The 2022 Genesis Invitational is back to its regular select 120 player field following the limited edition due to Covid-19. As always, the field is strong with plenty of top-ranked players getting ready to compete at the Riviera Country Club at Pacific Palisades, California starting with Jon Rahm and Patrick Cantlay.

Rahm comes in as the lone favorite at +800 with Cantlay at +1100 heading into the opening round on Thursday. Rahm finished last week’s rowdy Phoenix Open with a T10 on the tournament. Cantlay finished 2nd at Phoenix behind Scottie Scheffler as the two players battled at the end in a playoff.

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Speaking of playoffs, this event also finished in the same way last season! In 2021, it was Max Homa beating Tony Finau in a playoff for the Genesis win. Oddsmakers see the two as near equals again this year at the Genesis as Homa comes in at +4500 while Tony Finau is at +5000. This field is packed with plenty of value picks – as is the nature of invitational style fields.

Here are the top contenders to win the 2022 Genesis Invitational outright.

Jon Rahm +800

Patrick Cantlay +1100

Justin Thomas +1400

Dustin Johnson +1600

Rory McIlroy +1800

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Where: Pacific Palisades, California

Course: Riviera Country Club

Format: Stroke Play

Par: 71

Length: 7,322

When: February 17–20, 2022

Purse: $9.5 Million

TV Coverage: CBS, Golf Channel

This is a venue that forces players to dig into their bags for the right clubs. The Riviera Country Club does not have any “gimmie” holes! Everything is protected by trees lining fairways to surgically placed bunkers. There are only a few places on the course where strokes can be easily made up and No. 4 is not one of them.

Ben Hogan famously called the Par-three No. 4 hole “the greatest par-three in America.” They now have a plaque to commemorate Hogan’s comment as the green is protected by rolling terrain, roughs, and ball swallowing bunkers. Getting away with par is a plus!

The course plays into a small canyon area giving several holes natural outcroppings along the fairways. Many of the greens are raised which always forces players to have command of their short game. Strong putters will be needed as many of the greens have fall-away areas which could cause some awkward rolls past the hole.

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2022 Genesis Invitational Picks

Patrick Cantlay +1100

Patrick Cantlay came in 2nd last week at the Phoenix Open after a playoff loss to Scottie Scheffler. That second-place effort gives him five consecutive tournaments, including a win at the Ryder Cup, with a 9th or better finishes. Here’s how it breaks down over his last 5 outings; 2nd, T4, 9th, 4th, and 1st. Any way you slice it, that’s some strong golf!

Hideki Matsuyama +2200

Hideki Matsuyama is the leader in FedEx points and is now ranked 10th in the OWGR rankings. He won the Sony Open and the ZOZO Championship so far in this new 20221-2022 season. Last week he was one of the contenders for the win before finishing a strong T8 at the Phoenix Open. He has three top 10s and a T11 at the Riviera Country Club.

Bubba Watson +4000

Bubba Watson has not played any PGA Tour events since the QBE Shootout back in December where he finished T9. That’s except for his return to the schedule last week in Scottsdale where he finished T14. However, he has been playing golf including a 2nd place finish at the Saudi Invitational. Watson has won the Genesis Open three times.

Others: Viktor Hovland (+2500) did not have the best outing last week but he scored a T5 here last season. Luke List (+7500) finally followed through and got his first PGA Tour win a few weeks ago. List has a great short game going and that is always a plus at Riviera.

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2022 Genesis Invitational Betting Lines

Jon Rahm +800

Patrick Cantlay +1100

Justin Thomas +1400

Dustin Johnson +1600

Rory McIlroy +1800

Collin Morikawa +2000

Xander Schauffele +2000

Cameron Smith +2200

Hideki Matsuyama +2200

Viktor Hovland +2500

Scottie Scheffler +2500

Will Zalatoris +2800

Brooks Koepka +3300

Sungjae Im +3500

Jordan Spieth +3500

Sam Burns +3500

Matt Fitzpatrick +3500

Bubba Watson +4000

Adam Scott +4500

Max Homa +4500

Tony Finau +5000

Talor Gooch +5000

Russell Henley +5000

Marc Leishman +5500

Sergio Garcia +6000

Paul Casey +6000

Joaquin Niemann +6600

Thomas Pieters +6600

Jason Kokrak +6600

Kevin Na +6600

Seamus Power +6600

Alex Noren +6600

Abraham Ancer +7000

Si-Woo Kim +7000

Patrick Reed +7000

Tom Hoge +7000

Luke List +7500

Lanto Griffin +8000

Cameron Tringale +8000

Corey Conners +8000

Maverick McNealy +8000

Christiaan Bezuidenhout +9000

Erik Van Rooyen +9000

Mackenzie Hughes +9000

Harold Varner III +10000

Adam Hadwin +10000

Sahith Theegala +10000

Robert Macintyre +12500

Keegan Bradley +12500

Jhonattan Vegas +12500

Francesco Molinari +12500

Ryan Palmer +12500

Martin Laird +12500

Troy Merritt +12500

Carlos Ortiz +15000

Kyoung-Hoon Lee +15000

Matt Jones +15000

Andrew Putnam +15000

Joel Dahmen +15000

Russell Knox +15000

Patton Kizzire +15000

Matt Kuchar +15000

Aaron Wise +15000

Rickie Fowler +15000

Min Woo Lee +17500

Cameron Davis +17500

Sebastian Munoz +17500

Taylor Moore +17500

Cameron Young +17500

Pat Perez +17500

Charley Hoffman +20000

Branden Grace +20000

Mito Pereira +20000

Cameron Champ +20000

James Hahn +20000

Doug Ghim +20000

Patrick Rodgers +20000

Wyndham Clark +20000

Beau Hossler +25000

JJ Spaun +25000

Scott Stallings +25000

Matthew Nesmith +25000

JT Poston +25000

Chez Reavie +25000

Matt Wallace +25000

Charl Schwartzel +25000

Emiliano Grillo +25000

Brendan Steele +30000

Dylan Frittelli +30000

Doc Redman +30000

Vincent Whaley +30000

Hayden Buckley +30000

Scott Piercy +30000

Harry Higgs +35000

Sepp Straka +35000

Kramer Hickok +35000

Kyle Stanley +40000

David Lipsky +40000

Henrik Norlander +40000

Peter Malnati +40000

Sam Ryder +40000

C T Pan +40000

Adam Long +40000

Adam Schenk +40000

Roger Sloan +40000

Danny Lee +50000

Brian Stuard +50000

Robert Streb +50000

Hank Lebioda +50000

Jaekyeong Lee +50000

Anirban Lahiri +50000

Kevin Tway +50000

Nick Watney +75000

Chesson Hadley +75000

Brandon Hagy +75000

Aaron Beverly +100000