Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: The American Express (Sepp Straka)
THIS WEEK: Farmers Insurance Open, San Diego, Jan. 22-25
Courses: Torrey Pines Golf Course, South (Par 72, 7,765 Yards); Torrey Pines Golf Course, North (Par 72, 7,258 Yards)
Purse: $9.3M (Winner: $1.674M)
Defending Champion: Matthieu Pavon
FedEx Cup leader: Hideki Matsuyama
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Wednesday-Thursday: 3-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Friday: 3-5 p.m. (GC), 5-8 p.m. (CBS); Saturday: 2-4 p.m. (GC), 4-8 p.m. (CBS)
Streaming (ESPN+): Wednesday-Thursday: 11:45 a.m.-7 p.m. ET; Friday-Saturday: 12-8 p.m.
X: @FarmersInsOpen
NOTES: This is the only PGA Tour event contested Wednesday-Saturday, so as to not conflict with the NFL’s conference championship games on Sunday. Torrey Pines reportedly will play host to next month’s Genesis Invitational, which is being moved from Riviera Country Club due to the wildfires in the Los Angeles area. … This is also the final event for players to earn spots in next week’s designated event at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am via the Aon Swing 5. The top five currently are J.J. Spaun, Justin Lower, Alex Smalley, Charley Hoffman and Harry Hall. They are followed by Mark Hubbard, Patrick Fishburn, Adam Schenk and Jackson Suber. … World No. 2 Xander Schauffele withdrew last week due to an undisclosed medical reason, but the field does include 17 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking. … Pavon will be defending his maiden win on tour, going on to become the lone rookie to qualify for the Tour Championship last season. … Luke Clanton and Jackson Koivun, the top two ranked amateurs in the world, are in the field on sponsor exemptions. Clanton has four top-10s in eight career PGA Tour starts. … Tiger Woods (1999) shares the tournament scoring record of 266 with George Burns (1987).
BEST BETS: Ludvig Aberg (+900 at DraftKings) enters the week ranked No. 6 following a T5 to begin the year at The Sentry and finished T9 in his first Farmers appearance last year. … Matsuyama (+1100) is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 4. He followed up his win at The Sentry with a T18 at the Sony Open. … Sungjae Im (+1800) missed the cut here last year, but finished T4 and T6 the previous two. … Keegan Bradley (+2200) has been in strong form with three other top-15 finishes in four starts since winning the BMW Championship last August. … Jason Day (+2500) is a two-time winner at Torrey Pines (2015, ’18) to go along with a T2 in 2014 and a T3 two years ago. … Austin Eckroat (+6000) offers intriguing longshot odds for a player with two wins in the past 11 months. He is coming off a missed cut in Honolulu and finished T37 here last year after missing the cut in ’23.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Pebble Beach, Calif., Jan. 30-Feb. 2
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
LAST TOURNAMENT: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (Ernie Els)
THIS WEEK: Off.
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Els
HOW TO FOLLOW
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Trophy Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco, Feb. 6-8
LPGA TOUR
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Tournament of Champions, Orlando, Fla., Jan. 30-Feb. 2
LIV GOLF LEAGUE
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 6-8
–Field Level Media
