The Genesis Invitational is a professional
golf
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tournament on the
PGA Tour
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in
Southern California
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, first played in 1926 as the Los Angeles Open.
[ Other previous names include Genesis Open, Northern Trust Open and Nissan Open. Played annually in February at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, it is often the concluding event of the tour's "West Coast Swing" early in the calendar year, before the tour moves east to ]Florida
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.
The tournament has been held at Riviera on a near-continuous basis since 1973
Events January
* January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
. South Korea-based Hyundai Motor Group
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, through its Genesis Motors
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subsidiary, took over sponsorship in 2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
, after nine seasons from Northern Trust Corporation, based in Chicago
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, following a 21-year sponsorship by Nissan Motors
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. Entertainer Glen Campbell
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was the celebrity host of the Los Angeles Open from 1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
through 1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
.
Tournament sites
Listed by most recent
:Not held in 1943
:^ One round of the first two was played on the adjacent Harding course
History
Prior to World War II
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, the event led a nomadic existence in Southern California, moving from course to course. The inaugural event in 1926 was played at Los Angeles Country Club
The Los Angeles Country Club is a golf and country club in Los Angeles, California, United States. The club is noted for being very exclusive. It hosted the 2023 U.S. Open on its North Course.
History
In the fall of 1897, a group of Los Ang ...
in Los Angeles
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; in 1927 the event moved to El Caballero Country Club in Tarzana for the only time. In 1928, the event moved again to Wilshire Country Club in the Hancock Park
Hancock Park is a city park in the Miracle Mile section of the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood in Los Angeles, California.
The park's destinations include the La Brea Tar Pits; the adjacent George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, which displa ...
neighborhood, and 1929 and 1930 saw the event's first foray to the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades before returning again to Los Angeles for the next decade. From 1931 to 1933, the event alternated between Wilshire CC and Hillcrest Country Club, before returning to Los Angeles CC from From the event was played at Griffith Park
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(Wilson course) and again at Los Angeles CC Babe Zaharias
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played in the being the first woman to play in a professional golf tournament for men.
In 1941, the event returned to Riviera CC and in 1942 was played again at Hillcrest CC before World War II
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intervened.
The event started up again in 1944 at Wilshire CC before spending the next nine years at Riviera CC, which also hosted the U.S. Open in June 1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
, won by Ben Hogan
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in a record score. In 1954, the event was played at Fox Hills Country Club (now in Culver City
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) and in 1955 moved to Inglewood Country Club. From the event returned to Los Angeles at Rancho Park Golf Course
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, with the exception of 1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
, which was at Brookside Golf Course
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in Pasadena
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, adjacent to the Rose Bowl Rose Bowl or Rosebowl may refer to:
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* Rose Bowl (stadium), Pasadena, California, site of the football game, and the home stadium of the UCLA Football team
* Rose Bowl (cricket ground), West ...
. In early January 1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
* January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
, 21-year-old Jack Nicklaus
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made his professional debut at the Los Angeles Open – his 289 tied for 50th (last place after the cut) at Rancho Park and earned $33.33 in prize money.
The L.A. Open was traditionally the first event of the season, played in early January; it was a late January event in 1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
and 1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
, and moved to the latter half of February in 1974
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. The year before, it began its current relationship with Riviera CC. The tournament has only twice been played at other courses since: Rancho Park Golf Course in 1983, while Riviera prepared to host the PGA Championship
The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. The PGA is one of the four men's major golf champi ...
, and Valencia Country Club in 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
, while Riviera prepared to host the U.S. Senior Open. The event remained at Riviera in 1995, despite Riviera hosting the PGA Championship
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that and also remained in 2017, when the course hosted the U.S. Amateur
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.
In 1992
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Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
* January 6
** The Republ ...
, the Nissan Los Angeles Open at Riviera CC was the site of Tiger Woods
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' first PGA Tour event as an amateur player, as a high school Neither Woods nor Jack Nicklaus
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have won the event; Woods lost in a playoff in 1998 (at Valencia) and was again a runner-up the next year at Riviera, while Nicklaus' best finish was two strokes back in solo second in 1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
. He had earned his first paycheck as a pro in the event in 1962 at Rancho Park, less than thirty four dollars.
The 2001 event was only the second time that a six-player playoff was needed in PGA Tour history to determine the tournament winner. Robert Allenby
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Early life
Allenby was born in Melbourne on 12 July 1971. He is of English descent, with his father being a native of Leeds.
Professional career
He turned professional i ...
won the playoff ahead of Toshi Izawa
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Early life
Izawa was born in Kanagawa, attended Nihon Taiiku University, and turned professional in 1989.
Professiona ...
, Brandel Chamblee
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Brandel Eugene Chamblee (born July 2, 1962) is an American former professional golfer, commentator and writer.
Early life and amateur career
Chamblee was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in ...
, Bob Tway
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Early life
Tway wa ...
, Jeff Sluman
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Early life and amateur career
Sluman was born and reared in Rochester, New Yo ...
, and Dennis Paulson
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Paulson was born in San Gabriel, California. He had a PGA Tour victory in 2000. His tour nickname is The Chief.
Paulson has been featured in the top 50 of the Offi ...
.
In 2005, the tournament was shortened by 36 holes due to rain. Adam Scott defeated Chad Campbell
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Early life ...
on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff on a Monday. Due to the event's length, this win is counted as unofficial for Scott.
In 2007, Rich Beem
Richard Michael Beem (born August 24, 1970) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and is best known for his upset victory at the 2002 PGA Championship.
Early life and amateur career
Beem was born in Phoenix, Arizona, g ...
made a hole-in-one
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at the 14th hole on Saturday to win a new red Altima coupe, which he immediately ascended, embraced, and sat atop of in triumph. The sequence was later made into a Nissan commercial.
video
Beem credited Peter Jacobsen
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for inspiring his reaction; Jacobsen aced the same hole thirteen years earlier in 1994 then hopped into the nearby 300ZX
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It was sold in Japan from 1983 to 2000 a ...
convertible and pretended to drive it.
In September 2007, it was originally announced that Bearing Point, a consulting firm based in McLean
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, Virginia
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, would become the new title sponsor of the tournament, but Northern Trust
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became the title sponsor beginning in February 2008. The five-year agreement, which extended through the 2012 event, was announced October 15, 2007, by PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem and William A. Osborn, Chairman and CEO of Northern Trust Corporation. The tournament became known as the Northern Trust Open, and the new partnership marks the beginning of a process of transformation for this high-profile tournament. As part of the initial move to enhance the tournament, the Northern Trust Open increased its purse to $6.2 million in 2008, an increase of $1 million over 2007. Additionally, the tournament pro-am went from four amateurs to three per group. After the initial 5-year agreement, it was extended 4 years to cover Northern Trust's partnership through the 2016 event.
Phil Mickelson
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won the 2008 tournament and successfully defended the title in 2009 with a one-stroke victory over Steve Stricker
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. In 2010, Stricker came back to win the Northern Trust Open and secure his ranking of the number two player in the world. In 2016, Bubba Watson won the tournament for a second time in three years, holding off Adam Scott and Jason Kokrak to win by one shot with a 15-under-par total.
Following the demise of The National tournament after 2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
, which was run by the Tiger Woods Foundation, the Genesis Open was converted to an invitational for 2020
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, with a larger purse and a smaller field.
Due to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires
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, the 2025
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edition was moved from Riviera to Torrey Pines Golf Course
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in San Diego
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. Torrey Pines hosted the Farmers Insurance Open
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three weeks earlier, with one round on the North course (either Thursday or Friday) and three on the South; all four rounds of the Genesis Invitational were on the South course.
Invitational status
The Genesis Invitational is one of only five tournaments given "invitational" status by the PGA Tour
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, and consequently it has a reduced field of only 69 players in 2024 (as opposed to most full-field open tournaments with a field of 156 players). The other four are the Arnold Palmer Invitational
The Arnold Palmer Invitational is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played each March at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge, a private golf resort owned since 1974 by Arnold Palmer in Bay Hill, a suburb southwest of Orlando, Florid ...
, RBC Heritage
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...
, Charles Schwab Challenge
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, and the Memorial Tournament
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.
Invitational tournaments have smaller fields (between 69 and 132 players), and have more freedom than full-field open tournaments in determining which players are eligible to participate in their event, as invitational tournaments are not required to fill their fields using the PGA Tour Priority Ranking System. Furthermore, unlike full-field open tournaments, invitational tournaments do not offer open qualifying (aka Monday qualifying). The winner is granted a three-year tour exemption, rather than two.
Field
The field consists of at least 120 players invited using the following criteria:
# Genesis winners from past five years
# The Players Championship
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and major championship winners in the last five years
# FedEx Cup
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winners in the last five years (beginning with the 2019 winner)
# World Golf Championships
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winners in the past three years
# Arnold Palmer Invitational
The Arnold Palmer Invitational is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played each March at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge, a private golf resort owned since 1974 by Arnold Palmer in Bay Hill, a suburb southwest of Orlando, Florid ...
and Memorial Tournament
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winners in the past three years
# Tournament winner since last Genesis
# Prior year U.S. Amateur
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winner (may have turned professional)
# Current PGA Tour members who were playing members of last named Ryder Cup
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and Presidents Cup
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teams
# Top 125 from prior year FedEx Cup
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points list
# Top 10 from the current FedEx Cup points list (as of Friday prior)
# 12 sponsor exemptions – 2 from Web.com Tour
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finals, 2 members not otherwise exempt, and 8 unrestricted
# If necessary, field filled to 120 from current year FedEx Cup point list (as of Friday prior)
Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption
In 2009, the tournament designated one unrestricted exemption for a player who represents the advancement of diversity in golf. The exemption is called the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption, in honor of pioneering black golfer and 1969 tournament winner Charlie Sifford
Charles Luther Sifford (June 2, 1922 – February 3, 2015) was an American professional golfer who was the first African American to play on the PGA Tour. He won the Greater Hartford Open in 1967 and the Los Angeles Open in 1969. He also won the ...
. While most of the recipients have been of African-American descent, the 2015 exemption went to PGA Tour rookie Carlos Sainz Jr., of Filipino and Bolivian descent; and the 2016 recipient, J. J. Spaun
John Michael "J.J." Spaun Jr. (born August21, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won one major championship (golf), major championship, the 2025 U.S. Open (golf), 2025 U.S. Open.
After playing for the Sa ...
, is also of Filipino descent.
The 2018 exemption went to Cameron Champ
Cameron Mackray Champ (born June 15, 1995) is an American professional golfer from Sacramento, California.
College career
For the Texas A&M Aggies he won the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational and finished in the top 10 of six other tournament ...
, who nine months later became the first past recipient of this exemption to win on the PGA Tour when he won the Sanderson Farms Championship in the fall portion of the 2019 season. In 2020, Joseph Bramlett
Joseph Eugene Bramlett (born April 7, 1988) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. Early life and career
Bramlett, a biracial African American, is a graduate of St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California. He then attended ...
became the first two-time recipient of the award.[
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Course layout
Source:
Winners
''Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.''
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Notes
References
External links
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