Tiger Woods stars at the 2024 Start Invitational, but the McIlroy-Scheffler battle for No. 1 will also return.

Call it the Commencement Invitational, call it Tiger Woods. The forty-eight-year-old Californian’s Foundation hosts the event, which has a long history dating back to the days of the Los Angeles Open. At Riviera Country Club, in 1992, Tiger made it to the PGA Tour for the first time, albeit as an athlete. And, surprisingly, he has never won this tournament. A fate he shares with another golfer, Jack Nicklaus.

The topic of his return certainly occupies a large part of the special media, but it is not the only side to follow. There are many others, starting with the fact that the defending champion, Jon Rahm, does not exist and will not exist for a while, as it was passed by LIV Golf. But, above all, what will take center stage will be another fight between Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler for number 1.

For the two main characters of the week there are very different events. If Tiger, with an unlikely but impressive victory, can even reach number 54 in the OWGR (today, by force of circumstances, he has fallen to the 893rd place), for the Northern Irishman to defeat Scheffler means only victory, under certain conditions. also associated with the performance of his American rival. The form, however, is on the side of the current world leader, who has an undoubted position of grace here as their peers. Max Homa and Collin Morikawa.

Of course there is all the coverage on Eurosport 2, eurosport.it and Discovery+. In particular, the first two rounds will be broadcast from 10 pm on all platforms. On the third TV it will be seen from 10.55 pm and on the fourth from 8.20 pm, while on streaming both days the connection will start at 7 pm.