Tiger Woods headlines star-studded 2023 Genesis Invitational: Full field explored

After a successful WM Phoenix Open outing in Arizona, the PGA Tour is now headed to Los Angeles for the Genesis Invitational. The event, being played for the 60th time at Riviera Country Club, is set to start on February 16.

The PGA Tour’s Los Angeles stop is also special as it is hosted by Tiger Woods. Furthermore, the event will have the legendary golfer teeing up for the first time this year. The Genesis Invitational is another "designated event" with a huge prize purse of $20 million. The event’s winner will earn a whopping $3.6 million paycheck.

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The Genesis Invitational full field

Like the WM Phoenix Open, the Genesis Invitational features a star-studded field. Headlined by Tiger Woods himself, the event’s 134-player field will have 23 of the world's top 25 golfers teeing up. Woods, whose last appearance on the PGA Tour came at the 150th Open at St. Andrews, will go up against world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 2 Rory McIlroy and No.3 Jon Rahm among others.

Furthermore, players like Max Homa, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick, Hideki Matsuyama, Hideki Matsuyama, Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris, and Sungjae Im, will also be on the field. The stacked field will go up against each other for the $20 million prize purse.

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Here is the complete field for the Genesis Invitational (as of Monday, February 13):

Former Winners of the Genesis Invitational

• J.B. Holmes
• Max Homa
• Adam Scott

Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption)

• Rory McIlroy
• Webb Simpson
• Justin Thomas

Winner of U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption)

• Matt Fitzpatrick
• Jon Rahm
• Gary Woodland

Winner of PGA Championship (five-year exemption)

• Collin Morikawa

Winner of Masters Tournament (five-year exemption)

• Hideki Matsuyama
• Scottie Scheffler
• Tiger Woods

Winner of Open Championship (five-year exemption)

• Shane Lowry
• Francesco Molinari

FedExCup Champion (five-year exemption)

• Patrick Cantlay

Winner of World Golf Championships event (three-year exemption)

• Billy Horschel

Winner of Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial Tournament and Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption)

• Tyrrell Hatton

PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption)

• Keegan Bradley
• Ryan Brehm
• Sam Burns
• Tony Finau
• Russell Henley
• Mackenzie Hughes
• Si Woo Kim
• Tom Kim
• K.H. Lee
• Trey Mullinax
• J.T. Poston
• Seamus Power
• Chad Ramey
• Chez Reavie
• Justin Rose
• Xander Schauffele
• J.J. Spaun
• Jordan Spieth
• Sepp Straka
• Adam Svensson
• Will Zalatoris

Member of most recent U.S. Ryder Cup team

• Harris English

Member of most recent European Ryder Cup team

• Tommy Fleetwood
• Viktor Hovland

Member of most recent U.S. Team at Presidents Cup

• Kevin Kisner
• Cameron Young

Member of most recent International Team at Presidents Cup

• Christiaan Bezuidenhout
• Corey Conners
• Cam Davis
• Sungjae Im

Top 125 on prior season's FedExCup

• Tom Hoge
• Brian Harman
• Sahith Theegala
• Scott Stallings
• Davis Riley
• Denny McCarthy
• Maverick McNealy
• Keith Mitchell
• Kurt Kitayama
• Lucas Glover
• Lucas Herbert
• Andrew Putnam
• Luke List
• Emiliano Grillo
• Brendan Steele
• Troy Merritt
• Adam Hadwin
• Matt Kuchar
• Taylor Moore
• Chris Kirk
• Alex Noren
• Alex Smalley
• Wyndham Clark
• Lee Hodges
• Brendon Todd
• Beau Hossler
• Lanto Griffin
• Brandon Wu
• Matthew NeSmith
• Adam Long
• Dylan Frittelli
• David Lipsky
• Adam Schenk
• Joel Dahmen
• Aaron Rai
• Stephan Jaeger
• Patrick Rodgers
• Russell Knox
• Kevin Streelman
• Mark Hubbard
• Peter Malnati
• Danny Lee
• Michael Thompson
• Hayden Buckley
• Martin Laird
• Sam Ryder
• Tyler Duncan
• Jhonattan Vegas
• Nate Lashley
• James Hahn
• Greyson Sigg
• Robert Streb
• Scott Piercy
• Callum Tarren
• Max McGreevy
• Chesson Hadley
• Nick Watney
• Jason Day
• Doug Ghim
• Stewart Cink
• Kevin Tway
• Matthias Schwab
• Patton Kizzire
• Rickie Fowler
• Nick Taylor
• Kramer Hickok
• Matt Wallace
• Austin Smotherman
• Justin Lower
• Doc Redman
• Danny Willett
• Kelly Kraft

# Major medical extension

• Nick Hardy

Top 10 on current season's FedExCup

• Taylor Montgomery

* Sponsor exemption (Korn Ferry Tour Finals)

• Thomas Detry
• S.H. Kim

Sponsor exemption (members not otherwise exempt)

• Cameron Champ
• Luke Donald

Sponsor exemption (unrestricted)

• Marcus Byrd
• Yeongsu Kim
• Adrian Meronk
• Keita Nakajima
• Justin Suh
• Ben Taylor
• Davis Thompson

More details on the Genesis Invitational, including the schedule and prize money breakdown, will be updated soon.