Rory McIlroy will tee off Round 1 of The Genesis Invitational on Thursday at 2:54 pm. The Northern Irishman will join the likes of Wyndham Clark and Max Homa at the first tee. The World No. 2 golfer will follow the grouping of World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, and Matt Fitzpatrick at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.
McIlroy is a favorite to win The Genesis Invitational 2024. According to SportsLine, he comes into the event with 17-2 odds. The 34-year-old is only second to Scheffler, who enters the event with 7-1 odds, on the list.
It’ll be interesting to see how the ace golfer fares on the 70-man field, which features 41 of the top 50 players in the world.
It is pertinent to note that Rory McIlroy didn’t have the best of starts to the 2024 PGA Tour schedule. The four-time Major winner, who won DP World Tour’s Dubai Desert Classic in January, made his Tour debut at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am earlier this month. Despite joining the field as a favorite, he finished T66.
Notably, the European Ryder Cup star played The Genesis Invitational last year and managed a T29 finish as Jon Rahm lifted the trophy. He’ll be eyeing to improve on the result this time.
The Genesis Invitational 2024 round 1 tee times
The Genesis Invitational Round 1 will begin at 10:20 am (ET), with Nicolai Hojgaard and Chase Johnson on the first tee.
Listed below are the complete Day 1 tee times for the PGA Tour event (All times ET):
1st tee
- 10:20 am - Nicolai Hojgaard, Chase Johnson
- 10:32 am - Charley Hoffman, Beau Hossler, Ben Griffin
- 10:44 am - Lucas Glover, Byeong Hun An, Adam Schenk
- 10:56 am - Emiliano Grillo, Russell Henley, Sungjae Im
- 11:08 am - Keegan Bradley, Tom Hoge, Harris English
- 11:20 am - Chris Kirk, Corey Conners, J.T. Poston
- 11:32 am - Adam Svensson, Seamus Power, Denny McCarthy
- 11:44 am - Cam Davis, Adam Hadwin, Cameron Young
- 12:01 pm - Nick Taylor, Viktor Hovland, Sam Burns
- 12:13 pm - Tom Kim, Patrick Cantlay, Jordan Spieth
- 12:25 pm - Justin Thomas, Tiger Woods, Gary Woodland
- 12:27 pm - Ludvig Aberg, Nick Hardy, Christiaan Bezuidenhour
- 12:49 pm - Nick Dunlap, Grayson Murray
- 1:01 pm - Will Zalatoris, Matt Kuchar, Sam Ryder
- 1:13 pm - Luke List, J.J. Spaun, Kevin Yu
- 1:25 pm - Jason Day, Tony Finau, Brendon Todd
- 1:42 pm - Lee Hodges, Brian Harman, Hideki Matsuyama
- 1:54 pm - Sepp Straka, Si Woo Kim, Andrew Putnam
- 2:06 pm - Rickie Fowler, Mackenzie Hughes, Patrick Rodgers
- 2:18 pm - Taylor Moore, Kurt Kitayama, Eric Cole
- 2:30 pm - Sahith Theegala, Xander Schauffele, Tommy Fleetwood
- 2:42 pm - Collin Morikawa, Matt Fitzpatrick, Scottie Scheffler
- 2:54 pm - Wyndham Clark, Rory McIlroy, Max Homa
- 3:06 pm - Adam Scott, Alex Smalley, Taylor Montgomery
More details on the PGA Tour's Genesis Invitational will be updated as the event progresses.