Jordan Spieth disqualified from Genesis Invitational after signing incorrect scorecard

Jordan Spieth has been disqualified from the Genesis Invitational after signing an incorrect scorecard. He was tied for 20th after two days of the event at Riviera Country Club.

Spieth signed for a 3 on the fourth hole on Friday when he made a 4, the PGA Tour announced. Through 36 holes of play, he was 3-under after finishing 2-over in the second round.

Spieth has had a strong start to the 2024 season, finishing third at The Sentry to start the year and came in tied for sixth in last week’s Phoenix Open. He looked like he was in position for another strong finish following his 5-under first round, but the 2-over second round knocked him down the leaderboard before his disqualification.

Patrick Cantlay held the two-day lead at the Genesis Invitational at 13-under, thanks in large part to a 6-under performance on Friday. Luke List, Jason Day and Mackenzie Hughes all sit tied for second at 8-under as they look toward Saturday’s third round at Riviera.

Another notable name who won’t be in the field is the tournament’s host. Tiger Woods withdrew from the Genesis Invitational Friday after dealing with an illness. While he said he suffered from back spasms at the end of the first round on Thursday, his longtime business partner Rob McNamara said Friday’s withdrawal was not related to those problems.

“He started feeling some flu-like symptoms last night,” McNamara said, via Barstool’s Daniel Rapaport. “Woke up this morning, they were worse than the night previous. He had a little bit of a fever and that, and was better during the warm-up, but then when he got out there and was walking and playing, he started feeling dizzy. Ultimately the doctors are saying he’s got some – potentially some type of flu and that he was dehydrated. He’s been treated with an IV bag and he’s doing much, much better and he’ll be released on his own here soon.”

Woods withdrew after just six holes on Friday and was 2-over par on the weekend. He previously cited back spasms for some late-round issues on Thursday, including an iron shot that went into the trees.

McNamara confirmed Friday’s issues weren’t related to his back or ankle, and were strictly about his dehydration.

“Not physical at all, his back’s fine,” McNamara said. “It was all medical illness, dehydration, which is now the symptoms are reversing themselves now that he’s had an IV.”

Regardless, the last two rounds of the Genesis Invitational will not include two of the game’s biggest names with Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth out of the field.