The Genesis Invitational R1

February 18-21
The Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California
$9,300,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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Sam Burns started his round with an 18-foot eagle putt at the par-5 first hole, produced four birdies and two bogeys then finished with three consecutive birdies to close at 7-under, his third opening round 64 this season.

“This golf course at times doesn’t offer you a lot of opportunities,” said Burns. “So I think just with that mindset going in we were just going to take what we could get.”

He leads Matthew Fitzpatrick and Max Homa by two shots.

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Patrick Cantlay, who led after the opening round at last week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and finished in a tie for third, is once again in the mix tied in fourth alongside seven other players after a 67.

Dustin Johnson fired four birdies and a bogey to close with a 68.

“You can’t ask for a course in better shape,” said Johnson. “The greens are perfect. It’s firm and fast. This golf course plays really difficult when it’s firm and fast. You have to be in the right position or you’ve got no chance.”

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Six other players are tied in 12th place with Johnson, among them Brooks Koepka, winner of the Phoenix Management Phoenix Open and Jordan Spieth who hasn’t won since 2017 but has been on good form lately and has had the lead or co-lead heading into the final round for the past two weeks.

Rory McIlroy fired two birdies and four bogeys to close with a 73 at T85.

“It was one of those days where it’s just as easy to shoot 2 or 3 under as it is to shoot 2 or 3 over,” said McIlroy. “There’s a couple of good scores out there, but you didn’t have to do too much wrong to be hovering around even par and be on the other side of it.”

Justin Thomas started his round well with a birdie but struggled greatly, firing three bogeys, three double bogeys and finishing with another birdie to close with a 77 in 117th place.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Sam Burns	-7	64
T2	Matthew Fitzpatrick	-5	66
T2	Max Homa	-5	66
T4	Patrick Cantlay	-4	67
T4	Wyndham Clark	-4	67
T4	Matt Jones	-4	67
T4	Jason Kokrak	-4	67
T4	Tyler McCumber	-4	67
T4	Joaquin Niemann	-4	67
T4	Alex Noren	-4	67
T4	Scottie Scheffler	-4	67
T12	Keegan Bradley	-3	68
T12	Talor Gooch	-3	68
T12	Dustin Johnson	-3	68
T12	Brooks Koepka	-3	68
T12	Francesco Molinari	-3	68
T12	Sebastián Muñoz	-3	68
T12	Jordan Spieth	-3	68
T19	Wesley Bryan	-2	69
T19	Tyler Duncan	-2	69
T19	Jim Furyk	-2	69
T19	Lanto Griffin	-2	69
T19	Russell Henley	-2	69
T19	Charley Hoffman	-2	69
T19	Tae Hoon Kim	-2	69
T19	Mackenzie Hughes	-2	69
T19	Andrew Landry	-2	69
T19	Marc Leishman	-2	69
T19	Adam Long	-2	69
T19	Adam Scott	-2	69
T19	Cameron Smith	-2	69
T19	Cameron Tringale	-2	69
T19	Will Zalatoris	-2	69
T34	Rickie Fowler	-1	70
T34	J.B. Holmes	-1	70
T34	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	-1	70
T34	Luke List	-1	70
T34	Willie Mack III	-1	70
T34	Troy Merritt	-1	70
T34	Kevin Na	-1	70
T34	Matthew NeSmith	-1	70
T34	Jon Rahm	-1	70
T34	Kyle Stanley	-1	70
T34	Sepp Straka	-1	70
T34	Harold Varner III	-1	70
T34	Richy Werenski	-1	70
T47	Abraham Ancer	E	71
T47	Ryan Armour	E	71
T47	Cameron Davis	E	71
T47	Tony Finau	E	71
T47	Doug Ghim	E	71
T47	Lucas Glover	E	71
T47	Branden Grace	E	71
T47	Adam Hadwin	E	71
T47	Scott Harrington	E	71
T47	Viktor Hovland	E	71
T47	Sung Kang	E	71
T47	Si Woo Kim	E	71
T47	Matt Kuchar	E	71
T47	Hideki Matsuyama	E	71
T47	Cheng Tsung Pan	E	71
T47	Pat Perez	E	71
T47	Andrew Putnam	E	71
T47	Patrick Rodgers	E	71
T47	Xander Schauffele	E	71
T47	Brandt Snedeker	E	71
T47	Brendan Steele	E	71
T47	Camilo Villegas	E	71
T47	Bubba Watson	E	71
T47	Matthew Wolff	E	71
T71	Corey Conners	1	72
T71	Austin Cook	1	72
T71	Sergio Garcia	1	72
T71	Brian Gay	1	72
T71	Emiliano Grillo	1	72
T71	Brian Harman	1	72
T71	Tom Hoge	1	72
T71	Danny Lee	1	72
T71	Maverick McNealy	1	72
T71	Henrik Norlander	1	72
T71	Kevin Streelman	1	72
T71	Vaughn Taylor	1	72
T71	Nick Taylor	1	72
T71	Brendon Todd	1	72
T85	Stewart Cink	2	73
T85	Jim Herman	2	73
T85	Bo Hoag	2	73
T85	Russell Knox	2	73
T85	Nate Lashley	2	73
T85	Peter Malnati	2	73
T85	Rory McIlroy	2	73
T85	Collin Morikawa	2	73
T85	Scott Piercy	2	73
T85	Chez Reavie	2	73
T85	Robby Shelton	2	73
T85	Robert Streb	2	73
T85	Michael Thompson	2	73
T85	Gary Woodland	2	73
T99	Joel Dahmen	3	74
T99	James Hahn	3	74
T99	Mark Hubbard	3	74
T99	Denny McCarthy	3	74
T99	J.T. Poston	3	74
T99	Doc Redman	3	74
T105	John Augenstein	4	75
T105	Bryson DeChambeau	4	75
T105	Angus Flanagan (a)	4	75
T105	Dylan Frittelli	4	75
T105	Padraig Harrington	4	75
T105	Harry Higgs	4	75
T105	Martin Laird	4	75
T105	Carlos Ortiz	4	75
T105	Charl Schwartzel	4	75
T105	Brian Stuard	4	75
T115	Tim Widing (a)	5	76
T115	Xinjun Zhang	5	76
117	Justin Thomas	6	77
T118	Tyler Strafaci (a)	7	78
T118	Jimmy Walker	7	78
120	Charles Howell III	8	79