First Look at The Farmer’s Insurance Open

Defending champion Marc Leishman met the media yesterday and spoke highly of the set-up at Torrey Pines. The native Australian said the course reminded him of Australia. “It reminds me a lot of home,” he said. “The grasses that are at Torrey Pines here (are similar to what) I grew up on at Warrnambool. It was my first trip to America coming to this golf course for the Junior World in 2001.”

“You've got to be pretty precise around here, but there's places you can miss it. If you know where those places are and those places where you can't hit it, I think you can get it around if you don't have your best stuff, which I probably showed on Sunday last year.”

Leishman has not been able to return to his homeland and that takes its toll, he said.

“This is the first year in my career or maybe in my life that I haven't been able to go to Australia at all for the entire year,” said Leishman. “I haven't seen my parents for a year. It's been an interesting one. I guess golf has caught the brunt of it in Australia with no tournaments last year. I did miss it, I love going back and playing. Hopefully we can do that this year and get things back to normal.”

Kamaiu Johnson, scheduled to make his PGA Tour debut, withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open after testing positive for COVID-19. He later tweeted that his mother is hospitalized because of the virus.

Kyle Stanley, Rory Sabattini and Kelly Kraft will tee-off at 9:10am (local)/12:10pm (ET) on No. 1 on the South Course at Torrey Pines while Emiliano Grillo, John Huh and Maverick McNealy tee-off at No. 10.

All Tee Times are HERE

Field Update: Mark Hubbard (out); Replaced by Jim Knous on Monday.

THIS WEEK on the PGA TOUR: The Farmer’s Insurance Open

COURSE: Torrey Pines Golf Club, South Course, San Diego, California

ARCHITECT: William Bell

YARDS/PAR: 7,762 yards/Par 72

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $7,500,000/$1,350,000

DEFENDING Champion: Marc Leishman (2020 Leaderboard link)

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS of Event: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points/Winner Share for points: 2,989/500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedEXCup @FarmersInsOpen #SeeYouAtTorrey

TV COVERAGE: Thursday, January 28-and-Friday, January 29: 3:00pm to 7:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel. Saturday, January 30: 3:00pm to 6:00pm (ET) on CBS. Sunday, January 31: 3:00pm to 6:30pm (ET) on CBS.

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: Thursday, January 28-Friday, January 29 - 1:00pm to 7:00pm (ET); Saturday, January 30: 3:00pm to 6:00pm (ET). Sunday, January 31: 3:00pm to 6:30pm (ET) on Sirius XM Satellite Radio or online on PGATour.com

PGA TOUR TOURNAMENT SITE (link)

At the Window:

A L👀K at the ODDS and Predictions for The Farmer’s Insurance Open:

(Odds from William Hill, Jan 26)

Jon Rahm 7-1
Rory McIlroy 8-1
Xander Schauffele 14-1
Tony Finau 20-1
Patrick Reed 25-1
Harris English 25-1
Viktor Hovland 28-1
Sungjae Im 28-1
Hideki Matsuyama 28-1
Scottie Scheffler 33-1
Matthew Wolff 33-1
Brooks Koepka 33-1
Marc Leishman 33-1
Jason Day 35-1
Si-Woo Kim 35-1
Bubba Watson 40-1
Will Zalatoris 45-1
Adam Scott 45-1
Cameron Davis 50-1
Louis Oosthuizen 50-1
Ryan Palmer 50-1
Cameron Smith 50-1
Jason Kokrak 55-1
Billy Horschel 60-1
Corey Conners 60-1
Cameron Champ 60-1
Jordan Spieth 66-1
Sam Burns 66-1
Rickie Fowler 66-1
Gary Woodland 66-1
Francesco Molinari 70-1
Carlos Ortiz 80-1
Talor Gooch 90-1
Doug Ghim 100-1
Lanto Griffin 100-1
Charles Howell 100-1
Erik Van Rooyen 100-1
Byeong Hun An 100-1
Emiliano Grillo 100-1
Alex Noren 100-1
Charley Hoffman 100-1

Who do the experts like at Farmer’s? (PGATourCom)

TL’s Wedge-Edge: If fielding a foursome for the PGA Tour (dot) com fantasy game, it’s hard to ignore Jon Rahm. Looking for others? Consider Harris English, Marc Leishman and Victor Hovland. If seeking a couple long shots - which we’ll note is 40-1 or longer - take a look at Bubba Watson (40-1) or Louis Oosthuizen (50-1).

What They’re Saying:

Kamaiu Johnson Out at Farmer’s (PGATourCom)

PGA Tour Power Rankings for Farmer’s Insurance (PGATourCom)

Davis Love III Named Captain of USA Presidents Cup team (ESPN)

Golf at a Glance; PGA Tour Heads to Torrey Pines without Tiger (FoxSports)

Tournament Site (FarmersInsuranceOpen)

#SportsBiz Sporting Goods and the Golf Industry

Southern Hills Named as ‘22 PGA Champ Site (ESPN)

PGA Show Official site (link)

PGA Merchandise Show (CBS Sports)

Three “Must See” Drivers (CBS Sports)

PGA News Feed @PGANewsFeed

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On This Day in Golf History

January 27, 2008 - Tiger Woods hit a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole to clinch an impressive eight-shot victory at the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines. It marked the fourth straight title for Woods at Torrey Pines and the third consecutive win on tour that season. Woods would return to Torrey Pines five months later to win the U.S. Open for the third time. (Courtesy of Randy Walker), Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE

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January 26th 2021

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