When Scottie Scheffler played the Genesis Invitational at Riviera last time, he had only one major win. While he thought to correct that, he was saved by the bell, or horn, literally. In over a decade, the Genesis Invitational saw a delay due to rain, pushing everyone’s tee time to much later.

Horn blew at the Riviera Golf Course today to prompt suspension of play due to inclement weather, as Underdog Golf reported, “Weather alert: Play suspended at Genesis Invitational due to inclement weather Thursday.”

Already, PGA Tour Communications had warned that rainfall would disrupt play till 1 P.M. local time or 4 P.M. (EST). Even after that, there might be some probability of precipitation for the next couple of hours.

The PGA Tour website has also confirmed that the play has stopped and the round has been temporarily suspended. It’s uncertain when the weather will improve, and tournament officials will let play resume. However, judging by the conditions, it doesn’t seem like it will happen anytime soon.

It is likely that Scheffler, who was paired with Xander Schauffele and Si Woo Kim as one of the last groups to begin the round, could only return to the field after three hours. So far, he was through five holes and was 5-over par, tied for 71 at the end with Keegan Bradley.

Rain is slated to stop at the top of the hour at 1 pm local (4 pm EST). There would also be a 45-minute warm-up period for players. But it wasn’t only Scheffler whose round was disrupted today.

No player on the field was able to complete his round either. The most anyone got out of it before the suspension stopped play was a little over half the round. The first two groups that started the round were able to complete 10 holes each.

That said, rain suspension is not as common an occurrence at Riviera Golf Course as one might imagine.

Scottie Scheffler’s momentum was put to a halt by divine intervention

It may seem like the rainfall is a common phenomenon during the Genesis Invitational. However, as Len Hochberg from RotoWire pointed out, Scottie Scheffler tee off might have been stopped by a rare occurrence.

He tweeted, “👀 Fun Riviera factoid for people who remember stuff differently: Until today, there had not been a rain delay at the Genesis Invitational this decade, since 2019 (there was a high wind delay in 2021).”

The weather at Riviera Golf Course in 2026 is unlike anything we’ve witnessed since 2020, it seems. While the West Coast Swing has seen a lot of weather issues, the Genesis Invitational has not been troubled by rain on too many occasions. In fact, the last time the tournament was reduced to a 54-hole event due to rain was in 1993.

That raises the question: Are the weather gods trying to stop the momentum Scottie Scheffler has built in the last 18 appearances? Aaron Rai leads the group right now at six under par through 16 holes.