Farmers Insurance Open
January 24th – 27th, 2019
Torrey Pines South Course
San Diego, CA
Par: 72 / Yardage:
Purse: $7.1 million
with $1,278,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
Jason Day

This week’s field includes:
The field includes 50 of the top 100 in the latest Official World rankings with 24 of the top 50 players. There are five players from the top-ten, #1 Justin Rose, #6 Xander Schauffele, #7 Jon Rahm, #8 Rory McIlroy and #10 Tony Finau. The other top 50 players are #11 Rickie Fowler, #12 Jason Day, #13 Tiger Woods, #15 Patrick Reed, #16 Marc Leishman, #17 Patrick Cantlay, #20 Jordan Spieth, #21 Alex Noren, #24 Gary Woodland, #28 Cameron Smith, #32 Keegan Bradley, #33 Hideki Matsuyama, #34 Kyle Stanley, #37 Billy Horschel, #38 Kiradech Aphibarnrat, #42 Adam Scott, #48 Brandt Snedeker, #49 Emiliano Grillo and #50 Satoshi Kodaira.
Last year 19 top-50 players were in the field.
The field includes 15 of the top 25 on the FedEx point standings for 2018. Those players are #1 Justin Rose, #2 Tiger Woods, #5 Billy Horschel, #6 Tony Finau, #8 Keegan Bradley, #12 Cameron Smith, #13 Hideki Matsuyama, #13 Rory McIlroy, #15 Xander Schauffele, #16 Jason Day, #17 Rickie Fowler, #20 Patrick Cantlay, #22 Patrick Reed, #23 Jon Rahm and #24 Aaron Wise.
The field includes 15 of the top 25 on the FedEx point standings from last year. Those players are #1 Xander Schauffele, #3 Marc Leishman, #4 Gary Woodland, #5 Charles Howell III, #7 Kevin Tway, #9 Cameron Champ, #11 Patrick Cantlay, #12 Adam Long, #14 Danny Lee, #15 Brandt Snedeker, #16 Tony Finau, #17 Emiliano Grillo, #18 Patrick Rodgers, #23 Sam Ryder and #25 Abraham Ancer.
The field includes 7 past champions in the field (winning 15 Farmers titles) this week: Jason Day – 2018 & ’15, Jon Rahm 2017, Brandt Snedeker – 2016 & ’12, Scott Stallings – 2014, Tiger Woods – 2013, ’08, ’07, ’06, ’05, ’03 & 1999, Ben Crane – 2010 and Nick Watney – 2009.
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Farmers Insurance Open field is our performance chart listed by average finish. Another way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the Farmers Insurance Open in the last five years or check out our sortable 8-year glance at the Farmers Insurance Open.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker in Las Vegas.
Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the Farmers Insurance Open
Player | Desert Classic | Sony Open | Sentry T of C | DP, Dubai | RSM Classic | Mayakoba | Shriners Hospitals | Turkish Airlines | WGC-HSBC Champions | Sanderson Farms | Nine Bridges | CIMB Classic | Safeway Open |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marc Leishman (224.67 pts) |
DNP | T3 (90) |
T4 (80) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T18 (10.67) |
Win (44) |
DNP |
Xander Schauffele (202 pts) |
DNP | DNP | Win (132) |
T16 (17) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | T48 (0.67) |
25 (8.33) |
DNP |
Gary Woodland (173 pts) |
DNP | 80 (0) |
2 (100) |
DNP | DNP | T41 (3) |
T10 (13.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 2 (33.33) |
T5 (23.33) |
DNP |
Charles Howell III (166 pts) |
T34 (16) |
T8 (50) |
T14 (36) |
DNP | Win (44) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T61 (0) |
T5 (23.33) |
DNP |
Jon Rahm (159.33 pts) |
6 (60) |
DNP | T8 (50) |
T4 (40) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T22 (9.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Cameron Champ (132 pts) |
DNP | T73 (0) |
T11 (39) |
DNP | 6 (20) |
T10 (13.33) |
T28 (7.33) |
DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | DNP | T25 (8.33) |
Patrick Reed (130.33 pts) |
DNP | T13 (37) |
T25 (25) |
T2 (50) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 (18.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Adam Long (115.33 pts) |
Win (132) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | T63 (0) |
Abraham Ancer (112.67 pts) |
T18 (32) |
T29 (21) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T21 (9.67) |
T4 (26.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T73 (0) |
T5 (23.33) |
DNP |
Sungjae Im (111 pts) |
T12 (38) |
T16 (34) |
DNP | DNP | T37 (4.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
T15 (11.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T41 (3) |
DNP | T4 (26.67) |
Patrick Cantlay (107.67 pts) |
T9 (45) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 2 (33.33) |
DNP | T7 (18.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T17 (11) |
Brandt Snedeker (106.67 pts) |
DNP | T16 (34) |
T22 (28) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T30 (6.67) |
DNP | T36 (4.67) |
T66 (0) |
T2 (33.33) |
Hudson Swafford (105.33 pts) |
T65 (0) |
T3 (90) |
DNP | DNP | T76 (0) |
T55 (0) |
T28 (7.33) |
DNP | DNP | T26 (8) |
DNP | DNP | T69 (0) |
Dominic Bozzelli (100.33 pts) |
5 (70) |
T33 (17) |
DNP | DNP | T11 (13) |
T48 (0.67) |
T41 (3) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Rory McIlroy (95 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T4 (80) |
T20 (15) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T54 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Justin Rose (90 pts) |
T34 (16) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
3 (30) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Kevin Tway (89.67 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
T11 (39) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T23 (9) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T52 (0) |
T27 (7.67) |
Win (44) |
J.T. Poston (89.33 pts) |
T7 (55) |
T20 (30) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T21 (9.67) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | T54 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T46 (1.33) |
Emiliano Grillo (88 pts) |
DNP | T22 (28) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 15 (11.67) |
DNP | DNP | T14 (12) |
DNP | T55 (0) |
T2 (33.33) |
T41 (3) |
Harold Varner III (81.33 pts) |
T18 (32) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T23 (9) |
T6 (20) |
T15 (11.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | T14 (12) |
Danny Willett (80 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | Win (66) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 (18.33) |
DNP | DNP | T23 (9) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Brice Garnett (79 pts) |
DNP | T33 (17) |
T19 (31) |
DNP | T37 (4.33) |
5 (23.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T41 (3) |
T39 (3.67) |
DNP |
Talor Gooch (78.67 pts) |
4 (80) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T14 (12) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Keegan Bradley (74.33 pts) |
DNP | T29 (21) |
T27 (23) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 6 (20) |
DNP | DNP | T19 (10.33) |
DNP |
Jason Day (73.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | 13 (37) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T11 (13) |
DNP | T5 (23.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (63.83 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T9 (22.5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T23 (9) |
T4 (26.67) |
DNP | DNP | T33 (5.67) |
DNP |
J.J. Spaun (62.33 pts) |
T51 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T37 (4.33) |
T3 (30) |
T15 (11.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T10 (13.33) |
T72 (0) |
T41 (3) |
Dylan Frittelli (57.83 pts) |
T28 (22) |
T51 (0) |
DNP | T7 (27.5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T54 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T25 (8.33) |
Sam Ryder (55.67 pts) |
T40 (10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
54 (0) |
3 (30) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T43 (2.33) |
T4 (26.67) |
Cameron Smith (55.67 pts) |
DNP | T22 (28) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T54 (0) |
DNP | T7 (18.33) |
T22 (9.33) |
DNP |
Danny Lee (55.33 pts) |
DNP | 71 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 2 (33.33) |
T41 (3) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T33 (5.67) |
T10 (13.33) |
Anders Albertson (55 pts) |
T34 (16) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T15 (11.67) |
T55 (0) |
T28 (7.33) |
DNP | DNP | T5 (23.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Scott Langley (54.33 pts) |
T12 (38) |
T43 (7) |
DNP | DNP | T23 (9) |
T29 (7) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | T63 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Billy Horschel (53.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T25 (25) |
DNP | DNP | T21 (9.67) |
DNP | DNP | T11 (13) |
DNP | T67 (0) |
T33 (5.67) |
DNP |
Russell Knox (52.67 pts) |
T18 (32) |
T43 (7) |
DNP | T34 (8) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T23 (9) |
68 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the Farmers Insurance Open
Player | Desert Classic | Sony Open | Sentry T of C | DP, Dubai | RSM Classic | Mayakoba | Shriners Hospitals | Turkish Airlines | WGC-HSBC Champions | Sanderson Farms | Nine Bridges | CIMB Classic | Safeway Open |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Chin (-31.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | T45 (1.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Sangmoon Bae (-30 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | T59 (0) |
CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
John Huh (-26.67 pts) |
T70 (0) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Sepp Straka (-25.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | T46 (1.33) |
Chris Thompson (-25 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T45 (1.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Seamus Power (-23 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | 19 (10.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Chris Kirk (-21.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | T46 (1.33) |
T48 (0.67) |
T41 (3) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Brandon Hagy (-20 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Chris Stroud (-18.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | WD (-1.67) |
T55 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee (-18 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T29 (7) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | T35 (5) |
T61 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the Farmers Insurance Open
Best Bets:
Jon Rahm
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T29 | Win |
Has everything going for him, playing well now and plays good at Torrey Pines.
Justin Rose
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T8 | T4 | CUT | CUT | T33 | T25 | T22 | T51 |
Have to think that Rose is better suited to play at Torrey than anyone other than Tiger and Rory.
Jason Day
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | CUT | CUT | Win | T2 | T9 | CUT | T35 | T49 |
No reason for him not winning again, game is good and plays well at Torry.
Best of the rest:
Marc Leishman
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T8 | T20 | CUT | T27 | T2 | CUT | T52 | T9 | T2 | T26 |
Same combination of playing well of late and knowing how to handle Torrey Pines.
Tiger Woods
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T23 | CUT | WD | T80 | Win | T44 | Win | Win |
Do we need to talk about how much Tiger has dominated at Torrey? Just has to get use to a couple of different things, still like him for this week.
Tony Finau
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T6 | T4 | T18 | T24 |
Has the power to overpower the course, does putt well on Poa Annua greens.
Keegan Bradley
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | T4 | CUT | T41 | T16 | CUT | T22 | T25 |
This guy is someone that nobody else will pick and do great this week.
Charles Howell III
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T6 | T2 | T16 | T5 | T37 | T9 | T43 | T14 | T9 | T42 | T13 | 2 |
Yes he can win this week, has come close before, this event seems to be one of his better ones.
Solid contenders
Brandt Snedeker
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T45 | T9 | Win | T19 | CUT | T2 | Win | T9 | T2 | T42 | CUT | 3 |
Has a great record at Torrey, we will see if he is playing good enough.
Ryan Palmer
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T2 | CUT | WD |
Was runner-up last year.
Patrick Cantlay
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T51 | CUT |
Yes he hasn’t played well at Torrey but has played well of late.
Alex Noren
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T2 |
Showed a lot last year when he almost won.
Harris English
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T8 | T14 | T31 | T2 | T73 | T43 |
Has a great record in this event and always produces a lot of birdies.
Cameron Champ
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First time playing in this event |
More info:
His length will help him a lot on this course.
Long shots that could come through:
J.B. Holmes
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | T33 | T6 | T2 | T23 | CUT | CUT | T63 | T27 | T26 | T44 | CUT |
Watch him, has three very good finishes at Torrey in the last four years.
J.J. Spaun
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T23 | T9 |
Has played well his 8 times at Torrey, was T-9th in 2017.
C.T. Pan
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T35 | T2 |
Runner-up in 2017.
Just can’t grasp them this week:
Rory McIlroy
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First time playing in this event |
More info:
Playing the course for the first time, think he will have fits with the greens.
Jordan Spieth
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | T19 | CUT |
Just seems to get deeper into his funk.
Gary Woodland
2019 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T12 | T20 | T18 | T45 | T10 | T27 | T76 | T58 | T81 |
Just don’t like him this week, has played consistently but nothing showing that he can win.
Sal I think another value guy this week is Kyle Stanley. He is 1 of 8 players to make the cut here the last 4 years. He also played well in the Fall and at the Sony.
Yes Stanley is good value at $7,500. I passed on him not relizing that he had a great 2018 and hasn’t played that bad in 2018. But other than his runner-up in the Farmers in 2012, he hasn’t been that great in this event.