Tournaments / 2017-2018
Genesis Open
2018-02-15 · The Riviera Country Club
- Winner
- Bubba Watson
- Winning score
- -12
- Field
- 141
- Field strength
- +0.197 SG
The 2017-2018 Genesis Open was played at The Riviera Country Club, starting 15 February 2018. Bubba Watson won at 12 under par (272), 2 strokes ahead of Kevin Na. The winning card was 68, 70, 65 and 69, and the win paid $1,296,000. Kevin Na and Tony Finau tied for second. 141 players started the event. The field averaged +0.197 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 85% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 141. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Bubba Watson
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 272
- Kevin Na
- Pos
- T2
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 274
- Tony Finau
- Pos
- T2
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 274
- Patrick Cantlay
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 275
- Scott Stallings
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 275
- Adam Hadwin
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 74
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 276
- Cameron Smith
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 276
- Phil Mickelson
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 276
- Jordan Spieth
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 277
- Justin Thomas
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 277
- Martin Laird
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 277
- Ryan Moore
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 277
- Xander Schauffele
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 277
- Aaron Baddeley
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 278
- James Hahn
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 278
- Alex Noren
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 280
- Derek Fathauer
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 280
- Dustin Johnson
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 280
- Sung Kang
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 280
- Bud Cauley
- Pos
- T20
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 281
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 76 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.354
- Top-20 hit rate
- 50%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 19.7
Grade is this event’s percentile (72nd) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Spieth | 1st | 9th |
| Dustin Johnson | 2nd | 16th |
| Paul Casey | 3rd | 49th |
| Justin Thomas | 4th | 9th |
| Matt Kuchar | 5th | 26th |
| Chez Reavie | 6th | 73rd |
| Phil Mickelson | 7th | 6th |
| Patrick Cantlay | 8th | 4th |
| Charley Hoffman | 9th | 41st |
| Pat Perez | 10th | 41st |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Chez Reavie | 6th | 73rd(+67) |
| Derek Fathauer | 76th | 16th(−60) |
| Charl Schwartzel | 15th | 68th(+53) |
| Talor Gooch | 69th | 20th(−49) |
| Dominic Bozzelli | 75th | 26th(−49) |
| Scott Stallings | 51st | 4th(−47) |
| Paul Casey | 3rd | 49th(+46) |
| David Lingmerth | 30th | 75th(+45) |
| Patrick Rodgers | 70th | 26th(−44) |
| Adam Scott | 13th | 53rd(+40) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the Genesis Open in 2017-2018?
- Bubba Watson won the 2017-2018 Genesis Open at The Riviera Country Club, finishing 12 under par.
Where was the 2017-2018 Genesis Open played?
- The 2017-2018 Genesis Open was played at The Riviera Country Club, starting 15 February 2018.
What was the winning score at the 2017-2018 Genesis Open?
- The winning score was 12 under par (272 strokes), posted by Bubba Watson.
How many players were in the Genesis Open field?
- 141 players started the 2017-2018 Genesis Open. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.