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Opening Round (A Day Early) for The Farmer's Insurance Open 2023

@TerryLyons
Jan 25
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By TERRY LYONS

SAN DIEGO - The top of the recent PGA Tour leaderboard at the end of each week is beginning to look like MVP candidates for the NBA - ALL INTERNATIONAL.

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The last four Tour events have been won by players from outside the United States, the longest streak since the fall portion of the 2021-22 season. That equates to five winners: Sungjae Im, Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Lucas Herbert, Viktor Hovland).

In 2023:

Tournament - Winner - Country

The American Express - Jon Rahm - Spain

Sony Open in Hawaii - Si Woo Kim South - Korea

Sentry Tournament of Champions - Jon Rahm - Spain

Last of 2022:

The RSM Classic - Adam Svensson - Canada


PGA Tour rookies Davis Thompson (2nd) and Taylor Montgomery (5th) both finished in the Top Five at The American Express and are the two highest-ranked rookies in the FedEx Cup standings, with Montgomery at No. 9 and Thompson No. 19. Both players reached career-high positions in the Official World Golf Ranking (Montgomery No. 52, Thompson No. 59). Montgomery has finished T15 or better in eight of nine starts this season; no other player has done so more than five times (J.J. Spaun, Tom Hoge). He also leads the PGA Tour in Top-10s with four.

Five-time PGA Tour winner J.B. Holmes is making his first start today since the 2021 Fortinet Championship. Holmes is competing on a Major Medical Extension with 26 starts available to earn 288.816 FedExCup points. Holmes has not finished in the top-10 of a PGA Tour event since winning the 2019 Genesis Invitational.


Farmer’s Insurance Open | Tournament Facts

COURSE: Torrey Pines (South Course)

YARDS/PAR: 7,765 yards/Par 72

ARCHITECT: William Bell

PRIZE Money - Purse: $8,700,000/$1,566,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Luke List

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @FarmersInsOpen


How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)


Farmer’s | The Basics

Yes, we’re teeing off a DAY earlier than usual to avoid those NFL TV ratings juggernauts.

The Tee Times at The Farmer’s Insurance Open run today from 12:00 noon (ET) to 2:00pm (ET).

Weather: Just like last weekend, today weather in LaJolla is expected to come with sunny skies, 58-degrees and zero chance of rain.

Tournament Web Site: (link)

FedEx Cup Info: (link)

PGA Tour Brunch will post at 11:00am (ET) Thursday

Farmer’s Field, Tee Times, Updates and Leaderboard

The Field: (link)

Tee Times: (link)

Updates:

John Huh (WD) from Farmers Insurance Open, replaced by Scott Brown.

Monday qualifiers:

Caleb Surratt (69)

Harrison Kingsley (71)

Spencer Levin (71)

Robert Garrigus (71)

Tournament Leaderboard: (link)


What They’re Saying

How to Watch - TODAY! (Golf Week/USA Today)

Immelman the CBS Analyst (PGATourCom)

Rahm Recalls Planned Meeting with Kobe (PGATourCom)


Golf Gambling and Daily Fantasy

Expert Picks for the Farmer’s - (PGATourCom)

Sleepers for the Farmer’s - (PGATourCom)

PGA Tour Bolsters Gambling Integrity (PGATourCom)


On This Day in Golf History

January 25, 1976 - Ben Crenshaw won his second career PGA Tour title, winning the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach firing a final round (69) to defeat relative unknown Mike Morley by two shots.


Parting Putt

From the Torrey Pines vault:

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