Riviera Country Club has hosted the Genesis Invitational every year since 1999, but wildfires in the Los Angeles area have forced the tournament to pivot to Torrey Pines this year. The 2025 Genesis Invitational field boasts plenty of big names, headlined by World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy. While the event is taking place at the same venue as the Farmers Insurance Open from last month, only five of the top 20 golfers in the field played in that tournament. The 2025 Genesis Invitational is hosted by Tiger Woods, who was expected to play this week but withdrew from the field on Monday. 

Scheffler is the +350 favorite (risk $100 to win $350) in the 2025 Genesis Invitational odds, while McIlroy is second on the PGA odds board at +700. Should you target either of those favorites with your 2025 Genesis Invitational bets? Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama, who can become the seventh repeat winner at the Genesis Invitational, is +2200 (risk $100 to win $2,200) to finish on top of the leaderboard. Matsuyama is +160 (risk $100 to win $160) to finish inside the top 10 and +360 (risk $100 to win $360) to finish inside the top five. Before making any 2025 Genesis Invitational picks, you need to see the 2025 Genesis Invitational predictions and best bets from golf insider Patrick McDonald.

McDonald joined CBS Sports as a golf writer in 2022 after stops at NBC Sports and RyderCup.com. Covering the sport from a broader perspective, McDonald still likes to dip his toes into the betting pools on a weekly basis between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and more. Featured weekly on the Early Wedge, he gave out numerous winners in 2024, including Jake Knapp (50-1) at the Mexico Open and Xander Schauffele (20-1) at the PGA Championship. He already nailed Sepp Straka as a 66-1 longshot in The American Express this year. Anyone who followed his betting picks could have been way up on betting apps and sportsbooks.

Now, McDonald has focused his attention on the 2025 Genesis Invitational field and locked in his best bets and top longshot sleepers. You can only see them here.

Top 2025 Genesis Invitational expert picks

McDonald loves the value of Tony Finau at +4500 (risk $100 to win $4,500) this week. Finau has already picked up a pair of top-15 finishes this season, posting a T15 at The Sentry and a T13 in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am earlier this month. He ranks 25th on the PGA Tour in birdie average and cracks the top 20 in scrambling from the rough. 

Finau had the week off last week, giving him an advantage over several other elite golfers in the field. The 35-year-old is a six-time winner on the PGA Tour and has 11 runner-up finishes in his career. He is built to succeed on this type of course, and he is being offered at an enticing number on the PGA odds board.  

“The six-time PGA Tour winner has a couple of top-10 finishes across the last three seasons and rattled off seven straight top 25s from 2015-21. His approach play tends to thrive on longer golf courses, and although the putter has been poor in recent years, he found some form at Pebble Beach where he finished T-13 in his last start,” McDonald told SportsLine. See who else to back here.

How to make 2025 Genesis Invitational golf picks

McDonald has locked in his best bets for the 2025 Genesis Invitational and has also selected an epic longshot who’s priced over 80-1. This golfer’s “contending upside has been on display since he started playing on the PGA Tour.” You can only see the picks at SportsLine.

So which players should you target for the 2025 Genesis Invitational, and which golfer could bring a huge payday of more than 80-1? Check out the 2025 Genesis Invitational odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Patrick McDonald’s top picks for the 2025 Genesis Invitational, all from the expert who gave out Sepp Straka as a 66-1 longshot at the 2025 American Express.

2025 Genesis Invitational odds, field

See the full Genesis Invitational picks, best bets and predictions here.

Scottie Scheffler +350
Rory McIlroy +700
Collin Morikawa +1400
Hideki Matsuyama +2200
Ludvig Aberg +2500
Justin Thomas +2500
Sungjae Im +3000
Patrick Cantlay +3300
Tom Kim +3300
Jordan Spieth +4000
Jason Day +4000
Shane Lowry +4000
Tommy Fleetwood +4000
Taylor Pendrith +4500
Will Zalatoris +5000
Rasmus Hojgaard +5000
Robert MacIntyre +5000
Tony Finau +5000
Sepp Straka +5000
Sam Burns +5500
Viktor Hovland +5500
Maverick McNealy +6000
Thomas Detry +6000
Russell Henley +6000
Harris English +6000
Keegan Bradley +6500
Min Woo Lee +6500
Sahith Theegala +7000
Byeong Hun An +7000
Corey Conners +7500
Samuel Stevens +8000
Max Greyserman +9000
J.T. Poston +9000
Si Woo Kim +9000
Cameron Young +9000
Adam Scott +9000
Akshay Bhatia +10000
Wyndham Clark +10000
J.J. Spaun +10000
Daniel Berger +10000
Davis Thompson +11000
Cameron Davis +12000
Matt Fitzpatrick +12000
Aaron Rai +12000
Billy Horschel +12000
Nick Taylor +12000
Lucas Glover +12000
Andrew Novak +12000
Rickie Fowler +15000
Denny Mccarthy +15000
Austin Eckroat +15000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +15000
Ben Griffin +15000
Tom Hoge +15000
Stephan Jaeger +15000
Justin Rose +15000
Patrick Rodgers +17000
Brian Harman +17000
Gary Woodland +17000
Max Homa +17000
Michael Kim +17000
Eric Cole +20000
Mackenzie Hughes +20000
Nick Dunlap +20000
Seamus Power +22000