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Yes, it’s been a topic of debate for over two decades, but in the debut of the monthly Brandel Chamblee Podcast with Jaime Diaz, the two veterans come out swinging. The question: Who is the greatest player of all time, Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus? Brandel and Jaime compare the two living legends to each […]

SAN DIEGO – Billy Horschel was on cruise control on Friday at the Farmers Insurance Open – 6 under through 10 holes on the day; five birdies on his opening nine, including four straight beginning on the fourth hole; just a shot off the lead. But his momentum then hit a wall with bogeys at Nos. 12, 15 […]

SAN DIEGO – For the first time since last year’s Ryder Cup, Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed may finally get a chance to talk. Spieth and Reed will be grouped together on Saturday at the Farmers Insurance Open, teeing off at 11:10 a.m. Eastern on the South Course at Torrey Pines. (John Chin will round out […]

SAN DIEGO – If you want to understand the difference in difficulty between the North and South courses at Torrey Pines, you need look only at the on-course demeanor of Jon Rahm over the past two days. The Spaniard was all smiles Thursday while challenging the course record on the easier North, breezing his way […]

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 […]

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, […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 – 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 […]