Torrey Pines will welcome the Genesis Invitational

It's official: the southern route of Torrey Pines, the same one that welcomes the Farmers Insurance Open this week, will be the host of Genesis Invitational, from February 10 to 16. The third Event signature of the season on the PGA Tour had to be relocated because of the fires that hit Los Angeles and the Riviera Country Club's journey.

As rumor suggested, the PGA TOUR and the Genesis Invitational announced that the tournament organized by Tiger Woods will be well disputed on the southern route of Torrey Pines Golf Course In San Diego, on the planned dates, from February 10 to 16.

The fires that struck the Los Angeles region obviously damaged the Riviera Country Club which was to host the event. The whole region has experienced a real tragedy.

Although the Riviera course and clubhouse were not affected by the current tragedy, most of the surrounding district of Pacific Palisades was destroyed, with more than 9,300 hectares affected by fires. Contesting a golf tournament in a disaster context, has contributed to the desire to move the event.

« We are grateful to the city of San Diego and Torrey Pines to welcome the Genesis Invitational 2025, as well as to all those who supported the tournamentsaid Tiger Woods in a statement. Although Riviera remains the place of reception of Genesis Invitational (from 2026), we are impatient to play on another golf course at a championship level and to use the tournament to support people affected by fires in the region from Los Angeles. »

A course that knows how to defend itself …

Torrey Pines therefore has a double menu this year, since the Farmers Insurance Open On this venerable course. A course that showed its difficulty: the North Course and the South Course were swept by the winds this Friday and the cut was set at +1. A cut only crossed by Antoine Rozner French side.

Even if he won this year in the defense of his title, Matthieu Pavon It will not be unhappy with this return to a route that he saw him become the first Frenchman to win on the PGA Tour a year ago.

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