Players were treated with beautiful conditions Friday at the 2025 Genesis Invitational. Following a mean day of wet and rainy weather that produced only 13-under par rounds, competitors took advantage of ideal scoring at Torrey Pines Golf Club with few doing better than the No.

Davis Thompson capped a roller coaster of a back nine at Torrey Pines with a birdie to take the lead Friday in the Genesis Invitational. Scottie Scheffler had an unusually wild day off the tee and was right on his heels.

The mere presence of Scottie Scheffler changes the temperature on a golf course. He’s there, a quiet and uncomfortable breath on the back of your neck. Scheffler causes some of the best golfers in the world to adjust their approach,