Tiger Woods made his first official start since The 150th Open last summer at St. Andrews and first non-major Tour start since the Zozo Championship in October 2020.
The 82-time winner on the PGA TOUR was joined by all of the top 30 players in the FedExCup standings, as well as 23 of the top 25 players in the world.
These included No. 1 Scottie Scheffler who returned to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking after winning by two shots at last week’s WM Phoenix Open and Rory McIlroy, who finished T10 at last year’s event.
Local favorite and 2021 winner Max Homa is in action once again, as is two-time winner of the event Adam Scott.
Viktor Hovland will head to Riviera full of confidence, having finished inside the top 5 his last two outings.
Similarly, John Ram was hoping to continue his exceptional run of form that has seen him win twice already on the PGA TOUR in 2023 at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express.
Could he make it three wins in 2023…