Si Woo Kim A Wildcard Heading Into The Farmers
Si Woo Kim never keeps things dull. He rode up and down the leaderboard last week at the AMEX to a tied for 11th place result. Kim did not blow up when he could have and managed to stay in the 60's for all four rounds. It was the first time the Korean golfer accomplished... Read More
Keith Mitchell Looks To Build Off Of Sony Open
Keith Mitchell drives the ball well off the tee and that can help at Torrey Pines. Mitchell also finished in a tie for seventh at the Sony Open in his first tournament of 2022. He was making birdies, stringing shots together, and not messing up his approaches to the green. That is his weakness by... Read More
Aaron Wise Starts 2022 At the Farmers
American golfer Aaron Wise makes his calendar year 2022 debut at the Farmers Insurance Open on Wednesday. Wise had a nice run in the Fall with two top-ten results and never finished worse than 26th. In that stretch, the golfer was making 4.75 birdies a round which ranked 16th on the tour. Now, can he... Read More
Sam Burns Could Be Dangerous In San Diego
Torrey Pines and Sam Burns could get along well this weekend as Burns has and had been playing well. He worked out some of the rust at the Tournament of Championship earlier in the month. Burns made quite a few birdies finishing in the middle of the pack (19th). It was how he finished the... Read More
Keegan Bradley An Intriguing Option At The Farmers
Keegan Bradley came off his almost two month break at the Sony Open and nearly delivered a ton-ten performance. He finished tied for 12th and shot all four rounds in the 60's. If not for Day 1 where he missed some normally makable putts (shot a 69), Bradley may have even challenged for a win.... Read More
Jordan Spieth Too Expensive At Torrey Pines
Jordan Spieth comes into Torrey Pines off a T21 finish at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in his first start of 2022. That finish alone doesn't warrant Spieth to be priced inside the top-12 players in the field, and neither does his history at Torrey Pines. Spieth hasn't finished inside the top-20 at the Farmers... Read More
Can Lanto Griffin Keep Rolling After Third At AMEX?
Lanto Griffin had a solid run to cap off the 2021 calendar year. Few knew what to expect when he played in the American Express last week. Then he started hitting the ball with authority. Griffin played his shots and did not get ahead of himself. The result was a tied for third place finish... Read More
Cameron Tringale Working Out The Kinks At The Farmers
A common theme for many golfers in January is how they work out the rust from the holidays. Last week, Cameron Tringale played okay at times but got off to a rough start with a 74 at the AMEX. He rebounded with a 65 before having more problems as a third-round 71 caused him to... Read More
Harry Higgs Not Easy To Lean On At Farmers
The Farmers Insurance Open may not be the best place for Harry Higgs to get in good form but then again maybe the jolt in the schedule cannot hurt. Higgs blew up last weekend shooting a 77 on Sunday to fall right out of contention at the AMEX. This came off the Sony Open where... Read More
Mackenzie Hughes Starts Off 2022 at the Farmers
Mackenzie Hughes has not played on the PGA Tour in two months. It was some end to 2021 as the Canadian golfer had two top-five finishes including a runner-up at the RSM Classic. That final-round 62 sent him into his "break" on quite a high. The question is this. Starting at a tournament which begins... Read More
Sebastian Munoz Off To Rough Start In 2022
Sebastian Munoz arrives in San Diego fresh off a missed cut at The American Express. Last week, Munoz lost strokes tee-to-green and on approach. It was a rough start to the year for the 29-year-old Columbian. He hopes to rebound this week at the Farmers Insurance Open. It could be a tough ask for Munoz,... Read More
Marc Leishman A Course Horse At Torrey Pines
Marc Leishman enters this week with excellent history at the Farmers Insurance Open. Leishman has four top-20 finishes in his last five appearances at this event, including a win in 2020. In addition to course history, Leishman enters this week with his game in good form. Over his last five events, the Aussie has gained... Read More
Daniel Berger A Solid Fantasy OptionThis Week
Daniel Berger enters this week as one of the favorites to win the Farmers Insurance Open. Berger's iron play has been elite as of late, rating first in the field in strokes gained approach and second in ball striking over his last 24 rounds. Berger has also had some past success in the state of... Read More
Justin Rose Looks To Turn Back Time At Torrey
Justin Rose returns to Torrey Pines this week, which was the home of his last PGA Tour win back in 2019. Rose, now 41 years old, appears to be past the prime of his career. He ended last season ranked 126th in the FedExCup Standings, the worst finish of his career. On a positive note,... Read More
Carlos Ortiz Heads To Farmers Off Poor Outing
Carlos Ortiz missed the cut last week at The American Express. The 30-year-old Mexican struggled at La Quinta, he losing 2.5 strokes tee-to-green and 2.8 strokes on approach. Ortiz had a nice fall swing. He finished in second place at the Mayakoba Classic. Ortiz shot five-under that Sunday to lose to Viktor Hovland. Heading into... Read More
Tony Finau Looking For Win At Torrey
Gamers will salivate over Tony Finau's track record at the Farmers Insurance Open, where he has made the cut in all seven tries and finished top-10 four times. The world's No. 16 ranked golfer finally got his first important win on tour last August at the Northern Trust. Many expected the 32-year-old to thrive after... Read More
Xander Schauffele Ready For Home Game
This will be Xander Schauffele's (OWGR No. 7) seventh stab at the Farmers Insurance Open. The San Diego native struggled early in his career at this tournament, missing the cut in four of his first five attempts. But he seemed to figure Torrey Pines out in 2021 with a T2 finish in January, followed by... Read More
Patrick Reed Set To Defend Farmers Title This Week
Torrey Pines should provide happy memories for Patrick Reed, as it was the scene of his last win on tour this past January. The 26th-ranked player in the world has played twice already in 2022, finishing T15 at The Sentry and T55 at AMEX last week, results that will not cause gamers to jump at... Read More
Bryson DeChambeau Looks To Solve Torrey Pines
Bryson DeChambeau, who is ranked No. 9 in the world, has only played the Farmers Insurance Open twice, missing the cut in 2017 and 2018. However, the massive layout of Torrey Pines would seem to suit the bomber perfectly, which was the case halfway through his Sunday round at the US Open last June. But... Read More
Brooks Koepka Looks To Turn Things Around At Torrey
The former No. 1 player in the world, Brooks Koepka, has slipped down to 17th in the official world golf rankings, with just one win in the last two seasons. The 31-year-old played two weeks ago at the Sentry but finished a disappointing T28 while losing strokes from tee-to-green. Unfortunately for gamers hoping that he... Read More
Dustin Johnson Looking For A Spark In San Diego
Dustin Johnson (OWGR No. 4) will look to shake off the rust when he tees it up for the first time in 2022 at Torrey Pines. The 37-year-old has struggled since a win at Saudi International last February. Consistently one of the best ball strikers on tour, he fell to 38th in that category last... Read More
Patrick Rodgers A Volatile DFS Option At Torrey
Patrick Rodgers is known for being a "boom or bust" type of golfer with varying extreme finishes. When he finds a hot putter, he is absolutely capable of finishing inside the top ten at any course, but the possibility of a missed cut always looms when considering the Stanford alum. Rodgers' volatility has been on... Read More
Joel Dahmen Looks To Rebound At Farmers Insurance Open
Joel Dahmen heads to Torrey Pines after a missed cut at the Sony Open in his most recent start. Dahmen had made seven straight cuts prior to that performance. It was an impressive 2021 season for the fan-favorite, with a victory at Corrales Puntacana and a fifth-place finish at the Houston Open being among the... Read More
PGA Champion Phil Mickelson Longshot At The Farmers Insurance Open
As Phil Mickelson loves to remind us, he is the reigning PGA Champion, and although he's been as inconsistent as anyone, we know the upside is always there. Mickelson comes to the Farmers Insurance Open after opening 2022 with two horrible performances at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and American Express. The 51-year-old is no... Read More
Chez Reavie Looks To Bounce Back at the Farmers Insurance Open
Chez Reavie enters the week off of a missed cut at the American Express, a tournament where he has failed to make the weekend three consecutive times. Reavie will hope things are better at the Farmers Insurance Open, as he hasn't played it since 2016, but in theory, his irons should translate onto any track.... Read More
Justin Thomas Looks To Get Back On Podium
Justin Thomas (OWGR No. 6) hopes to build off a nice start to the season this week at the Farmers Insurance Open. Thomas logged a T5 at the season-opening Sentry Tournament of Champions three weeks ago. He also finished that week ranked fifth in strokes gained tee-to-green, so his swing looks to be in great... Read More
Jon Rahm Loves Torrey Pines
The world's No. 1 ranked golfer comes to the Farmers Insurance Open off a T14 finish at the AMEX last week. While most golfers would be happy with that kind of performance, it was not good enough for Jon Rahm and he voiced displeasure with how easy the tournament played. This week should provide the... Read More
Talor Gooch Looks To Rebound After A Missed Cut
Talor Gooch surprisingly struggled at The American Express last week. Gooch lost two strokes tee-to-green and 3.4 around-the-green at La Quinta to miss the cut. He'll look to get back on track this week at Torrey Pines, a golf course where he has made the cut in each of his last four trips, a stretch... Read More
Emiliano Grillo Could Be One To Fade In San Diego
Since May of last year, Emiliano Grillo has not had a top-10 finish on tour, posting more missed cuts than he has made. Grillo is coming off two straight failed attempts here at Torrey Pines to add to the matter, and we have seen him struggle on Poa greens in the past, losing strokes on... Read More
Hudson Swafford Looking To Win Again At The Farmers Insurance Open
Hudson Swafford is coming off his third win on the PGA Tour at The American Express. It was his second time winning the event in his career, as he claimed the title at La Quinta in 2017. The 34-year-old American road a hot putter during his triumph last week, gaining 6.4 strokes on the greens.... Read More