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Early Start for the 2023 Farmer's Insurance Open at Torrey Pines
By TERRY LYONS
SAN DIEGO - Your regular six-days-a-week (Wednesday through Monday) PGA Tour Brunch has arrived a day early this week. The fact of the matter, the Farmer’s Insurance Open at Torrey Pines will be staged Wednesday, Jan. 25th through Saturday, January 28th as the minds behind the Tour avoid the AFC-NFC Championship weekend. Those smart people at PGA TOUR HQ.
Since the Farmers Insurance Open moved to Torrey Pines in 1968, two-time 2023 winner Jon Rahm (Sentry ToC and AMEX) has the second-lowest scoring averageof any player of any player at the event (minimum 10 rounds) behind only seven-time champion Tiger Woods, who is only 0.01 lower than Rahm.
Lowest Scoring Average at the Farmers Insurance Open (1968-present with a minimum of 10 rounds):
Average - Player - Rounds
69.28 - Tiger Woods - 68
69.29 - Jon Rahm - 24
69.33 - Rory McIlroy - 12
69.71 - Jack Nicklaus - 28
Luke List won the 2022 Farmers Insurance Open in a playoff over Will Zalatoris, earning his first career PGA Tour title. List entered the final round trailing by five strokes and carded a 66 to force the playoff before recording a birdie on the first extra hole. He has not recorded a top-10 in 27 starts on Tour since the victory.
Zalatoris, the third-highest ranked player in the field at No. 7 in the Official World Golf Ranking, has made two starts on Tour since returning from the back injury that forced him to withdraw from the 2022 BMW Championship. This month, he’s gone: T-11/Sentry Tournament of Champions, T-36/The American Express. He is one of three players to finish in the Top 10 in each of the last two years at the Farmers Insurance Open. The others? List and Rahm.
San Diego native Xander Schauffele is the second-highest ranked player in the field at No. 6 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Schauffele recorded his first career albatross on No. 5 during the final round of The American Express and finished T-3.
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
The Tee Times at The Farmer’s Insurance Open run from 12:00 noon (ET) to 2:00pm (ET).
Weather: Just like last weekend 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) Wednesday - Reminder First Round is Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 25th.
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)
The Farmer’s | Tournament Odds
Source: CBS Sportsline
Jon Rahm +400
Xander Schauffele +1200
Collin Morikawa +1200
Tony Finau +1200
Justin Thomas +1300
Will Zalatoris +1400
Sungjae Im +2000
Max Homa +2200
Taylor Montgomery +2600
Jason Day +2700
Hideki Matsuyama +3100
Si Woo Kim +3300
Sahith Theegala +4200
Maverick Mcnealy +4200
Cameron Davis +4500
J.J. Spaun +5000
Justin Rose +5000
Keegan Bradley +5000
Harris English +6000
Scott Stallings +6500
Hayden Buckley +7000
Luke List +7500
Alex Smalley +7500
Taylor Pendrith +8500
Wyndham Clark +9500
Adam Hadwin +9500
Davis Thompson +9500
Kurt Kitayama +9500
Ryan Palmer +10000
Gary Woodland +10000
Rickie Fowler +10000
Adam Svensson +10000
Thomas Detry +10000
Davis Riley +11000
Patrick Rodgers +11000
Will Gordon +11000
Emiliano Grillo +11000
Robby Shelton +11000
Cameron Champ +12000
Dean Burmester +12000
Trey Mullinax +12000
Carson Young +12000
Nick Hardy +14000
S.H. Kim +14000
Aaron Rai +15000
Ben Taylor +15000
Charley Hoffman +15000
Byeong Hun An +15000
Ben Griffin +15000
Garrick Higgo +15000
Sebastian Munoz +15000
Kevin Yu +15000
Matthew NeSmith +15000
Lanto Griffin +16000
Stephan Jaeger +16000
Sam Ryder +16000
Beau Hossler +16000
Brendan Steele +17000
Matthias Schmid +19000
Justin Suh +19000
Callum Tarren +19000
Lee Hodges +20000
Patton Kizzire +20000
TL’s Wedge for an Edge: Nailed the chalky Jon Rahm last week, and like Rahm, I’m 2-for-3 since Jan 1st. That is no great shakes. Misfired - like John Calapari - on my One-and-Ones. This week, more chalk suggestions with Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris.
For the Tour One and Done? Zalatoris.
What They’re Saying
First Look at The Farmer’s Insurance Open (PGATourCom)
Power Rankings for the the Farmer’s (PGATourCom)
Five Things to Know about Torrey Pines (PGATourCom)
Reed Tosses a Tee at Rory (for being ignored) - (NYPost)
Sports Gambling and Daily Fantasy
Best Bets for The Farmer’s Insurance Open - (Action Net)
Expert Picks for the Farmer’s - (PGATourCom)
Sleepers for the Farmer’s - (PGATourCom)
Horses for the Course at Torrey Pines - (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
January 24, 1999 - David Duval shot one of the great rounds in the history of golf - a final round (59) - to come from seven strokes back and win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.
Parting Putt
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