The Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego is no longer “that tournament where Tiger Woods starts his season.” Instead, it has taken on a different identity that Golf Digest senior writer (and live long San Diego resident) Tod Leonard explored with players earlier this week. The South Course, two-time host of the U.S. Open, is consistently one of the toughest on tour. And with a remodeling of the North Course that has given it a little more bite as well, the tournament’s average winning score among the highest.
Despite shifting in the opposite direction of most events, Farmers tournament officials—and many players who return each year—have embraced the challenge of a challenge tour event, given how rare such a thing is.
Mind you, it’s not “impossible” to put up some good scores, provided your feeling comfortable off the tee. “Every hole is if you miss the fairway, you’re in trouble,” says Keegan Bradley, who made the cut this week on the number. “But if you do hit the fairways here, especially with it being soft, you can score.”
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Bradley is correct. The leader after 36 holes, Stephan Jaeger, sits at 12 under par, slightly better than the 11.8 under average of the last five year. And the three-under cutline matched the lowest seen in the event in the last five years.
With all players now competing on the South Course the next two days, don’t necessarily expect players to be lighting up the leader board with birdies. But do expect the golfer who will take the $1.62 million first-place prize money payout (from an overall purse of $9 million) to be the one who avoids big number at all costs.
Here’s the prize money payout break down for every golfer who made the cut this week at Torrey Pines. Come back shortly after the final round on Saturday and we’ll update this list with individual names and payouts.
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Torrey Pines sits on one of the prettiest golf course sites in America, atop coastal bluffs north of San Diego with eye-dazzling views of the Pacific. Rees Jones’ remodeling of the South Course in the early 2000s not only made the course competitive for the 2008 U.S. Open (won by Tiger Woods in a playoff over Rocco Mediate), it also brought several coastal canyons into play for everyday play, especially on the par-3 third and par-4 14th. An annual PGA Tour stop, Torrey Pines received another boost by Jones prior to hosting its second U.S. Open in 2021, this one won by Jon Rahm. View Course
Win: $1,620,000
2: $981,000
3: $621,000
4: $441,000
5: $369,000
6: $326,250
7: $303,750
8: $281,250
9: $263,250
10: $245,250
11: $227,250
12: $209,250
13: $191,250
14: $173,250
15: $164,250
16: $155,250
17: $146,250
18: $137,250
19: $128,250
20: $119,250
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21: $110,250
22: $101,250
23: $94,050
24: $86,850
25: $79,650
26: $72,450
27: $69,750
28: $67,050
29: $64,350
30: $61,650
31: $58,950
32: $56,250
33: $53,550
34: $51,300
35: $49,050
36: $46,800
37: $44,550
38: $42,750
39: $40,950
40: $39,150
41: $37,350
42: $35,550
43: $33,750
44: $31,950
45: $30,150
46: $28,350
47: $26,550
48: $25,110
49: $23,850
50: $23,130
51: $22,590
52: $22,050
53: $21,690
54: $21,330
55: $21,150
56: $20,970
57: $20,790
58: $20,610
59: $20,430
60: $20,250
61: $20,070
62: $19,890
63: $19,710
64: $19,530
65: $19,350
66: $19,170
67: $18,990
68: $18,810
69: $18,630
70: $18,450
71: $18,270
72: $18,090
73: $17,910
74: $17,730
75: $17,550
76: $17,370
77: $17,190
78: $17,010
79: $16,830
80: $16,650
81: $16,470
82: $16,290
83: $16,110
84: $15,930
85: $15,750
86: $15,570
87: $15,390
88: $15,210
89: $15,030
90: $14,850
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