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The PGA Tour’s annual West Coast swing heads from the desert to the shore for this week’s Farmers Insurance Open at picturesque Torrey Pines in San Diego.
The occasion options the one Wednesday begin on tour, and our golf consultants preview the occasion and supply their favourite prop picks together with greatest bets to win this week.
FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN
Location: 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 chief: 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
PROP PICKS
–Daniel Berger to Make Cut (-190 at DraftKings): This is tied for the “longest” odds amongst these the e-book is providing within the missed lower prop. Berger has labored his manner again following a prolonged absence because of again points, and has made seven of his previous eight cuts. That features a T21 at The American Express final week.
–Taylor Pendrith Top 20 Finish (125 at BetRivers): At No. 46, Pendrith is likely one of the higher-ranked gamers within the subject. He has seven top-20 finishes over his previous 9 begins worldwide and tied for ninth right here final yr.
–Jason Day to Beat Tony Finau (100 at DraftKings): We’re banking on Day’s super observe file right here (see beneath), regardless of a missed lower final yr. He is coming off a T3 final week, whereas Finau did not make the weekend. This one may come down as to whether Finau is ready to constantly discover the golf green this week.
2025 Prop Pick Record: 2-4-0
BEST BETS
–Ludvig Aberg (900 at DraftKings) enters the week ranked No. 6 following a T5 to start the yr at The Sentry and completed T9 in his first Farmers look final yr.
–Hideki Matsuyama (1100) is the highest-ranked participant within the subject at No. 4. He adopted up his win at The Sentry with a T18 on the Sony Open.
–Sungjae Im (1800) missed the lower right here final yr, however completed T4 and T6 the earlier two.
–Keegan Bradley (2200) has been in robust kind with three different top-15 finishes in 4 begins since profitable the BMW Championship final August.
–Jason Day (2500) is a two-time winner at Torrey Pines (2015, ’18) to go together with a T2 in 2014 and a T3 two years in the past.
–Austin Eckroat (6000) presents intriguing longshot odds for a participant with two wins prior to now 11 months. He is coming off a missed lower in Honolulu and completed T37 right here final yr after lacking the lower in ’23.
NOTES
–This is the one PGA Tour occasion contested Wednesday-Saturday, in order to not battle with the NFL’s convention championship video games on Sunday. Torrey Pines reportedly will play host to subsequent month’s Genesis Invitational, which is being moved from Riviera Country Club as a result of wildfires within the Los Angeles space.
–This can also be the ultimate occasion for gamers to earn spots in subsequent week’s designated occasion on the ATT Pebble Beach Pro-Am by way of the Aon Swing 5. The high 5 presently are J.J. Spaun, Justin Lower, Alex Smalley, Charley Hoffman and Harry Hall. They are adopted by Mark Hubbard, Patrick Fishburn, Adam Schenk and Jackson Suber.
–World No. 2 Xander Schauffele withdrew final week because of an undisclosed medical cause, however the subject does embrace 17 of the highest 50 gamers within the Official World Golf Ranking.
–Frenchman Pavon can be defending his maiden win on tour, occurring to change into the lone rookie to qualify for the Tour Championship final season.
–Luke Clanton and Jackson Koivun, the highest two ranked amateurs on the earth, are within the subject on sponsor exemptions. Clanton has 4 top-10s in eight profession PGA Tour begins.
–Tiger Woods (1999) shares the event scoring file of 266 with George Burns (1987).
–Field Level Media