The Genesis Invitational, scheduled for Feb. 10-16 and hosted by Tiger Woods, is moving elsewhere “out of respect for the unfolding situation.”
Tiger Woods' Genesis Invitational is being moved from Los Angeles to San Diego after the devastating wildfires damaged a course in Los Angeles.
The PGA Tour will relocate next month’s Genesis Invitational in Pacific Palisades because of the wildfires in the area.
Tiger Woods’ PGA golf tournament is moving from the Los Angeles area to San Diego as a result of the fires ravaging Southern California. This year, the Genesis Open — traditionally played at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades — will instead head to the famed Torrey Pines Golf Course,
The tournament hosted by Tiger Woods is relocating from Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades due to ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area.
PGA officials announced Friday that The Genesis Invitational will be played on the South Course at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego Feb. 10-16. The event was moved from Riviera Country Club earlier this month due to wildfires in Southern California.
There are at least 60 people from the City of San Diego’s staff who work on staging the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open at the municipal Torrey Pines golf courses. They toil long hours for months in advance and then all but collapse onto their couches when the final putt drops.
Keeping the tourney in California and the proximity to Riviera Country Club were primary factors for selecting Torrey Pines for the Feb. 13-16 to the event.
The PGA Tour made official what Golfweek reported earlier this week — that the 2025 Genesis Invitational will head down I-405 from its usual home at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades to Torrey Pines (South Course) in La Jolla, near San Diego.
Riviera Country Club sits right in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, which was devastated by a fire earlier this month.
Torrey Pines is hosting the Farmers Insurance Open this week saving Genesis the difficulty of preparing for a major event in less than a month.