PGA First Look: Farmers Insurance Open
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Farmers Insurance Preview
Before we get into the course preview, a huge congratulations is in order. Hudson Swafford picked up his maiden victory at the CareerBuilder Challenge after a dominant back nine on Sunday. This week the PGA Tour stays in California for the Farmers Insurance Open. There are plenty of storylines heading into the week, but none bigger than the return of Tiger Woods. Woods did play at the Hero World Challenge, but that was not a PGA Tour event and there were only 18 golfers in the field. Woods returns to an event that he has dominated unlike any other. He has seven career victories at the Farmers Insurance Open and when most people think of Torrey Pines, they think of Woods. Joining Tiger in the field are 11 of the top 25 golfers in the world, which easily makes this the strongest field so far this season. We should note that Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler, and Byeong-Hun An all played last week in Abu Dhabi. I’m not saying that the travel will have an impact on their performance this week, but that information could come in handy in a tiebreaker scenario.
There were three golf courses in the rotation last week and there will be two in play this week – Torrey Pines North Course and Torrey Pines South Course. Each golfer will play each course once before the cut is made, then the tournament will finish at the South Course on Saturday and Sunday. Here is a quick description of each course:
North Course:
This is a Par 72 that measures 7,258 yards. It is a lot easier than the South Course, although the course was renovated after last years event. They added 200 yards of length, they widened the fairways, and they made the greens bigger. While it sounds like the course will play more difficult, most players say that the changes take a lot of hazards out of play. We should still expect this course to play three or four strokes easier than its counterpart.
South Course:
This is also a Par 72, although it is much longer than the North Course. It measures 7,698 yards, which makes it the longest active course on the PGA Tour. The fairways on this course are extremely tough to hit, so we definitely want to lean on distance over accuracy off the tee. If everyone is playing from the rough, we might as well take the golfers that are going to be hitting their approach shots closer to the hole.
I am going to be leaning heavily on course history this week, as the same golfers seem to pepper the leaderboard here each and every season. As I mentioned above, I am leaning more toward the bombers than the accuracy types off the tee, especially since three of the four days will be played at the South Course. As always, we want birdie makers and with four par fives on each course, we want to target golfers that can score on those holes. And as always, strokes gained tee to green will be relied on heavily.
Cut Rule:Top 70 and ties move on after the second round.
Recent Winners of this Event:Brandt Snedeker (2016 & 2012), Jason Day (2015), Scott Stallings (2014), Tiger Woods (2013)
Key Statistics (In Order of Importance)
1) Strokes Gained Tee to Green
2) Birdie or Better %
3) Par 5 Scoring
4) Driving Distance
5) Bogey Avoidance
Salaries, Odds, and Course History (2012-2016)
| Golfer | Salary | OWGR | Odds | + / – | Cuts | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Day | $11,400 | 1 | 10 | -1 | 3/4 | 101 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 500 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | $11,200 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 1/3 | 72 | 75 | 16 | 500 | 500 |
| Dustin Johnson | $11,100 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3/4 | 18 | 75 | 500 | 51 | 43 |
| Justin Rose | $10,200 | 13 | 28 | -2 | 1/3 | 72 | 75 | 500 | 500 | 33 |
| Phil Mickelson | $10,000 | 22 | 39 | -5 | 1/4 | 89 | 108 | 500 | 51 | 109 |
| Brooks Koepka | $9,900 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 1/1 | 500 | 41 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Rickie Fowler | $9,700 | 14 | 30 | -1 | 3/5 | 72 | 61 | 105 | 6 | 13 |
| Paul Casey | $9,600 | 16 | 41 | -4 | 0/2 | 72 | 75 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Brandt Snedeker | $9,500 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 4/5 | 1 | 19 | 121 | 2 | 1 |
| Jimmy Walker | $9,400 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 4/5 | 4 | 7 | 83 | 4 | 8 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | $9,300 | 27 | 58 | -10 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Jon Rahm | $9,200 | 137 | 48 | -3 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Shane Lowry | $9,000 | 50 | 69 | -14 | 2/2 | 13 | 7 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Daniel Berger | $8,800 | 33 | 50 | -3 | 1/2 | 72 | 24 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Gary Woodland | $8,600 | 41 | 39 | 4 | 5/5 | 18 | 45 | 10 | 27 | 76 |
| Marc Leishman | $8,500 | 57 | 73 | -13 | 3/5 | 72 | 27 | 2 | 87 | 52 |
| Byeong-Hun An | $8,400 | 46 | 54 | -2 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Emiliano Grillo | $8,300 | 25 | 65 | -7 | 0/1 | 111 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| J.B. Holmes | $8,200 | 29 | 44 | 5 | 3/5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 97 | 109 |
| Francesco Molinari | $8,100 | 32 | 55 | 0 | 0/1 | 122 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Brendan Steele | $8,000 | 56 | 44 | 8 | 4/5 | 49 | 45 | 28 | 27 | 94 |
| Tiger Woods | $7,900 | 663 | 34 | 13 | 2/2 | 500 | WD | 80 | 1 | 500 |
| Billy Horschel | $7,800 | 75 | 63 | 0 | 3/4 | 8 | 91 | 23 | 39 | 500 |
| Charley Hoffman | $7,800 | 68 | 126 | -21 | 4/5 | 43 | 91 | 7 | 34 | 52 |
| Tony Finau | $7,700 | 81 | 63 | 1 | 2/2 | 18 | 24 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Jamie Lovemark | $7,700 | 86 | 79 | -8 | 2/3 | 31 | 500 | 28 | 500 | 109 |
| Keegan Bradley | $7,600 | 115 | 103 | -12 | 3/5 | 89 | 41 | 16 | 124 | 22 |
| Pat Perez | $7,600 | 87 | 75 | -3 | 4/5 | 72 | 74 | 2 | 21 | 22 |
| Hudson Swafford | $7,500 | 89 | 61 | 7 | 1/3 | 13 | 91 | 113 | 500 | 500 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | $7,500 | 67 | 120 | -12 | 4/5 | 18 | 11 | 59 | 87 | 60 |
| Harris English | $7,400 | 79 | 80 | -3 | 4/4 | 31 | 2 | 500 | 73 | 43 |
| Kevin Chappell | $7,400 | 35 | 73 | 3 | 2/4 | 500 | 138 | 47 | 87 | 52 |
| Soren Kjeldsen | $7,400 | 52 | 188 | -38 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Charles Howell | $7,300 | 94 | 50 | 18 | 5/5 | 16 | 5 | 37 | 9 | 43 |
| Kevin Streelman | $7,300 | 122 | 100 | -3 | 1/2 | 3 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 109 |
| Luke List | $7,200 | 185 | 77 | 4 | 1/2 | 89 | 500 | 500 | 68 | 500 |
| James Hahn | $7,200 | 64 | 171 | -28 | 3/4 | 58 | 41 | 121 | 78 | 500 |
| Danny Lee | $7,100 | 71 | 126 | -7 | 2/4 | 58 | 32 | 83 | 500 | 109 |
| Andrew Johnston | $7,100 | 93 | 169 | -25 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Jason Kokrak | $7,000 | 100 | 126 | -3 | 1/2 | 25 | 500 | 500 | WD | 127 |
| Patton Kizzire | $7,000 | 101 | 119 | 0 | 1/1 | 8 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Si Woo Kim | $7,000 | 55 | 124 | -2 | 1/1 | 18 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Harold Varner | $7,000 | 117 | 143 | -9 | 1/1 | 31 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Camilo Villegas | $7,000 | 308 | 188 | -30 | 3/5 | 89 | 27 | 75 | 97 | 22 |
| Dominic Bozzelli | $7,000 | 212 | 220 | -39 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Wesley Bryan | $7,000 | 134 | 277 | -55 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Brandon Stone | $7,000 | 73 | 177 | -26 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Aaron Baddeley | $6,900 | 130 | 167 | -12 | 4/5 | 8 | 119 | 74 | 6 | 27 |
| Robert Streb | $6,900 | 109 | 189 | -23 | 2/3 | 18 | 500 | 19 | 97 | 500 |
| Smylie Kaufman | $6,900 | 113 | 224 | -32 | 1/1 | 25 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Billy Hurley | $6,900 | 124 | 205 | -26 | 0/1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 144 |
| John Senden | $6,900 | 146 | 252 | -43 | 3/3 | 69 | 49 | 500 | 27 | 500 |
| Cameron Smith | $6,900 | 120 | 171 | -17 | 0/2 | 89 | 128 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Padraig Harrington | $6,900 | 123 | 162 | -9 | 0/1 | 500 | 128 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | $6,900 | 128 | 238 | -39 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Roberto Castro | $6,800 | 76 | 167 | -5 | 2/3 | 500 | 500 | 105 | 44 | 33 |
| Scott Stallings | $6,800 | 324 | 69 | 30 | 3/4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 500 |
| Graham DeLaet | $6,800 | 209 | 165 | -3 | 3/4 | 69 | 500 | 2 | 9 | 109 |
| Henrik Norlander | $6,800 | 288 | 215 | -21 | 1/2 | 43 | 500 | 500 | 124 | 500 |
| K.J. Choi | $6,800 | 176 | 155 | 2 | 4/4 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 9 | 500 |
| Ryo Ishikawa | $6,800 | 104 | 183 | -11 | 2/5 | 151 | 75 | 7 | 124 | 13 |
| Aaron Wise | $6,800 | 459 | 230 | -29 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Hunter Mahan | $6,800 | 451 | 452 | -81 | 4/4 | 43 | 500 | 47 | 15 | 6 |
| Lucas Glover | $6,700 | 180 | 93 | 29 | 2/4 | 72 | 24 | 113 | 39 | 500 |
| Brian Harman | $6,700 | 107 | 99 | 28 | 3/4 | 71 | 32 | 500 | 44 | 127 |
| John Huh | $6,700 | 219 | 135 | 16 | 4/5 | 8 | 45 | 113 | 60 | 6 |
| Bud Cauley | $6,700 | 195 | 130 | 18 | 2/3 | 25 | 500 | 500 | 124 | 13 |
| Ryan Blaum | $6,700 | 350 | 293 | -38 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Rod Pampling | $6,700 | 125 | 237 | -22 | 1/3 | 72 | 500 | 500 | 87 | 8 |
| Cameron Tringale | $6,700 | 217 | 217 | -14 | 4/5 | 111 | 69 | 66 | 27 | 4 |
| Sung Kang | $6,700 | 207 | 298 | -40 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Andrew Loupe | $6,700 | 243 | 371 | -59 | 1/2 | 49 | 500 | 121 | 500 | 500 |
| Michael Kim | $6,600 | 244 | 162 | 16 | 1/2 | 31 | 500 | 132 | 500 | 500 |
| Alex Cejka | $6,600 | 173 | 288 | -26 | 0/2 | 111 | 91 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Mackenzie Hughes | $6,600 | 106 | 194 | 1 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Johnson Wagner | $6,600 | 188 | 254 | -19 | 0/2 | 72 | 500 | 83 | 500 | 500 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | $6,600 | 192 | 161 | 17 | 1/4 | 101 | 500 | 97 | 141 | 50 |
| Brian Stuard | $6,600 | 153 | 226 | -8 | 3/4 | 101 | 53 | 28 | 39 | 500 |
| Troy Merritt | $6,600 | 184 | 369 | -49 | 0/2 | 500 | 75 | 121 | 500 | 500 |
| J.J. Spaun | $6,600 | 185 | 339 | -42 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Martin Laird | $6,500 | 140 | 52 | 63 | 4/4 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 60 | 500 |
| Chad Campbell | $6,500 | 187 | 158 | 26 | 2/3 | 31 | 19 | 113 | 500 | 500 |
| Richy Werenski | $6,500 | 235 | 226 | 0 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Cheng-Tsung Pan | $6,500 | 211 | 242 | -7 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Ryan Brehm | $6,500 | 247 | 357 | -38 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Andres Gonzales | $6,500 | 286 | 318 | -30 | 1/3 | 111 | 27 | 500 | 147 | 500 |
| Morgan Hoffmann | $6,500 | 354 | 331 | -33 | 1/4 | 89 | 75 | 16 | 97 | 500 |
| Peter Malnati | $6,500 | 323 | 443 | -50 | 0/1 | 500 | 500 | 97 | 500 | 500 |
| Seung-Yul Noh | $6,400 | 368 | 213 | 14 | 3/5 | 89 | 119 | 10 | 27 | 27 |
| Martin Flores | $6,400 | 249 | 310 | -21 | 3/4 | 500 | 53 | 83 | 34 | 8 |
| Trey Mullinax | $6,400 | 353 | 293 | -13 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Zac Blair | $6,400 | 293 | 277 | -6 | 1/2 | 101 | 11 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Jon Curran | $6,400 | 132 | 288 | -10 | 0/1 | 500 | 75 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Kyle Reifers | $6,400 | 157 | 340 | -27 | 1/3 | 31 | 75 | 500 | 500 | 119 |
| Scott Brown | $6,400 | 233 | 305 | -19 | 1/4 | 49 | 144 | 105 | 500 | 155 |
| Boo Weekley | $6,400 | 296 | 348 | -28 | 2/3 | 133 | 500 | 500 | 34 | 76 |
| Stewart Cink | $6,300 | 260 | 168 | 35 | 2/5 | 89 | 119 | 28 | 116 | 13 |
| Patrick Rodgers | $6,300 | 165 | 146 | 46 | 0/1 | 111 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Nick Watney | $6,300 | 509 | 133 | 50 | 4/5 | 111 | 7 | 59 | 4 | 60 |
| Blayne Barber | $6,300 | 214 | 226 | 16 | 0/2 | 89 | 108 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Jonas Blixt | $6,300 | 240 | 298 | -7 | 4/5 | 6 | 53 | 97 | 34 | 22 |
| Ollie Schniederjans | $6,300 | 194 | 195 | 24 | 1/1 | 49 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Derek Fathauer | $6,300 | 190 | 292 | -4 | 1/1 | 31 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Colt Knost | $6,300 | 161 | 300 | -10 | 4/4 | 16 | 17 | 500 | 73 | 73 |
| Adam Hadwin | $6,200 | 111 | 75 | 74 | 2/2 | 63 | 32 | 500 | WD | 500 |
| Robert Garrigus | $6,200 | 216 | 146 | 55 | 4/5 | 49 | 64 | 28 | 6 | 94 |
| Grayson Murray | $6,200 | 143 | 102 | 67 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Michael Thompson | $6,200 | 230 | 213 | 30 | 3/4 | 63 | 11 | 500 | 78 | 127 |
| Spencer Levin | $6,200 | 248 | 386 | -20 | 2/4 | 122 | 11 | 83 | 500 | 43 |
| Will Wilcox | $6,200 | 265 | 330 | -8 | 0/1 | 500 | 500 | 144 | 500 | 500 |
| Tyrone Van Aswegen | $6,200 | 245 | 448 | -28 | 2/3 | 49 | 119 | 37 | 500 | 500 |
| Steven Alker | $6,200 | 521 | 464 | -33 | 0/1 | 500 | 91 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| D.A. Points | $6,200 | 650 | 418 | -22 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Steven Bowditch | $6,200 | 306 | 767 | -43 | 1/3 | 500 | 500 | 75 | 116 | 94 |
| Whee Kim | $6,100 | 250 | 155 | 62 | 1/2 | 111 | 49 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Seamus Power | $6,100 | 317 | 186 | 47 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Bryce Molder | $6,100 | 197 | 227 | 31 | 3/5 | 127 | 119 | 70 | 68 | 13 |
| Retief Goosen | $6,100 | 228 | 255 | 22 | 1/2 | 111 | 53 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Ben Crane | $6,100 | 405 | 246 | 26 | 2/5 | 25 | 108 | 68 | 97 | 80 |
| Kelly Kraft | $6,100 | 406 | 319 | 3 | 1/1 | 31 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Brad Fritsch | $6,100 | 430 | 377 | -9 | 2/2 | 500 | 500 | 10 | 9 | 500 |
| JT Poston | $6,100 | 312 | 279 | 18 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| John Peterson | $6,100 | 783 | 251 | 25 | 1/2 | 500 | 27 | 138 | 500 | 500 |
| Rory Sabbatini | $6,100 | 490 | 282 | 17 | 1/2 | 151 | 500 | 23 | 500 | 500 |
| Beau Hossler | $6,100 | 265 | 21 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Xander Schauffele | $6,100 | 300 | 436 | -14 | 0/1 | 143 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Chad Collins | $6,100 | 404 | 450 | -19 | 2/2 | 500 | 17 | 28 | 500 | 500 |
| J.J. Henry | $6,100 | 527 | 450 | -19 | 3/5 | 43 | 11 | 97 | 39 | 119 |
| Kevin Tway | $6,100 | 433 | 531 | -28 | 1/1 | 500 | 500 | 37 | 500 | 500 |
| Ryan Armour | $6,100 | 415 | 569 | -29 | 0/1 | 500 | 128 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Miguel Angel Carballo | $6,100 | 456 | 610 | -30 | 1/3 | 133 | 500 | 121 | 500 | 74 |
| Brett Drewitt | $6,100 | 719 | 652 | -31 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Kyle Stanley | $6,000 | 263 | 152 | 81 | 3/5 | 25 | 67 | 121 | 146 | 2 |
| Tim Wilkinson | $6,000 | 343 | 298 | 29 | 0/2 | 127 | 500 | 105 | 500 | 500 |
| Nick Taylor | $6,000 | 391 | 310 | 24 | 0/1 | 127 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Brett Stegmaier | $6,000 | 281 | 350 | 15 | 0/1 | 89 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Brandon Hagy | $6,000 | 380 | 364 | 13 | 1/1 | 43 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Cameron Percy | $6,000 | 413 | 469 | -6 | 1/3 | 122 | 53 | 500 | 87 | 500 |
| Tag Ridings | $6,000 | 626 | 450 | -1 | 2/2 | 500 | 500 | 55 | 15 | 500 |
| Will MacKenzie | $6,000 | 487 | 367 | 12 | 1/2 | 101 | 500 | 7 | 500 | 500 |
| Steve Marino | $6,000 | 377 | 424 | 5 | 3/3 | 67 | 500 | 500 | 15 | 66 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | $6,000 | 681 | 448 | 1 | 0/2 | 500 | 119 | 148 | 500 | 500 |
| Stuart Appleby | $6,000 | 452 | 483 | -7 | 1/4 | 500 | 144 | 43 | 87 | 144 |
| Greg Chalmers | $6,000 | 282 | 438 | 3 | 1/3 | 500 | 138 | 500 | 124 | 33 |
| Nicholas Lindheim | $6,000 | 333 | 490 | -8 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Brian Campbell | $6,000 | 365 | 393 | 7 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Ken Duke | $6,000 | 336 | 520 | -9 | 0/1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 80 |
| Sebastian Munoz | $6,000 | 983 | -17 | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Chris Gilley | $6,000 | 940 | -16 | 0/1 | 500 | 155 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Matt Every | $6,000 | 597 | 700 | -14 | 2/4 | 72 | 69 | 500 | 60 | 152 |
Color Coding
Course history in BLUE indicates a top ten finish.
Course history in GREEN indicates a top 25 finish.
Course history in YELLOW indicates a made cut with a finish outside of the top 25.
Course history in RED indicates a missed cut.
Legend
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| + / – | The difference between a golfer’s salary and odds rank. This can help you spot underpriced golfers. |
| OWGR | Official World Golf Ranking |
| Cuts | Cut record of each golfer at this course in the last five seasons. |
| 2012 – 2016 Columns | Course history at this event in the last five seasons. |