2022 Genesis Invitational: Top 10 power rankings at Riviera CC

The WM Phoenix Open is one of Hideki Matsuyama’s favorite haunts. The Japanese star pulled off another high finish at TPC Scottsdale last week, posting 68-66-68-69 to finish T-8th. Matsuyama wasn’t quite able to pull in his third win at that event, but he continued fine form this season.

He was fifth in the field in strokes gained approach (5.082) and made no double bogeys or worse all week on a course where weird desert lies can produce high scores quickly.

Matsuyama’s already a two-time PGA Tour winner in the 2021-22 campaign with a victory last fall in Japan at the Zozo Championship and another at the Sony Open of Hawaii.

He’s on a streak of six straight made cuts going back to last summer. He also took T-6th at the Fortinet Championship and T-13th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

Now, the soon-to-be 30-year-old arrives at Riviera for the eighth time.

Matsuyama’s made six cuts at the Genesis Invitational, all of which resulted in T-23rd or better.

His personal best here is T-4th (70-72-70-67) in 2015, closely followed by T-5th (71-72-64-69) in 2020. Matsuyama led the field in SG tee to green (12.436) in 2020. Want to know why he didn’t win? He was 93rd (-3.464) in SG putting. Still, it was a great battle back from making the cut on the number.

The putter is still his weakness, but Matsuyama is finding ways to turn poor weeks like that into average ones. That’s all it takes when you flush the ball so consistently like he does.

He’s 10th on the PGA Tour this season in SG tee to green (1.369). Despite no water hazards or out of bounds at Riviera, it’s still a tough course that demands resilience. Matsuyama is 10th in bounce back percentage (35.29%).