Tag: Golf

Patrick Cantlay needed to birdie his final hole Friday at the Farmers Insurance Open to make the cut. But the flagstick on the 18th green at Torrey Pines’ North Course had other plans. Cantlay’s approach struck the stick and ricocheted away from the hole. Instead of Cantlay tapping in to move to 3 under and […]

The third round of the Farmers Insurance Open came kicked off with an unexpected twist as Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth ended up in the same group for the first time since their public fallout after the 2018 Ryder Cup. But at least on the first tee, you’d never know the two had a problem. […]

SAN DIEGO – For nearly a decade Ryan Palmer was a stranger at Torrey Pines, opting instead for other West Coast venues to get his season started. But last year that changed. For the first time since 2010 Palmer added the Farmers Insurance Open to his schedule last year and he played his way into a playoff, […]

Jordan Spieth’s third round may have started out a little strange, but the rest of Moving Day at Torrey Pines looked much more familiar for the three-time major champ. After getting an awkward hug from former Ryder Cup teammate Patrick Reed in their first round grouped together since a very public fallout, Spieth went to […]

SAN DIEGO – It was an optimistic ending to an otherwise disappointing day. Here are a few thoughts and observations after another stroll around the South Course with Tiger Woods, who remains mired in the middle of the pack heading into the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open: • There wasn’t much to write […]

The purse for The Players Championship is increasing for the second consecutive year. A jump from $11 million last year to $12.5 million for this year’s event, set for March 14-17 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., makes The Players’ purse the largest currently on the PGA Tour schedule. The U.S. Open has the second largest […]

SAN DIEGO – For a player who has endured his share of putting issues, it turns out all Adam Scott needed was a flagstick to aim at. For the third consecutive day, the Australian finished his round at the Farmers Insurance Open with positive strokes gained: putting. For the week, he has picked up 2.88 […]

SAN DIEGO – Jon Rahm knows exactly what it takes to chase down a leader at Torrey Pines. This was the site of his breakthrough victory two years ago, when the Spaniard fired a back-nine 30 to erase a three-shot deficit and earn his first career PGA Tour title. It’s a place that harbors special […]

SAN DIEGO – When Doug Ghim was mapping out his schedule for this season on the Web.com Tour, he had the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, which ended Wednesday, penciled into his calendar. Those plans, however, were altered dramatically when he received a sponsor exemption into the Farmers Insurance Open. “This whole week has been crazy. I […]

Haotong Li became the first high-profile player to run afoul of the new rule that bans a caddie from assisting in lining up a shot. The defending champion at the Dubai Desert Classic, Li was in position for another high finish when officials determined that Li’s caddie stood on a direct line behind his ball […]