Tiger Woods not sure if Genesis Invitational in LA will be played in few weeks due to fires in area

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.— Tiger Woods isn’t sure what’s going to happen with next month’s Genesis Invitational, the PGA Tour event that he hosts in the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.He’s insisting there should be far bigger concerns.Woods said Tuesday night — after his debut in the TGL indoor golf league that he helped develop — that meetings about what will happen with the tournament are scheduled, but did not reveal any decisions or suggest that the event may be moved from Riviera Country Club.“We’re trying to just figure everything out and make sure that everyone is safe and we have meetings scheduled going forward,” Woods said.

“But as of right now, we’re not really focused on the tournament.It’s more about what we can do to help everyone who’s struggling, who’s lost homes and had their lives changed.”Woods — who grew up in Southern California — said he knows “a couple people that have lost everything.”“It’s just hard,” Woods said.The PGA Tour has not announced any changes to its plans to play the Genesis, scheduled for Feb.

13-16.Riviera — the host site for golf at the 2028 Olympics — sits very close to areas that have been devastated by the fires.

The course itself has not been directly affected.Woods’ TGL teammate Max Homa — also a Southern California native — said the golf tournament’s status should be far from anyone’s mind right now.“I know that these natural disasters happen far too often.However, this was the first one I can remember where every news clip, every time someone mentioned an area, I could picture it so well,” Homa said.

“It was very eerie.Fortunately, all my friends and family are safe.

Houses not necessarily still all intact, but it was nice to be able to talk to quite a few people, and I think their perspective has been amazing about, ‘Hey, we’re safe, and that’s what matters most.’”Tickets were still being sold Tuesday for the Gen...