The PGA Tour remains in California this week and heads south to San Diego for the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Frenchman Matthieu Pavon collected his first tour title at this event last year when he made birdie on the 72nd hole to clip Nicolai Hojgaard by a shot.
A field of 154 players will compete for the $9.3 million purse with the winner taking home a first-place prize money payout of $1.674 million for a victory.
Hideki Matsuyama (4) and Ludvig Aberg (6) are the only two top 10 players in the field. Matsuyama won The Sentry to start the year in record fashion and has two top-10 finishes at the Farmers event. Keegan Bradley (13), Sahith Theegala (15) and Sungjae Im (20) are the other three players ranked inside the top 20.
There were, unfortunately, a rash of withdrawals earlier in the week that kept a handful of notable players from competing this week. That includes California native Collin Morikawa and San Diego’s own Xander Schauffele, both missing the tournament due to injuries (Xander actually had never entered the field so wasn’t technically a late WD). Just prior to the first round starting on Wednesday, Will Zalatoris and Gary Woodland were WDs as well.
Speaking of Wednesday, yes, this is an odd week where the tournament runs from Wednesday-Saturday. This was a way to prevent the tour from being played opposite the NFL’s two conference championship games on Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia and Kansas City.
This is also the last chance for players to qualify for next week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am via the Aon Swing 5, meaning the top five in the FedEx Cup rankings who have not otherwise qualified for the signature event will earn a spot in the field.
Here is the rundown of what each player will earn who makes the cut at Torrey Pines. Check back here Saturday after play is complete for updates.
false Public Torrey Pines Golf Course: South La Jolla, CA 3.9 23 Panelists
- 100 Greatest Public
- Best In State
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: $1,674,000
2: $1,013,700
3: $641,700
4: $455,700
5: $381,300
6: $337,125
7: $313,875
8: $290,625
9: $272,025
10: $253,425
11: $234,825
12: $216,225
13: $197,625
14: $179,025
15: $169,725
16: $160,425
17: $151,125
18: $141,825
19: $132,525
20: $123,225
21: $113,925
22: $104,625
23: $97,185
24: $89,745
25: $82,305
Mark Degnan false Public Torrey Pines Golf Course: North La Jolla, CA 3.5 20 Panelists
- Best In State
Redesigned by Tom Weiskopf in 2018, Torrey Pines’ North course became friendlier for the average golfer. The number of bunkers were reduced from 60 to 42 and made easier to play out of. And the average green size was increased from 4,500 square feet to 6,000. Lastly, Weiskopf added one of his signatures: a short, drivable par 4 (the seventh)—making the companion course to the championship South course a little more fun. This may sound like a dumbing down of the architecture but it isn’t. Within the simplification is a wide variety of green configurations and contours, with slopes rising and falling, some set high and others low, and many with more internal contour than is found on most greens on the South course, including the surfaces of the cross-ravine par-3 12th and par-3 15th. The North course also boasts ocean and canyon views on par with the South, particularly the par-4 16th rising along the Pacific Ocean cliffs and brining the player in the most direct contact with the stunning panorama. Perhaps because we feel there’s a better couse hidden somewhere beneath the current South course, playing the North doesn’t feel like a step down, just a step across to the other side of one the best public golf sites in the U.S. View Course
26: $74,865
27: $72,075
28: $69,285
29: $66,495
30: $63,705
31: $60,915
32: $58,125
33: $55,335
34: $53,010
35: $50,685
36: $48,360
37: $46,035
38: $44,175
39: $42,315
40: $40,455
41: $38,595
42: $36,735
43: $34,875
44: $33,015
45: $31,155
46: $29,295
47: $27,435
48: $25,947
49: $24,645
50: $23,901
51: $23,343
52: $22,785
53: $22,413
54: $22,041
55: $21,855
56: $21,669
57: $21,483
58: $21,297
59: $21,111
60: $20,925
61: $20,739
62: $20,553
63: $20,367
64: $20,181
65: $19,995
66: $19,809
67: $19,623
68: $19,437
69: $19,251
70: $19,065
71: $18,879
72: $18,693
73: $18,507
74: $18,321
75: $18,135
76: $17,949
77: $17,763
78: $17,577
79: $17,391
80: $17,205
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com