The PGA Tour announced Thursday due to the tragic wildfires affecting the Los Angeles area, including Pacific Palisades, site of Riviera Country Club, the Genesis Invitational wil

The PGA Tour announced it is moving next month’s Genesis Invitational from Riviera Country Club amid the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles County. The move, which has been expected for several days, was finalized Thursday,

The PGA Tour announced on Thursday it will move the Genesis Invitational to a different course due to the deadly Los Angeles wildfires.

Video shows the California wildfires rapidly approaching Riviera Country Club, the home of the Genesis Invitational.

The iconic Riviera Country Club is being threatened while in the mandatory evacuation zone for the Pacific Palisades fire northwest of Los Angeles.

PGA West in La Quinta, site of this week’s The American Express, is in play after L.A.’s golf tournament next month will be moved due to the Palisades fire.

Riviera Country Club – one of the highest-ranked courses on the PGA Tour schedule each season – was designed by George C. Thomas and William P. Bell and opened in 1927 in Pacific Palisades, California.

The PGA Tour has sent a memo to players regarding the widespread fires in Southern California and particularly as it relates to Riviera Country Club in Pacific

The Tour made the decision to move the signature event away from Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, where it has been held a total of 60 times, after wildfires left the city ravaged.

The PGA Tour is expected to move the Genesis Invitational from Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles to Torrey Pines near San Diego, Golfweek and Sports Illustrated reported Monday.

Wildfires in the Los Angeles area are forcing a relocation of this year’s Genesis to Torrey Pines, which is hosting a Tour event this week.