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LOS ANGELES — Adam Scott has another victory at Riviera, and this time it counts. Scott survived a calamitous Sunday with just enough clutch putts — for birdie, par, even a bogey — and closed with 1-under 70 for a two-shot victory in the Genesis Invitational. Related: Leaderboard | Scott starves himself of competition to stay hungry The victory comes 15 years after Scott won a playoff at Riviera that didn’t count as official because rain shortened the tournament to 36 holes. He earned every bit of this victory, his 14th on the PGA TOUR and 29th worldwide. Nearly a dozen players had a chance to win. Five players had a share of the lead at some point. Riviera was such a strong test that everyone made mistakes, including Scott. He went long off the fifth green, had a flop shot come back to his feet, putted the next up the hill and made double bogey. But he bounced back with a slick, scary 18-foot birdie putt on the par-3 sixth to regain a share of the lead, and he never trailed the rest of the way. Rory McIlroy was tied for the lead when he went long on the fifth, took two flop shots to get on the green and then compounded the error with a three-putt triple bogey. McIlroy never recovered. His tee shot on the par-3 sixth went on the wrong side of the bunker in the middle of the green, leading to another bogey. He closed with a 73 and tied for fifth. Harold Varner III, looking for his first PGA TOUR victory, was tied for the lead until he tried to hammer a 3-wood on the reachable 10th hole and chunked it so bad it barely reached the fairway, traveling a mere 129 yards. That led to double bogey, and he made bogey on the par-5 11th to fall out of contention. His day ended by missing a 3-foot par putt that gave him a 74 to finish out of the top 10. Tiger Woods had his problems, too, but he was never in contention. Woods played a five-hole stretch late in his round at 5 over and shot 77 to finish last among the 68 players who made the cut. It was the first time Woods has finished last alone since the Memorial in 2015. “Good news, I hit every ball forward, not backwards, a couple sideways,” Woods said. Matt Kuchar, who started the final round tied with Scott and McIlroy, birdied the par-5 opening hole and didn’t make another until the 17th when it was too late. He shot 72 and tied for second with Sung Kang (69) and Scott Brown (68). The clincher for Scott was his 10-foot birdie putt on the par-5 17th that gave him a two-shot margin, and when he knocked in his par putt on the 18th, he stood back and thrust his right fist in the air.  Scott finished at 11-under 273 for his first PGA TOUR title since the World Golf Championships event at Doral in 2016. “I’m stoked with this,” Scott said. “It’s a big step, whatever point in my career I’m at. I haven’t won for three years. This feels very special.” It was his second straight victory — he last played three days before Christmas and won the Australian PGA — and takes him to 16th in the FedExCup standings.  Hideki Matsuyama made the cut on the number and finished three shots behind in a tie for fifth with McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau, Max Homa and Joel Dahmen. Homa and Dahmen were in the mix late, but Homa caught a plugged lie in the bunker on the par-3 16th and made bogey to stop his threat, and Dahmen missed the 18th green to the left and failed to save par. Scott saved par on No. 12 with a 10-foot putt. He seized control with a 12-foot birdie putt on the 13th. And when he got in big trouble with his approach into a buried lie in the sand on the 15th, he got up-and-down from the other side of the green with a 5-foot putt to escape with bogey. This was a long time coming on the PGA TOUR, and it came on his favorite course on the PGA TOUR.

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Sherwood Country Club is known for its star-studded membership. Now it gets to host the world's best in its first PGA TOUR event. It was announced today that the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP has a new venue and a new name this year. It has moved to Sherwood Country Club outside Los Angeles and will be known as the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD. Tiger Woods hosted his event, the Hero World Challenge, at Sherwood for several years and is expected to return as the ZOZO's defending champion. RELATED: Inside the Field Here are five things to know about the newest PGA TOUR venue: 1. SEEING THE FOREST The name is no accident. Robin Hood and The Adventures of Robin Hood were both shot there, featuring screen stars like Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, and the club name (after the Sherwood Forest) and logo (a Robin Hood-like figure pulling back a bow string) honor that history. So does the Bow and Arrow, an annual member-guest tournament. 2. RUGGED TERRAIN You might've seen the place while watching primetime television. The club is set in a valley surrounded by jagged mountains and hillsides, one of which was the setting for the opening helicopter scene in every episode of M*A*S*H. The Dukes of Hazzard was shot there before it was a golf course. 3. STAR-STUDDED You could cast a movie with the membership. Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone, Craig T. Nelson, Sean Connery, Justin Timberlake and others have been members. Former NHL great Wayne Gretzky has also been a Sherwood fixture, and he and Dustin Johnson have played there together numerous times. 4. TIGER TIME Tiger Woods finished first (five times) or second (five times) in 10 of 12 starts when the Hero World Challenge was there from 2000 to 2013. He also beat David Duval, 2 and 1, in the made-for-TV "Showdown at Sherwood" in 1999, when Duval's tee shot hit the famous boulder architect Jack Nicklaus left in the middle of the 16th fairway for character. 5. HISTORY LESSON Davis Love III pulled off a rare double at Sherwood. Not only did Love relegate Woods to runner up at the Hero World Challenge in 2000 and 2003, but he also won The Shark Shootout when that also unofficial, also Florida-bound event was held there from 1989 through '99. The course has also hosted a PGA TOUR Champions tournament.

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