Tiger is 18 holes away from first win in 5 years

Round 3 of The Genesis Invitational begins Saturday and The Riviera Country Club is once again the site for one of the most challenging weeks of competition. Joaquin Niemann at 16-under 126, set a tournament 36-hole record with Cameron Young, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth and Adam Scott all looking to catch the 23-year-old. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action, including Featured Groups for PGA TOUR LIVE and newly expanded and extended coverage on ESPN+. Click here for more details. Leaderboard Full tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 4 p.m.-8 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-7 p.m. (CBS). Sunday, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-6:30 p.m. (CBS) Radio: Thursday-Friday, 2–8 p.m. ET. Saturday, 2–7 p.m. Sunday, 1-6:30 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio) For outside of the U.S., click here for GOLFTV powered by the PGA TOUR PGA TOUR LIVE PGA TOUR Live is available exclusively on ESPN+ • Main Feed: primary tournament-coverage featuring the best action from across the course • Marquee Group: new “marquee group” showcasing every shot from each player in the group • Featured Groups: traditional PGA TOUR LIVE coverage of two concurrent featured groups • Featured Holes: a combination of par-3s and iconic or pivotal holes FEATURED GROUPS Marquee Group Rory McIlroy, Carlos Ortiz, K.H. Lee Featured Groups Xander Schauffele, Sergio Garcia, Erik van Rooyen Paul Casey, Will Zalatoris, Emiliano Grillo MUST READS Leader Joaquin Niemann breaks 36-hole record at The Genesis Invitational Viktor Hovland’s unconventional method tames tough 15th at Riviera The details behind Dustin Johnson’s Wayne Gretzky-inspired shoes Adam Scott’s putter switch is paying off at Riviera Riviera Romance – Stars align as Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and big names start well in LA Experience the Genesis of Tiger Woods Inside My Swing: Max Homa Five Things to Know: The Riviera Country Club

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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Webb Simpson was disappointed when his second-place finish at the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational didn’t give him a big boost in the standings for the United States team for the Presidents Cup. He had started the week 11th but only jumped one spot. So, with just three weeks remaining to play his way into the top eight automatic qualifiers, Simpson decided to call U.S. Captain Tiger Woods. “I thought I was going to move up more and I didn’t, and he told me to play better, so that was funny,â€� Simpson recalled Wednesday with a grin. “I said, Fair enough.â€� Simpson is currently 149 points out of the No. 8 spot held by Gary Woodland – and none of the players ranked higher than him are competing this week at the Wyndham Championship in the regular season finale. The team will be finalized after the BMW Championship. Woods will then make his four Captain’s Picks after the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions, which will be played Oct. 28-Nov. 3 in Shanghai. But Simpson, who has a win and two other top-three finishes at the Wyndham Championship, wants to go ahead lock down his spot. The Presidents Cup will be played Dec. 9-15 at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It will be the 13th time the biennial event has been contested with the Americans holding a 10-1-1 advantage. “You want to qualify because from BMW to HSBC, that’s a long waiting period and that gives guys who are maybe not quite on his radar a chance to play their way onto the team,â€� Simpson said. “So yeah, I’m thinking about it a lot. I want to make it. “That was my first team event in 2011 in Melbourne and I can’t imagine how cool it would be to play for Tiger, the guy that we all grew up watching. Yeah, I hope I’m there.â€� Jordan Spieth also has Presidents Cup aspirations – and he comes to the Wyndham Championship with a much taller task in front of him. He’s ranked 27th in the U.S. standings after two uncharacteristically quiet seasons that have seen Spieth post a combined total of just eight top-10s finishes. Spieth, who lost in a playoff at the 2013 Wyndham Championship in his only other appearance at the event, isn’t assured of a spot in the first two Playoff events, either. He’s currently 67th in the FedExCup and only the top 70 make to the BMW Championship, being played this year at historic Medinah Country Club. Spieth has played in every Presidents Cup since Fred Couples picked him as a rookie in 2013, as well as every Ryder Cup.  Making the U.S. Team is a “massive goalâ€� for the three-time major champion, who calls the international match play events the “most fun weeks of the year.â€� “I understand that as of now I’m pretty far out of it, but I’m not going to think much about it,â€� Spieth said. “The best way for me to, you know, deserve a pick is to take care of my own business over the next few weeks.  … “With this many years, I’m aware of when I’m close and I’m aware when I’m not. So, I’m just trying to stay as patient as possible, give myself as many birdie putts, greens in regulation being an important stat for me over the next few weeks, and should work my way up and have a chance.â€�

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