Joaquin Niemann (winner/-19) wins his second career PGA Tour victory at The Genesis Invitational in his 101st start (2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier).
Collects 550 points and moves from No. 53 to No. 7 in the FedExCup standings.
Fourth wire-to-wire victor in tournament history and first since Charlie Sifford in 1969.
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First wire-to-wire winner on Tour since Nick Taylor at 2020 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
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At 23 years, 3 months, 13 days, becomes the second-youngest winner of The Genesis Invitational.
Marks youngest winner on Tour this season (previous: Sungjae Im/Shriners Children’s Open/23 years, 6 months, 10 days).
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Moves to 2-for-3 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead on Tour.
Additional highlights this week include setting The Genesis Invitational 54-hole scoring record at 194 (-19) and tying his career-low 54-hole total (2021 Sony Open in Hawaii).
Niemann fell one stroke shy of matching the 72-hole scoring record at The Genesis Invitational (264/Lanny Wadkins/1985); the longest-standing 72-hole record of any active TOUR event since 1980.
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He won in his fourth start in The Genesis Invitational and marks first event top-10 (previous: T43/2021).
Third top-10 in eight starts this season (T5/World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, T6/Farmers Insurance Open, Won/The Genesis Invitational).
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Has reached the Tour Championship in last two seasons on Tour (T27/2020, 29th/2021).
With a final round 6-under 65, Collin Morikawa (T2/-17) collects fifth runner-up of Tour career and fourth top-10 in as many starts this season (2nd/THE CJ CUP @ SUMMIT, T7/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, T5/Sentry Tournament of Champions, T2/The Genesis Invitational).
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In search of his first Tour title, rookie Cameron Young (T2/-17) finished runner-up for the second time in his 12th career start (T2/2021 Sanderson Farms Championship).
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Adam Scott (T4/-14), winner of the 2020 Genesis Invitational, shot a final-round 5-under 66, highlighted by eagles on No. 1 and No. 17 and birdies on three of the four par-3s (4, 6, 14).
Making his second tournament start, Viktor Hovland (T4/-14) posted his second straight top-five finish at the event (T5/2021) and second top-five on TOUR this season (Won/World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba).
Justin Thomas finishes solo sixth (-13), earning his fourth top-10 in his sixth start of the season; ranks T2 in Driving Accuracy (37-of-56) for the week.
Defending champion Max Homa earns third consecutive top-10 at The Genesis Invitational (T5/2020, Won/2021, T10/2022).
World No. 1 Jon Rahm (T21) recorded the only bogey-free final round score with a 6-under 65.
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