzire	-2	68	72	140
T44	Aaron Wise	-2	70	70	140
T52	Brian Stuard	-1	73	68	141
T52	Abraham Ancer	-1	69	72	141
T52	Adam Long	-1	68	73	141
T52	Dylan Frittelli	-1	68	73	141
T52	Alex Smalley	-1	69	72	141
T52	Lee Hodges	-1	71	70	141
T52	Sahith Theegala	-1	69	72	141
T52	James Hahn	-1	72	69	141
T60	Charley Hoffman	Par	67	75	142
T60	Aaron Rai	Par	72	70	142
T60	Hank Lebioda	Par	69	73	142
T60	Matt Kuchar	Par	69	73	142
T60	Hideki Matsuyama	Par	72	70	142
T60	Patrick Cantlay	Par	70	72	142
T60	Cam Davis	Par	71	71	142
T60	Sepp Straka	Par	74	68	142
T60	Matthew NeSmith	Par	69	73	142
T60	Harry Higgs	Par	75	67	142
T60	Jhonattan Vegas	Par	70	72	142
T60	Chez Reavie	Par	74	68	142
T60	Jon Rahm	Par	69	73	142
T60	Rickie Fowler	Par	71	71	142
T60	Cameron Champ	Par	72	70	142
T60	Joel Dahmen	Par	70	72	142
CUT	Corey Conners	+1	72	71	143
CUT	Vince Whaley	+1	75	68	143
CUT	J.T. Poston	+1	70	73	143
CUT	Luke List	+1	72	71	143
CUT	Kramer Hickok	+2	73	71	144
CUT	Anirban Lahiri	+2	75	69	144
CUT	Dustin Johnson	+2	73	71	144
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	+2	72	72	144
CUT	Kyle Stanley	+2	71	73	144
CUT	David Lipsky	+2	72	72	144
CUT	Michael Brennan (a)	+2	71	73	144
CUT	Thomas Pieters	+2	73	71	144
CUT	Seamus Power	+2	70	74	144
CUT	Bubba Watson	+2	70	74	144
CUT	Adam Schenk	+3	75	70	145
CUT	Taylor Pendrith	+3	73	72	145
CUT	Tom Hoge	+3	74	71	145
CUT	Brooks Koepka	+3	71	74	145
CUT	Patrick Rodgers	+3	69	76	145
CUT	Brandon Hagy	+3	71	74	145
CUT	Jaekyeong Lee	+3	72	73	145
CUT	Scott Stallings	+3	73	72	145
CUT	Kevin Na	+3	72	73	145
CUT	Troy Merritt	+4	71	75	146
CUT	Adam Hadwin	+4	73	73	146
CUT	Harold Varner III	+4	77	69	146
CUT	J.J. Spaun	+4	71	75	146
CUT	Branden Grace	+5	73	74	147
CUT	Brendan Steele	+5	75	72	147
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	+5	74	73	147
CUT	Min Woo Lee	+5	77	70	147
CUT	Sam Burns	+5	71	76	147
CUT	Robert Streb	+6	77	71	148
CUT	Patrick Reed	+6	77	71	148
CUT	Roger Sloan	+6	78	70	148
CUT	Doug Ghim	+6	74	74	148
CUT	Henrik Norlander	+6	77	71	148
CUT	Chesson Hadley	+6	69	79	148
CUT	Ryan Palmer	+7	75	74	149
CUT	Matt Wallace	+8	71	79	150
CUT	Talor Gooch	+8	77	73	150
CUT	Charl Schwartzel	+9	74	77	151
CUT	Andrew Landry	+9	77	74	151
CUT	Aaron Beverly	+14	82	74	156
DQ	Wyndham Clark		77	—	77