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Early Start for the 2023 Farmer's Insurance Open at Torrey Pines

@TerryLyons
Jan 24
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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.

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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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