Rory McIlroy shot the lowest opening round of his Riviera Country Club career to grab a share of the clubhouse lead in the Genesis Invitational and move closer to becoming the first player to reach 30 PGA Tour wins since Phil Mickelson 19 years ago. England’s Aaron Rai was six under with two to play, and an out-of-sorts Scottie Scheffler tied for last on five-over after another glacial PGA Tour start. It’s his 275th PGA Tour start and he admitted that experience has helped him learn to deal with demanding conditions and work hard to improve his weaknesses. “If you can chip off of a really tight lie or a green like that, you can basically chip off any lie. “So I do a lot of practice chipping off the green, the practice green at home at the Bear's Club.

Source: Irish Independent February 20, 2026 19:02 UTC