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NOTE: Get the Signature Scroll \u2013 and the rest of PGA TOUR’s newsletters, including The Connect, Wire to Wire and The Early Card \u2013 directly in your inbox. Subscribe today!<\/a><\/p>\n Feels good to be back at The Riviera Country Club. There aren’t many courses that TOUR players enjoy more. Ditto. It’s back, and we’re back with another Signature Scroll. Let’s get you ready for the week …<\/p>\n The week everything changed<\/p>\n LOS ANGELES \u2013 The last time The Genesis Invitational was at The Riviera Country Club also happened to be the last time the golf world stood a chance. I like to refer to it as B.S.S.S.T.A.M.P. Or, as some might know it better: \u201cBefore Scottie Scheffler switched to a mallet putter.\u201d <\/p>\n This event in 2024 was his breaking point. A week in which he lost more than a stroke a round on the Riviera greens and finally made a switch he was long mulling, trading out his trusty blade for a mallet. It wasn\u2019t the only thing he changed. Working with coach Phil Kenyon, the two had slowly implemented several tweaks, but this was the most visible. It also led to a complete reversal of fortunes immediately. Scheffler won four of his next five starts, including THE PLAYERS Championship and the Masters. And thus began Scheffler\u2019s incredible run that persists to this day. <\/p>\n Some stats \u2026 In the 38 starts Scheffler has made after switching to the mallet, he\u2019s gained strokes on the greens 29 times (76%). In the previous 38 starts beforeswitching, he gained strokes only 15 times (39%). <\/p>\n *:not(style){overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0px;right:0px;bottom:0px;left:0px;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;width:100%;height:100%;}.css-17ygvlf>img,.css-17ygvlf>video{object-fit:cover;}.css-17ygvlf::before{height:0px;content:””;display:block;padding-bottom:56.25%;}]]> How Scottie Scheffler\u2019s putter, grip change sparked winning surge<\/p>\n Basically, the switch made him twice as likely to have a positive week on the greens. That\u2019s led to many more wins. He\u2019s won 14 times since making the switch, compared to just three wins in the same time frame leading up it. He went from a well-below-average putter to a top-25 putter in 2025. Combine that with the rest of his game and suddenly the generational run makes a lot more sense. <\/p>\n \u201cGoing to (a) mallet where I don’t have to line the ball up and it gave me a better visual for what I wanted to see really just freed me up,\u201d Scheffler reflected on Wednesday. <\/p>\n Riviera is one of the few courses that Scheffler has yet to master, but let\u2019s also remember we haven\u2019t seen him here since the week everything changed. Something tells me the result might change this time around, too \u2026 <\/p>\n It\u2019s Riviera\u2019s 100th anniversary. I dove into the club history and dug up a ton of cool photos in the process <\/a>\u2026 Is Scottie Scheffler a shoo-in to contend? Will Max Homa turn it around? I broke down those questions and some other compelling subplots to follow this week<\/a>. *:not(style){overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0px;right:0px;bottom:0px;left:0px;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;width:100%;height:100%;}.css-1ndkq8v>img,.css-1ndkq8v>video{object-fit:cover;}.css-1ndkq8v::before{height:0px;content:””;display:block;padding-bottom:56.25%;}]]><\/p>\n Stock \u2b06\ufe0f, stock \u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n Who’s getting better and who’s going in the wrong direction? Every week (almost), we look at a few going both directions …<\/p>\n Min Woo Lee \ud83d\udcc8 \u2013 Lee had never finished in the top-20 of a Signature Event till his runner-up at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He\u2019s not automatically in the Signature Events this season. That result will do a lot to ensure he is going forward.Ryo Hisatsune \ud83d\udcc8 \u2013 It was an open question whether his hot start to the year would continue once he got to the Signature Events. It did. He finished T8 and is an early contender for a Presidents Cup spot. Ryo Hisatsune’s chip-in birdie to take solo lead is the Shot of the Day<\/p>\n J.J. Spaun \ud83d\udcc9 \u2013 He\u2019s 163rd in putting through the first month of the year. That won\u2019t cut it as he tries to stave off regression from a breakthrough 2025 year.Aldrich Potgieter \ud83d\udcc9\u2013 Three missed cuts and a T60 finish in an event without a cut. Not the start the reigning Rookie of the Year had in mind\ud83e\udd22 Ludvig \u00c5berg told me that the sickness that caused him to W\/D from The American Express lingered. That’s in part to blame for his slow start. He said it’s also the same issue that got him at the start of the last year. He’s undergoing testing to understand why. He spared us the details, but it’s in his gut. \ud83d\ude2e Scottie Scheffler said he hit 3-wood and 5-wood in his practice session on the fourth hole. The famous par 3 was lengthened more than 30 yards and is now a whopping 273 yards. It was a beast before and it will continue to be. \ud83c\udf27 It was a sunny Wednesday, but a boatload of rain overnight kept the course soft. Expect those conditions to remain, at least through the first couple of rounds. <\/p>\n Reminder, we’ll have the Signature Scroll in your inbox after every round. Hopefully, you’re not sick of me yet, because it’s about to get worse. <\/p>\n *:not(style){overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0px;right:0px;bottom:0px;left:0px;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;width:100%;height:100%;}.css-11jnzpa>img,.css-11jnzpa>video{object-fit:cover;}.css-11jnzpa::before{height:0px;content:””;display:block;padding-bottom:66.66666666666666%;}]]> Feb 16, 2026<\/p>\n Odds Outlook: McIlroy, Scheffler set pace for bettors eyeing The Genesis<\/a>Golfbet News<\/a>![\"How](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771542856_211_image.jpg\")
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