Collin Morikawa broke an 837-day drought with last week’s win and will be looking for his second consecutive championship when he tees off at the 2026 Genesis Invitational, which opens Thursday at Riviera Country Club. Morikawa is scheduled to compete in the 2026 Genesis Invitational, which will also feature Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele. The latest odds for the 2026 Genesis Invitational show Scheffler as the +300 favorite to win (risk $300 to win $100), followed by McIlroy (+1100), Schauffele (+1700), Hideki Matsuyama (+2000) and Tommy Fleetwood (+2200).
Fleetwood has 19 consecutive rounds in the ’60s on the PGA Tour and is a big reason why SportsLine’s Eric Cohen is backing the Englishman to secure a top-10 finish at +168 odds. Cohen analyzed the Genesis Invitational field and made his best bets for this week’s PGA Tour event.
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Cohen will host the Early wedge best bet show Stream every Tuesday at 7pm ET on SportsLine’s YouTube page. These are his show notes with picks and rationale.
1st round leader:
Top 10 after round 1:
Patrick Cantlay (+315) – 1st round average here 69.3 – 2 FRL in 10 outings
Chris Gotterup (+340) – 3 FRL top 4 finishes in L4 events
Windham Clark (+495) – 3 FRL top 5s in 5 trips.
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Matchup:
Big Guns (Scheffler/McIlroy/Schaufele/Fleetwood/Matsuyama/Morikawa/Young/Cantlay)
vs. The Field (-124)
Oceania Top: Adam Scott (+198)
- In three events this season, he also gained a combined 13 strokes on the ball.
- ARG and putting struggles – lost strokes in all 3 events
- 16 trips, 2 wins, 4 top 2 finishes – only 1 loss on OTT
- Must beat Min Woo Lee, Jason Day, and Ryan Fox.
Finishing position:
Tommy Fleetwood Top 5 (+360), Top 10 (+168)
-19 consecutive rounds in the 60’s on the PGA Tour.
– Total profit on approach, T2G, and all 4 trips on the field. Earned a total of 7.5 strokes or more in putting in 2023 and 2024.
-In the last four outings, the finish has gotten better each time. In 2024 we had T10 here.
Harris English Top 20 (+102)
– Finished within 20-30 hours each in the last 4 weeks
-Continues to get plenty of strokes OTT – 12.6 in 4 events
– T12th and 7th in last two events at Riviera – Gained 12.5 strokes or more in these events
Adam Scott Top 20 (+130)
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Outright winner:
Patrick Cantlay (+2800, +2350 (no Scheffler))
- Between the four rounds of 2023 before he got sick and the first two rounds of 2024, Cantlay gained over 25 strokes on the field.
- 3 top 4 finishes in Riviera L7
- Cantlay owes me this week after he collapsed here two years ago. He held a large lead after two rounds, but fell ill over the weekend.
Maverick McNeely (+3600 (no Scheffler))
- He finished in the top 30 in all four events this season, averaging a four-stroke gain in T2G over the field in each tournament.
- T7 got almost 11.5 shots here in 2022 with ARG and putting
- Strong OTT + approach game works in his favor here, ranking 25th in driving distance so far this season
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Longshot (parlay): 0.1 unit
- Scheffler wins, Fleetwood + Cantlay Top 10, McNeely Top 20 (+8000)
- Schaeffler + Cantlay Top 5, McIlroy + Fleetwood Top 10 (+6000)
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