PGA Tour Brunch | Farmer's Open | R-2
PGA Tour Brunch | Farmer's Open | R-2
Second Round Coverage of the 2023 Farmer's Insurance Open
By TERRY LYONS
LaJOLLA - With 8-under (64) on the North Course, Sam Ryder, Aaron Rai and Brent Grant share the 18-hole lead at the Farmers Insurance Open. All three players hold a share of the lead for the first time on Tour (after any round). Three players tied for the 18-hole lead ties the most on Tour this season (fourth instance).
Meanwhile, 2017 champion Jon Rahm, who entered the week with wins in his last two starts, carded a 1-over (73) on the South Course, snapping a streak of 12 consecutive under-par scores to start the 2022-23 season. Rahm stands T-116 and holds the longest active cuts-made streak on TOUR (21).
Scoring Average on the North Course was 2.481 strokes lower than the South Course with the lowest score on the South Course: 6-under (66) (Sam Stevens, Andrew Novak).
Defending champion Luke List (T12) carded a 5-under (67) on (NC). The last player to successfully defend his title at the event was Tiger Woods who won four consecutive titles from 2005 to 2008.
Farmer’s Insurance Open | 18-Hole Leaderboard
Sam Ryder 64 (-8) NC
Aaron Rai 64 (-8) NC
Brent Grant 64 (-8) NC
Brendan Steele 65 (-7) NC
Seven players 66 (-6)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
Farmer’s Insurance Open | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Torrey Pines (North and South Courses)
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
Tee Times for second round of The Farmer’s Insurance Open run today from 12:00 noon (ET) to 2:00pm (ET).
Weather: Today’s weather at Torrey Pines will be sunny skies, 64-67-degrees and zero chance of rain. Low (22%) humidity.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Info: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 11:00am (ET) on Friday
Farmer’s Tee Times and Leaderboard
Tee Times: (link)
Tournament Leaderboard: (link)
What They’re Saying
Ryder, Rai, Grant Share 18-hole Lead (PGATourCom)
Rahm “Struggles” with (73), is Nine Back (ESPNCom/Associated Press)
McIlroy on Greg Norman and LIV Golf (Golf Week/USA Today)
McIlroy Subpoenaed by Patrick Reed’s Lawyers on Christmas Eve (CBS Sports)
How to Watch - Thursday’s R-2 (Golf Week/USA Today)
On This Day in Golf History
January 26, 1986 - Hal Sutton made a two-putt birdie on the final hole - coming after a 246-yard 2-iron over the lake at Phoenix Country Club - to win his sixth PGA Tour title by two shots over Calvin Peete and Tony Sills.
Parting Putt
It’s ON! … The LIV “Golf Nation,” whatever nation that might be, failed to mention McIlroy is a three-time FedEx CUP winner, including 2022. McIlroy has 23 career Tour wins, currently eight international tournament wins, and took a Major, the 2011 U.S. Open by eight strokes. Reed took the 2018 Masters, of course, thus the misleading post (past eight years). McIlroy has some $68 million in career earnings to Reed’s not-too-shabby $37m
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