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Now that Tiger Woods' extraordinary 80th PGA Tour success has been confined to the dim and distant past, it's time to take our first tentative steps along the road back to East Lake courtesy of the season-opening Safeway Open from Napa, California.

A quirk of fate means that, as in the Dunhill Links, we have a defending champion who is in fact pursuing a third consecutive victory in the event, Brendan Steele having seen off Tony Finau by a convincing two shots a year ago after he was a shot too good for Patton Kizzire in 2016.

Finau is a fine advert for what a strong start to the season can do and also helps confirm a nice link between Silverado, host venue since 2014, and Riviera, home of what's now called the Genesis Open. Finau completed a runner-up double across the two courses last year to underline a link established by Sang-moon Bae in 2014 and it's one worth pursuing to some degree.