Dustin Johnson is five shots back at the 2021 Genesis Invitational halfway point.
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The 2021 Genesis Invitational is already at the halfway point, and 67 players shot even par or better to earn the right to tee it up at magnificent Riviera for the remaining two rounds this weekend. You can find full third round tee times at the bottom of this post.
Notable groupings for Genesis Invitational Round 3
Twenty-four-year-old Sam Burns kept his foot on the gas on Friday, firing a 5-under 66 to reach 12-under overall — an impressive five shots clear of his nearest competitors. Burns has never won on the PGA Tour, though he did claim a Korn Ferry Tour title in 2018.
A win this week would easily be the highlight of his young career, but there is a bevy of world-class players who will look to capitalize on Moving Day: 2017 Genesis Invitational champion and World No. 1 Dustin Johnson is T2, five shots back. Jordan Spieth trails by six at 6-under, and Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka and Tony Finau are all eight shots back at 4-under overall.
Burns will play alongside Tyler McCumber and Jason Kokrak in the final grouping on Saturday at 1:05 p.m. ET. Johnson will tee it up in the penultimate group with Joaquin Niemann and Max Homa at 12:54 p.m. ET.
Other notable groupings include Spieth, Wyndham Clark and Alex Noren at 12:43 p.m. ET, Cantlay, Scott Harrington and Cameron Smith at 12:32 p.m. ET and Koepka, Matthew Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris at 12:21 p.m. ET.
Check out the full third round tee times for the 2021 Genesis Invitational below.
2021 Genesis Invitational Round 3 tee times (All times ET)
Tee No. 1
11:04 a.m. – Cameron Tringale, Mackenzie Hughes, James Hahn 11:15 a.m. – Lanto Griffin, Brendan Steele, Patrick Rodgers 11:26 a.m. – Cameron Davis, Branden Grace, Xander Schauffele 11:37 a.m. – Jim Furyk, Matt Jones, Talor Gooch 11:48 a.m. – Jon Rahm, Sung Kang, Tyler Duncan 11:59 a.m. – Sebastián Muñoz, J.B. Holmes, Wesley Bryan 12:10 p.m. – Kevin Strerelman, Tony Finau, Andrew Landry 12:21 p.m. – Matthew Fitzpatrick, Brooks Koepka, Will Zalatoris 12:32 p.m. – Scott Harrington, Cameron Smith, Patrick Cantlay 12:43 p.m. – Jordan Spieth, Wyndham Clark, Alex Noren 12:54 p.m. – Dustin Johnson, Joaquin Niemann, Max Homa 1:05 p.m. – Sam Burns, Tyler McCumber, Jason Kokrak
Tee No. 10
11:04 a.m. – Scott Piercy, Viktor Hovland, Matthew NeSmith 11:15 a.m. – Brian Harman, Tom Hoge, Scottie Scheffler 11:26 a.m. – Nick Taylor, Nate Lashley, Rickie Fowler 11:37 a.m. – Brian Gay, Russell Henley, Kyle Stanley 11:48 a.m. – Bo Hoag, Sepp Straka, Charley Hoffman 11:59 a.m. – C.T. Pan, Francesco Molinari, Matthew Wolff 12:10 p.m. – Richy Werenski, Adam Hadwin, Andrew Putnam 12:21 p.m. – Kevin Na, Marc Leishman, Charl Schwartzel 12:32 p.m. – Danny Lee, Harold Varner III, Collin Morikawa 12:43 p.m. – Adam Scott, Keegan Bradley 12:54 p.m. – J.T. Poston, Kyoung-Hoon Lee
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