Genesis Invitational host Tiger Woods said he felt it important to keep the Los Angeles-based event in Southern California at Torrey Pines as the area recovers from a series of deadly wildfires.

Tiger Woods said Monday that “the Riv is just not ready,” responding to the news last week that the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational, which had to move from its traditional home at Riviera Country Club in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires,

The PGA Tour recently announced that Torrey's South Course would replace Riviera Country Club this year after a devastating wildfire in Pacific Palisades, California.

Tiger Woods’ PGA golf tournament is moving from the Los Angeles area to San Diego as a result of the fires ravaging Southern California. This year, the Genesis Open — traditionally played at ...

Tiger Woods' famed annual golfing event ... ongoing with the LA fires is such a tragedy and being from California, it hits home," Woods said in a statement shared on his social media platforms.

Tiger Woods’ PGA golf tournament is moving from the Los Angeles area to San Diego as a result of the fires ravaging Southern California. This year, the Genesis Open — traditionally played at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades — will instead head to the famed Torrey Pines Golf Course,

Tiger Woods has opened up about the difficult decision to move the Genesis Invitational.  The tournament Woods hosts takes place annually at Riviera Country Clu

The Genesis Invitational, hosted by Tiger Woods, will not be played at Riviera Country Club ... “The combination of 1) keeping it in California and 2) proximity to the original event — were some of the factors that pushed it over the edge.”

He was the chief procurement officer for all Army uniforms during World War II and became president of the largest American textile company. He bought a vineyard in Southern California and turned it into a wine business so successful that Queen Elizabeth II asked for a second glass.

The PGA Tour recently announced that Torrey's South Course would replace Riviera Country Club this year after a devastating wildfire in Pacific Palisades, California.

Tiger Woods said the goal was to keep the Genesis Invitational on or near the West Coast. It was moved to Torrey Pines outside of San Diego.