The Genesis Invitational

The Genesis Invitational announced today that Gregory Odom, Jr. of Howard University has been named the 2023 Pathway Player into the tournament’s Collegiate Showcase. Odom will compete in the Collegiate Showcase at The Riviera Country Club on Monday, February 13 with the opportunity to earn the final exemption into the 2023 Genesis Invitational, to be played February 16-19.

Tournament host Tiger Woods has announced Marcus Byrd as the recipient of the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption into the 2023 Genesis Invitational. Byrd will join the field at The Riviera Country Club February 16-19. Awarded annually since 2009, the Sifford exemption represents the advancement of diversity in the game of golf.

Over the years on the PGA TOUR, players have experienced plenty of playoffs, but nothing quite like the 2001 tournament at Riviera. The six-man playoff for the 2001 title was the largest playoff in PGA TOUR history and faced one of golf’s toughest closing holes in cold and difficult conditions.

During the 2022 Genesis Invitational at Riviera, Aaron Beverly confidently told the world that playing in his first PGA TOUR event wouldn’t be the only life-changing opportunity, but rather the first of many opportunities on the horizon. As the recipient of the 2022 Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption, Beverly competed alongside a field of the world’s […]

Building upon the tournament’s history of inclusion, The Genesis Invitational introduced the Pathway Player to the Collegiate Showcase in 2022. In collaboration with Ethan Mangum, the inaugural Pathway Player, The Genesis Invitational is supporting a series of free junior golf clinics this summer through At Par Golf at Chastain Park in Atlanta.