2025 Genesis Invitational leaderboard: Scottie Scheffler two back of Denny McCarthy after first round

Brutal scoring conditions were the story of the day across Round 1 at Torrey Pines

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. While many failed the examination presented to them, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler was among the few to pass with flying colors.

Scheffler sits two strokes off the first-round lead held by Denny McCarthy, who eagled the par-5 18th to post a 4-under 68. At 2 under, Scheffler was among just 13 players -- including the likes of Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns and Min Woo Lee -- in the 72-man field to shoot in red figures on Thursday.

"I'm a grindy competitor, so … I knew it was going to be a challenge today, and I came out with the attitude that I was just going to have fun and try to embrace it as much as I could," McCarthy said.