Scottie Scheffler shares his thoughts on Riviera Golf Course

Scheffler doesn’t have the best track record at the Genesis Invitational.

He’s made six cuts in seven appearances, with just three top-10 finishes. His best result was a T-3 in 2025, but that year’s event wasn’t even played at Riviera.

This week, he’ll be looking to turn things around and deliver a better performance than he has in previous years.

After the Pro-Am on Wednesday, Scheffler spoke to the media and was asked for his honest take on Riviera as a golf course.

“As far as the golf course goes, I think it’s an interesting golf course, because there are not really many hazards,” said Scheffler. “There’s not really too much out of bounds that comes into play.”

“Like, when you think of some of the other great golf courses like TPC Sawgrass, you get a lot of water that comes into play.”

Scheffler continued: “And when you look at this golf course, and you look at it on paper, it seems kind of easy. Then you start playing it and you hit a ball in the rough on two…”

“You’re like, ‘man this hole is kind of hard’.”

“And then you don’t hit the fairway on three and you’re like ‘oh shoot’ like I don’t know how I’m gonna hit the ball on the green here.’”

Scheffler concluded: “I feel like this golf course can be about as frustrating to play as any one Tour ‘just with all the little tricks that it has to it.

Scottie Scheffler’s PGA Tour stats in 2026

It’s too early in the season to make any big calls about Scheffler’s form, but even so, his early numbers are starting to tell a bit of a story.

Even though we’re just three tournaments into the season, some of Scheffler’s numbers are already drawing attention. His strokes gained approach in particular stands out as something worth monitoring as the year goes on.

His strokes gained approach jumps off the page. Over the last three seasons, he led that category across the tour and hasn’t been far behind early this year.

That consistency helped him pick up one win and two top-four finishes from just three starts so far this year.

If he manages to find that same level again, it wouldn’t be surprising to see his win total climb quickly.

If Scottie Scheffler ranks inside the top-20 for strokes gained approach at Riviera this week, there’s a good chance he leaves with another trophy in hand.