A strong PGA Tour field has gathered in La Jolla, California, for the Farmers Insurance Open, which is being staged, as it has since 1968, at Torrey Pines Golf Course. Two Torrey courses are in play over the first 2 rounds of the event with the field rotating around the ultra-long South Course and the much shorter, easier North Course before the weekend action takes place exclusively on the South.
The South Course has also hosted 2 US Opens, won by 7-time Farmers champion Tiger Woods in 2008 and Jon Rahm in 2021. It measures at almost 7,800 yards, so driving distance is a distinct advantage on a course that tends to separate the elite from the also-rans.
Farmers Insurance Open golf picks and predictions
Amateur sensation Nick Dunlap will garner plenty of media attention after his American Express win but an elite Californian quartet dominate the betting with local man Xander Schauffele and defending champion Max Homa joined by Patrick Cantlay and Collin Morikawa.