Genesis Open 2018: final leaderboard

Bubba Watson won the 2018 Genesis Open at The Riviera Country Club (Pacific Palisades, California), February 15, 2018 to February 18, 2018, finishing -12 (272), 2 strokes ahead of Kevin Na, Tony Finau. 144 players; 65 missed the cut.

Final · Updated October 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM ET · StatsNext tournament records · Course profile: The Riviera Country Club

What statistics matter most at Genesis Open?

Around the green matters more at The Riviera Country Club than at a typical PGA Tour stop: it accounted for 20% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 15% tour-wide (3 editions, 430 golfer-weeks, Feb 15, 2010 to Feb 14, 2018), a clear difference.

Around the green explains 20% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 15% tour-wide, a clear difference (3 editions, 430 golfer-weeks).

Putting explains 37% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 31% tour-wide, a clear difference (3 editions, 430 golfer-weeks).

Off the tee matters less than usual: 13% here vs 19% tour-wide.

Category	Share of the spread here	Tour-wide	Stands out
Around the green	20%	15%	Yes
Putting	37%	31%	Yes
Approach	30%	36%	Yes
Off the tee	13%	19%	Yes

Share of the spread: how much of the difference between golfers in total strokes gained each category accounted for in earlier editions on this course, against the tour as a whole; the four categories add to 100%. Stored PGA Tour strokes gained through February 14, 2018. Wind and weather data are not available for golf courses.

What mattered here describes past editions; it is not a validated predictor.

Course

Course	Par	Yardage	Greens	Fairways	Rough	Architect	Established
The Riviera Country Club	71	7,322	Poa annua	Kikuyugrass	Kikuyugrass	G.C.Thomas, Jr.\ W.P. Bell	1926

The listed card: 4 par 3s (average 208 yards), 11 par 4s (average 443 yards), 3 par 5s (average 559 yards).

What it took to finish top 10 on this course

Strokes gained per round	Top 10s on this course	Top 10s at every tournament	Difference
Off the tee	+0.43	+0.45	-0.02
Approach	+0.74	+0.82	-0.08
Around the green	+0.45	+0.34	+0.11
Putting	+0.62	+0.82	-0.20

Rounds by top-10 finishers on this course in earlier editions (148 rounds, 3 editions, September 2022 on, finishes from the stored leaderboards) against top-10 finishers at every tournament in the same period (6547 rounds). A category with a positive difference separated contenders here more than usual.

Scoring by round

Round	Players	Field average	Average to par	Low round
1	143	72.20	+1.2	66
2	141	72.13	+1.13	66
3	76	70.61	-0.39	64
4	76	71.38	+0.38	66

Final leaderboard

Genesis Open 2018 final leaderboard
Pos	Player	To par	Rounds	Total	Earnings
1	Bubba Watson	-12	68-70-65-69	272	$1,296,000
T2	Kevin Na	-10	68-70-67-69	274	$633,600
T2	Tony Finau	-10	66-71-68-69	274	$633,600
T4	Patrick Cantlay	-9	66-69-69-71	275	$316,800
T4	Scott Stallings	-9	71-68-68-68	275	$316,800
T6	Adam Hadwin	-8	70-74-66-66	276	$241,200
T6	Cameron Smith	-8	72-68-65-71	276	$241,200
T6	Phil Mickelson	-8	70-71-67-68	276	$241,200
T9	Jordan Spieth	-7	71-70-69-67	277	$180,000
T9	Justin Thomas	-7	69-71-67-70	277	$180,000
T9	Martin Laird	-7	68-73-68-68	277	$180,000
T9	Ryan Moore	-7	68-68-71-70	277	$180,000
T9	Xander Schauffele	-7	71-70-68-68	277	$180,000
T14	Aaron Baddeley	-6	72-68-67-71	278	$133,200
T14	James Hahn	-6	70-69-70-69	278	$133,200
T16	Alex Noren	-4	71-69-71-69	280	$111,600
T16	Derek Fathauer	-4	68-70-68-74	280	$111,600
T16	Dustin Johnson	-4	74-69-64-73	280	$111,600
T16	Sung Kang	-4	70-72-69-69	280	$111,600
T20	Bud Cauley	-3	70-72-69-70	281	$78,000
T20	Jason Kokrak	-3	68-72-69-72	281	$78,000
T20	Kevin Chappell	-3	69-71-70-71	281	$78,000
T20	Rory McIlroy	-3	71-69-73-68	281	$78,000
T20	Talor Gooch	-3	73-70-67-71	281	$78,000
T20	Vaughn Taylor	-3	72-70-68-71	281	$78,000
T26	Anirban Lahiri	-2	72-69-67-74	282	$46,996
T26	Dominic Bozzelli	-2	67-75-69-71	282	$46,996
T26	Graeme McDowell	-2	69-66-70-77	282	$46,996
T26	Jamie Lovemark	-2	68-70-73-71	282	$46,996
T26	John Huh	-2	70-72-70-70	282	$46,996
T26	Luke List	-2	72-71-69-70	282	$46,996
T26	Matt Kuchar	-2	73-71-69-69	282	$46,996
T26	Patrick Rodgers	-2	70-71-72-69	282	$46,996
T26	Peter Uihlein	-2	70-73-69-70	282	$46,996
T26	Rafa Cabrera Bello	-2	72-67-73-70	282	$46,996
T26	Sam Saunders	-2	67-69-72-74	282	$46,996
T37	Branden Grace	-1	70-72-69-72	283	$33,120
T37	Charles Howell III	-1	74-70-69-70	283	$33,120
T37	Luke Donald	-1	71-72-72-68	283	$33,120
T37	Tommy Fleetwood	-1	70-71-73-69	283	$33,120
T41	Brandon Harkins	E	71-70-74-69	284	$24,516
T41	Bryson DeChambeau	E	71-69-72-72	284	$24,516
T41	Charley Hoffman	E	75-69-69-71	284	$24,516
T41	Jonas Blixt	E	71-71-68-74	284	$24,516
T41	Kevin Streelman	E	72-70-69-73	284	$24,516
T41	Nick Taylor	E	71-71-74-68	284	$24,516
T41	Pat Perez	E	72-70-69-73	284	$24,516
T41	Troy Merritt	E	68-71-72-73	284	$24,516
T49	Austin Cook	+1	74-66-73-72	285	$17,964
T49	Brendan Steele	+1	72-71-71-71	285	$17,964
T49	Chad Campbell	+1	73-71-73-68	285	$17,964
T49	Paul Casey	+1	73-71-71-70	285	$17,964
T53	Adam Schenk	+2	76-67-72-71	286	$16,437
T53	Adam Scott	+2	72-72-71-71	286	$16,437
T53	Ben Silverman	+2	72-71-70-73	286	$16,437
T53	Haotong Li	+2	71-71-69-75	286	$16,437
T53	Martin Kaymer	+2	73-67-75-71	286	$16,437
T53	Retief Goosen	+2	68-71-75-72	286	$16,437
T53	Tom Hoge	+2	67-73-71-75	286	$16,437
T60	Harold Varner III	+3	73-70-72-72	287	$15,696
T60	J.B. Holmes	+3	71-71-73-72	287	$15,696
T60	Ryan Blaum	+3	71-70-72-74	287	$15,696
63	Kelly Kraft	+4	71-72-72-73	288	$15,408
T64	Padraig Harrington	+5	71-73-71-74	289	$15,120
T64	Ryan Armour	+5	71-71-74-73	289	$15,120
T64	Sean O'Hair	+5	71-72-73-73	289	$15,120
67	Martin Piller	+6	72-72-75-71	290	$14,832
T68	Abraham Ancer	+7	72-69-75-75	291	$14,400
T68	Charl Schwartzel	+7	71-73-73-74	291	$14,400
T68	Greg Chalmers	+7	73-69-74-75	291	$14,400
T68	Thomas Pieters	+7	71-71-71-78	291	$14,400
T68	Tyrone Van Aswegen	+7	70-72-75-74	291	$14,400
T73	Chez Reavie	+8	68-76-77-71	292	$13,896
T73	Vijay Singh	+8	72-70-73-77	292	$13,896
T75	David Lingmerth	+10	73-71-76-74	294	$13,608
T75	Sangmoon Bae	+10	73-71-73-77	294	$13,608
CUT	Aaron Wise	+3	68-77	145	–
CUT	Andrew Landry	+7	77-72	149	–
CUT	Andrew Loupe	+15	79-78	157	–
CUT	Beau Hossler	+5	72-75	147	–
CUT	Billy Horschel	+6	71-77	148	–
CUT	Billy Hurley III	+4	70-76	146	–
CUT	Brian Gay	+7	74-75	149	–
CUT	Brian Stuard	+7	75-74	149	–
CUT	Brice Garnett	+7	77-72	149	–
CUT	C.T. Pan	+3	70-75	145	–
CUT	Cameron Champ	+5	75-72	147	–
CUT	Cameron Tringale	+5	74-73	147	–
CUT	Camilo Villegas	+8	76-74	150	–
CUT	Charlie Beljan	+15	80-77	157	–
CUT	Chris Stroud	+9	77-74	151	–
CUT	Cody Gribble	+4	71-75	146	–
CUT	D.A. Points	+8	75-75	150	–
CUT	Daniel Berger	+9	75-76	151	–
CUT	Danny Lee	+3	73-72	145	–
CUT	Ernie Els	+3	69-76	145	–
CUT	Fabián Gómez	+5	75-72	147	–
CUT	Francesco Molinari	+4	77-69	146	–
CUT	Geoff Ogilvy	+4	72-74	146	–
CUT	Harris English	+5	71-76	147	–
CUT	J.J. Henry	+4	73-73	146	–
CUT	J.J. Spaun	+14	79-77	156	–
CUT	Jhonattan Vegas	+5	77-70	147	–
CUT	Jim Furyk	+4	73-73	146	–
W/D	Jim Herman	+6	77	77	–
CUT	Jimmy Walker	+4	72-74	146	–
CUT	Joel Dahmen	+3	72-73	145	–
CUT	John Merrick	+4	75-71	146	–
CUT	Jon Curran	+6	76-72	148	–
CUT	Jonathan Randolph	+7	73-76	149	–
CUT	K.J. Choi	+6	74-74	148	–
CUT	Keegan Bradley	+3	72-73	145	–
CUT	Kevin Tway	+3	75-70	145	–
CUT	Kyle Stanley	+3	70-75	145	–
CUT	Lucas Glover	+3	73-72	145	–
CUT	Marc Leishman	+5	74-73	147	–
CUT	Martin Flores	+7	75-74	149	–
CUT	Matt Every	+5	72-75	147	–
CUT	Michael Kim	+4	71-75	146	–
W/D	Morgan Hoffmann	+1	72	72	–
W/D	Nicholas Lindheim	–	–	–	–
CUT	Ollie Schniederjans	+3	74-71	145	–
CUT	Parker McLachlin	+4	71-75	146	–
CUT	Peter Malnati	+3	75-70	145	–
CUT	Richard Lee	+5	73-74	147	–
CUT	Rob Oppenheim	+7	75-74	149	–
CUT	Robert Streb	+3	75-70	145	–
CUT	Scott Brown	+3	72-73	145	–
CUT	Scottie Scheffler	+7	73-76	149	–
CUT	Seunghyuk Kim	+8	78-72	150	–
CUT	Shane Lowry	+6	73-75	148	–
CUT	Shawn Stefani	+3	71-74	145	–
CUT	Si Woo Kim	+4	72-74	146	–
CUT	Smylie Kaufman	+7	74-75	149	–
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	+8	78-72	150	–
CUT	Ted Potter, Jr.	+6	76-72	148	–
CUT	Tiger Woods	+6	72-76	148	–
CUT	Tyler Duncan	+10	74-78	152	–
CUT	Vinnie Poncino	+15	82-75	157	–
CUT	Wesley Bryan	+6	70-78	148	–
CUT	Whee Kim	+9	73-78	151	–
CUT	William McGirt	+6	73-75	148	–
CUT	Xinjun Zhang	+6	72-76	148	–
CUT	Zecheng Dou	+6	74-74	148	–

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