Jordan Spieth accounted for the wrong score at the Genesis Invitational on Friday and was disqualified for the first time in the 263 tournaments he has played on the PGA Tour.
Spieth was within three shots of the lead at the turn on the second lap at Riviera until he dropped three shots as Patrick Cantlay, playing in his group, began to pull away.
Spieth made a double bogey on the 18th hole for a 73, leaving him 10 shots behind. But he signed for a 3 on the par-3 fourth hole when he actually made a 4, leading to a disqualification. Spieth had missed the green on the left, chipped to about four feet and lipped out.
This means that there are still 51 players on the field at Riviera this weekend. The signature event featured a 36-hole cut to the top 50 and ties, with everyone within 10 shots of the lead.
Cantlay started with an eagle and didn’t let anyone get near him for the rest of the round. He shot a 6-under 65 to build a five-shot lead at the Genesis Invitational, entering a weekend in which Tiger Woods will not be present.
Woods made another early exit, this one due to flu symptoms rather than his injured body. He withdrew after six holes and spent the next two hours obtaining intravenous fluids before leaving Riviera, along with much of the gallery.
“Not physically at all. His back is fine,” said Rob McNamara, a longtime association member and vice president of TGR Ventures. “It was all a medical illness, dehydration, the symptoms of which are now going away on their own now that he has had an IV.”