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.

Spieth then took to social media to react to the decision, accepting full responsibility for the mistake.

“Today, I signed for an incorrect scorecard and stepped out of the scoring area, after thinking I went through all procedures to make sure it was correct,” Spieth wrote on X. “Rules are rules, and I take full responsibility. I love this tournament and golf course as much as any on @PGATOUR so it hurts to not have a run at the weekend. Really appreciated the support in LA.”

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.

Jordan Spieth isn’t the only notable name that won’t be in the tournament field the rest of the way. The tournament’s host, Tiger Woods, withdrew from 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.”