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The Genesis Invitational 2025 Golf Betting Preview, Odds, Picks And Props
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The 2025 Genesis Invitational moves from Riviera CC to Torrey Pines in San Diego with 72 top players ... [+] competing in a $20 million Signature Event. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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A new location for the 2025 Genesis Invitational is a familiar golf course on the PGA Tour. This year’s tournament is moved from Riviera CC down the California coast to Torrey Pines, site of the Farmers Insurance Open just three weeks ago. But The Genesis Invitational is a Signature Event on Tour, which means more top-ranked pros will be firing for fairways and greens with a top prize of $4 million from the $20 million purse.
Tournament host Tiger Woods withdrew from the event Monday afternoon, but should be at the event later in the week to greet the elite 71-player field for the 99th edition of event. The 49-year-old Woods was a seven time winner of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, and also won the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey.
Torrey Pines South Course Hole-By-Hole
Feb. 13-16, 2025 - San Diego
Par 72 and 7,765 yards
Torrey Pines is a 36-hole municipal golf facility in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California. The South Course was redesigned and renovated a second time in 2019 by Rees Jones. The course is host to the annual Farmers Insurance Open, and was also site of the 2021 U.S. Open, won by LIV golfer Jon Rahm (-6). Finishing in third place at that major was Harris English, who won the 2025 Farmers Insurance Open last month as a big longshot with a score of 280, or 8-under par.
Three of the last four winners of the Farmers Insurance Open on the long Torrey Pines South Course finished top-5 in Strokes Gained Approach and top-10 in Putting. In addition to those stats, driving distance, SG: Off the Tee and stronger long iron play from 175 to 200+ yards will shape the leaderboard.
This week the course will play to the same distance as the Farmers event, and the grass cuts will be the same on the below Tour averaged size Poa annua greens, and ryegrass fairways and 4-inch rough.
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However, the course won’t play as firm and fast the first two days of the tournament. An 80-90% chance of rain Wednesday into play on Thursday will add another element to play. Near 60 degree temperatures and gusting winds 10-20 mph continue into Round 2 Friday, where a 60% chance of rain is possible.
Top Players To Watch
Other top finishers in last months Farmers Insurance Open playing in this week’s Genesis Invitational include: Sungjae Im (T4), Taylor Pendrith (T7), Keegan Bradley (T15) and Belgian Thomas Detry (T15), who gets into the big money, exclusive Genesis field after winning last week’s Phoenix Open at +12000, or 120/1 odds for his firs PGA Tour win.
The star-studded 71-player field for the 2025 Genesis includes 46 of the top 50 golfers in the Official World Golf Rankings. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler tops the field along with No. 3 Rory McIlroy, who just won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am this month, No. 4 Collin Morikawa and last year’s Genesis champion and world No. 5 Hideki Matsuyama, who won The Sentry Signature Event to kick off the New Year over runner-up Morikawa.
Odds to Win The Genesis Invitational
Golf odds from FanDuel and leading online sportsbooks refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting. Odds adjust during and following rounds for the 2025 Genesis Invitaitonal.
+360: Scottie Scheffler
+700: Rory McIlroy
+1400: Collin Morikawa
+1600: Justin Thomas
+1800: Ludvig Aberg
+2500: Hideki Matsuyama
+2800: Sungjae Im
+3000: Jordan Spieth
+3300: Tommy Fleetwood, Jason Day
+3500: Rasmus Hojgaard, Taylor Pendrith
+3500: Tony Finau, Patrick Cantlay
+4000: Tom Kim, Sepp Straka, Viktor Hovland, Will Zalatoris
+4500: Shane Lowry, Maverick McNealy, Sam Burns
+4500: Min Woo Lee, Thomas Detry, Russell Henley
+5000: Robert MacIntyre,
+6000: Harris English, Keegan Bradley
+6500: Adam Scott, Sam Stevens, Wyndham Clark, C. Young
+7000: Cam Davs
+7500: Daniel Berger
+8000: Byeong Hun An, J.T. Poston
+8500: Andrew Novak
+9000: Corey Conners, Si Woo Kim
+10000: Major winners Fitzpatrick, Glover, Harman,
Woodland (125/1), Rose (175/1)
72-hole winning score: Over/Under (To be updated)
Beyond betting on the Genesis event, fans can support and donate to the California Fire Foundation to assist those affected by the devastating wildfires. The PGA Tour is also supporting and contributing to people, victims and foundations including the Red Cross due to the unprecedented natural disaster in Greater Los Angeles.
Golf Picks, Props and Stats
Golf picks are updated weekly Tuesday and Wednesday as selected golf analysts, handicappers and noted golf media provide contributors picks to win, props and additional information you can bet on.
Bamford Golf: McIlroy, MacIntyre, Clark, Min Woo Lee, Adam Scott
More picks and stats as available Wednesday ahead of the Genesis event.
Types Of Bets And How To Read The Odds
Players at the top of the 2025 FedExCup Standings playing this week include: Straka (1), Detry (2), Matsuyama (3), McIlroy (4), Taylor (5), English (6), Morikawa (7), Sungjae Im (8), Thomas (9), Cam Davis (10), Lowry (11), Henley (12), Glover (14), Pendrith (16), Rose (17), Echavarria (18), Day (19), Aberg (22), Conners (23), McNealy (25).
Tournament Matchups
Matchup offerings and odds vary from leading online sportsbooks, and will be updated here Tuesday and Wednesday along with any select picks, which went 2-0 in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am with tournament winner Rory McIlroy over Scottie Scheffler, and 1-0 in the Phoenix Open with T6 finish by Justin Thomas over Hideki Matsuyama. Check out more from the biggest and best sportsbooks in Las Vegas.
The South Course features eight Par 4 holes that measure more than 450 yards. Keep that in mine as you evaluate players for matchups, top finishes and power players with strength in long iron play, Poa putting and experience on the longer course.
How To Watch The Genesis Invitational
All times Eastern
Thursday-Friday: 4-8 p.m. (Golf Channel, NBC Sports App)
Saturday-Sunday: 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-7 p.m. (NBC & NBC Sports App)
PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ provides streaming live coverage. Paramount+ will stream NBC’s broadcasts online along with the NBC Sports App.
Thursday and Friday tee times posted along with featured groups on Wednesday as provided by the PGA Tour.
Featured Groups
Thursday (ESPN+, all times Eastern)
Featured Holes (South): Par 4’s at No. 4, 10, 14 and Par 3 at No. 16
More golf and betting news, odds, stats and memorable moments with golf highlights and inspiring stories ahead. Watch each week as the PGA pros fire for more birdies and score with biggest prize pools in the Signature Events. Golf fans also shoot for more fairways and greens in pursuit of profit while watching and wagering on golf.
You can bet on it.
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