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It’s more than simply a name change. The purse increases nearly $2 million to $9.3 million, with the winner taking home $1.67 million. Winners are given a three-year PGA Tour exemption, while normal tournament winners are handed two-year exemptions. The field size also shrinks from 144 players to 120.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“In recognition of Tiger’s place alongside Jack and Arnold as a modern-day golf icon who hosts a home-based PGA Tour tournament, plus the common thread of doing exceptional philanthropic work through his TGR Foundation, elevating the Genesis Open is an important and deserved step toward further cementing Tiger’s legacy in our sport,” PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rory McIlroy, the new No. 1 player in the world, is the favorite at this week’s Genesis Invitational, held at famed Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California. McIlroy’s game is in pristine form. His last 11 worldwide starts feature nine top-9 finishes, to go along with victories at the Tour Championship and WGC-HSBC Champions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":126766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
New No. 1 Rory McIlroy Favorite at Riviera in Genesis Invitational<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n