In a field that included all top 10 ranked players in the world, 23-year old Joaquin Niemann became the fourth ever wire-to-wire champion at The Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in the Pacific Palisades on Feb. 20, 2022; Â joining the company of Ben Hogan (1948), Lloyd Magnum (1956), and Charlie Sifford (2022) to win leading every round. The turnout of spectators was estimated as the tournament’s largest, as Niemann was alongside tournament host Tiger Woods for the trophy presentation and received the winning purse of $2,160,000 and 550 FedEx points from the total purse of 12 million. Woods played his first PGA Tournament at Riviera Country Club in 1992 at 16 years old, but has never won this tournament which was originally known as the Los Angeles Open beginning in 1926. “It’s unbelievable,” said Niemann. “I had a couple of chances to win my second tournament, and I missed …
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