A rainy, wet, miserable day at Torrey Pines Golf Club tested the world's best in the first round of the 2025 Genesis Invitational. Taking to the South Course, players endured a brutal 18 holes and combined to post a scoring average north of two strokes over par.

Ireland's Seamus Power is one shot behind leader Denny McCarthy after the opening round at the Genesis Invitational in San Diego.

Denny McCarthy ended a miserable day in a most brilliant manner Thursday at the Genesis Invitational, closing birdie-eagle for a 4-under 68 on a Torrey Pines course that more than lived up to its reputation as a beast.

Sunny and 72? Try soggy, with way more scores above 72 than below it in Thursday’s opening round of the Genesis Invitational. A winter storm that arrived Wednesday night in San Diego made for cold, wet and windy conditions at the Torrey Pines Golf Course.

Only 13 players broke par after battling through miserable conditions during the opening round of the Genesis Invitational.

Denny McCarthy, chasing his first US PGA Tour triumph, closed with a seven-foot eagle putt to grab a one-stroke lead after Thursday's rainy first round of the Genesis Invitational.You can hit putts that not go in but I did a pretty good job of staying patient,