LOS ANGELES – Matt Kuchar made a mess of the easiest hole at Riviera. He couldn't find the fairway and felt he was on the defensive all afternoon Friday in the Genesis Invitational.
He was good enough with the short irons that Kuchar still managed a 2-under 69 and built a two-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and two others going into the weekend at Riviera.
"It definitely wasn't my best stuff today," Kuchar said. "Two under was an awfully good score for the way I drove it."
Tiger Woods happily would have taken a score like that.