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Feb 15, 2024; Pacific Palisades, California, USA; Tiger Woods on the tenth hole during the first round of The Genesis Invitational golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Jason Parkhurst-USA TODAY Sports
USA Today via Reuters
Feb 15, 2024; Pacific Palisades, California, USA; Tiger Woods on the tenth hole during the first round of The Genesis Invitational golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Jason Parkhurst-USA TODAY Sports
The final round of the Genesis Invitational will tee off at 2.15 PM PST (9.55 AM EST) on Sunday. While Tiger Woods’s withdrawal and Jordan Spieth’s disqualification took the limelight on Friday, the moving day saw significant movement on the leaderboard. Patrick Cantlay, nevertheless, held onto this lead heading into the final round.
The third Signature event has a purse size of $20 million, the same as last year. But the breakdown of the total purse has gone through some changes. In addition to the prize money, 700 FedEx Cup points and 68.54 world ranking points are on the cards for the winner.
Genesis Invitational purse breakdown
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A whopping 20 percent of the total purse size will be reserved for the Riviera champion. That’s $400,000 more than what Jon Rahm won last year, after edging past Max Homa. The runner-up will also get $2,200,000, up $200,000 from Homa’s second-place finish last year. This year, the top four on the leaderboard will clear a million, as opposed to the only top three last year. Here is the full breakdown of the purse size at the Genesis Invitational.
| Pos. | Pct. | Amount |
| 1 | 20% | $4,000,000.00 |
| 2 | 11% | $2,200,000.00 |
| 3 | 7% | $1,400,000.00 |
| 4 | 5% | $1,000,000.00 |
| 5 | 4.20% | $840,000.00 |
| 6 | 3.80% | $760,000.00 |
| 7 | 3.50% | $700,000.00 |
| 8 | 3.23% | $646,000.00 |
| 9 | 3% | $600,000.00 |
| 10 | 2.78% | $556,000.00 |
| 11 | 2.57% | $514,000.00 |
| 12 | 2.36% | $472,000.00 |
| 13 | 2.15% | $430,000.00 |
| 14 | 1.95% | $389,000.00 |
| 15 | 1.85% | $369,000.00 |
| 16 | 1.75% | $349,000.00 |
| 17 | 1.65% | $329,000.00 |
| 18 | 1.55% | $309,000.00 |
| 19 | 1.45% | $289,000.00 |
| 20 | 1.35% | $269,000.00 |
| 21 | 1.25% | $250,000.00 |
| 22 | 1.17% | $233,000.00 |
| 23 | 1.08% | $216,000.00 |
| 24 | 1% | $200,000.00 |
| 25 | 0.92% | $184,000.00 |
| 26 | 0.84% | $168,000.00 |
| 27 | 0.81% | $161,000.00 |
| 28 | 0.77% | $154,000.00 |
| 29 | 0.74% | $147,000.00 |
| 30 | 0.70% | $140,000.00 |
| 31 | 0.67% | $133,000.00 |
| 32 | 0.63% | $126,000.00 |
| 33 | 0.60% | $119,000.00 |
| 34 | 0.57% | $114,000.00 |
| 35 | 0.55% | $109,000.00 |
| 36 | 0.52% | $104,000.00 |
| 37 | 0.50% | $99,000.00 |
| 38 | 0.47% | $94,000.00 |
| 39 | 0.45% | $90,000.00 |
| 40 | 0.43% | $86,000.00 |
| 41 | 0.41% | $82,000.00 |
| 42 | 0.39% | $78,000.00 |
| 43 | 0.37% | $74,000.00 |
| 44 | 0.35% | $70,000.00 |
| 45 | 0.33% | $66,000.00 |
| 46 | 0.31% | $62,000.00 |
| 47 | 0.29% | $58,000.00 |
| 48 | 0.28% | $56,000.00 |
| 49 | 0.27% | $54,000.00 |
| 50 | 0.26% | $52,000.00 |
| Total | $20,000,000.00 | |
| 51 | 0.26% | $51,000.00 |
| 52 | 0.25% | $50,000.00 |
| 53 | 0.25% | $49,000.00 |
| 54 | 0.24% | $48,000.00 |
| 55 | 0.24% | $47,000.00 |
| 56 | 0.23% | $46,000.00 |
| 57 | 0.23% | $45,000.00 |
| 58 | 0.22% | $44,000.00 |
| 59 | 0.22% | $43,000.00 |
| 60 | 0.21% | $42,000.00 |
| 61 | 0.21% | $41,000.00 |
| 62 | 0.20% | $40,000.00 |
| 63 | 0.20% | $39,000.00 |
| 64 | 0.19% | $38,000.00 |
| 65 | 0.19% | $37,000.00 |
| 66 | 0.18% | $36,000.00 |
| 67 | 0.18% | $35,000.00 |
| 68 | 0.17% | $34,000.00 |
| 69 | 0.17% | $33,000.00 |
| 70 | 0.16% | $32,000.00 |
Pairings to watch out for in the final round
Xander Schauffle and Patrick Cantlay, off-course buddies, have been paired together for the final round. Cantlay held onto his lead but Schauffele came within range after a stellar moving day performance. Cantlay has a two-shot overnight cushion heading into the final round.
They have been paired many times before on the final day, most famously at the 2020 Zozo Championship, where Cantlay got better of Schauffele, and in the 2022 Travelers Championship, where Schauffele went on to snatch his sixth career win.
On the other hand, resurgent hero Will Zalatoris has been paired up with Luke List. Zalatoris shot 6-under 65 to card 12-under after the third round and tied with Schauffele for the second spot. List moved two spots down, carding 3-under 68 on Saturday.
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On the other hand, last year’s runner-up, Max Homa, will tee up alongside Scottie Scheffler at 12.05 PM EST. Homa slipped to the 20th spot, carding 1-under 70 in a round filled with four bogeys, three birdies, and an eagle. Scheffler continued his downslide in putting making three bogeys to also post 1-under 70.
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The third round can be streamed live on ESPN+ at 10 AM EST. The Golf Channel will start broadcasting at 1 PM EST and CBS will broadcast at 3 PM EST. Additionally, Peacock will run a simulcast of the event.
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