Instant Reaction - Kuchar leads, Tiger stalks at Genesis Invitational (2/13)

Matt Kuchar leads after the first round of the 2020 Genesis Invitational. Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and many other stars are stalking with 18-holes already in the books. Rick Gehman and Mark Immelman are here to breakdown Thursday’s action along with a quick preview of tomorrow’s coverage. Tune-in as our crew talks about what makes Rivera Country Club so special (1:30). They also go into detail about Matt Kuchar and his success on Thursday (3:00). Rick and Mark dive into Tiger’s first round which ended up being a tale of two nines (4:55). Justin Thomas had a less than spectacular Thursday outing, our crew goes into what went wrong for JT (10:10). We also delve into the story behind Rory McIlroy’s not so shabby 3-under (12:10). Find out why Rick thinks world number two Brooks Koepka posted “the quietest 2-under” of the day (14:40). Phil Mickelson has also been dealing with a caddie change, what impact did that have on him on Thursday (16:30)? Bryson Dechambeau’s new body was on full display at Riviera today, our crew breaks down what worked for the golfing scientist (19:00). Finally the gang lookahead to Friday on the PGA Tour (23:50).

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