The Farmers Insurance Open runs Wednesday through Saturday, which means two things: 1) The PGA Tour won’t conflict with the NFL playoffs. 2) It’s show time for the APGA Tour. The Advocates Pro Golf Association Tour will contest its 36-hole Farmers Insurance Invitational this week at Torrey Pines in San Diego, California. While the PGA […]
SAN DIEGO — Top-ranked Jon Rahm closed with an eagle on the tougher South Course at Torrey Pines for a 6-under 66 on Wednesday, trailing leader Billy Horschel by three strokes after the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Horschel shot a bogey-free 9-under 63 on the North Course and led Michael Thompson by […]
Will the real Brooks Koepka please stand up? Koepka didn’t attract attention Wednesday at the Farmers Insurance Open for his play — as he shot 2-under 70 and sits T-53 — but rather for his hair, as the four-time major champion debuted a new style, one Eminem famously donned in the 2000s. “My barber has been wanting to […]
SAN DIEGO – Don’t be alarmed if Rickie Fowler lacks his usual pop this week at the Farmers Insurance Open. That’s by design. “I felt like I was swinging at about 60% and took about three hours to get to the top of my backswing,” Fowler said. “That’d roughly be the feelings of it.” Fowler […]
Michael Thompson has been a PGA Tour regular for a dozen years, but his lush thicket of a beard is throwing people off. After wrapping up an 8-under 64 on the North Course in Round 1 of the Farmers Insurance Open, Thompson was asked if he had been confused for anyone else, because of the […]
Ryan Alford’s first-ever PGA Tour round was already going to be unforgettable no matter his results. But nobody could have predicted what occurred on his first hole. Alford’s opening tee shot soared 295 yards left to the rough, almost landing on Torey Pines’ south course’s sixth hole. However, with his very next swing, he shook […]
As she describes it, Taylor Collins is just riding the wave. Collins, a 32-year-old former Symetra Tour player and currently an assistant pro at Coral Ridge Country Club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, made history last September by beating the men and becoming the first woman to win the South Florida PGA Professional Championship. The victory […]
The USGA, Masters Tournament and PGA of America announced Tuesday that registration for 2022-23 Drive, Chip and Putt qualifying is now open. You can click here to access it. Local qualifying begins in May, and will continue throughout the summer with more than 350 sites – the most in the event’s history – in all 50 states […]
For the first time in more than three months, Dustin Johnson will compete in a PGA Tour event. New year, same DJ. Asked on Tuesday at the Farmers Insurance Open if starting up at Torrey Pines, as opposed to last week’s more scoring-friendly American Express, makes for a rougher return: “No. I mean, it’s a […]
SAN DIEGO – The Netflix era is officially underway on the PGA Tour, with camera crews trailing players this week at the Farmers Insurance Open. Filming for the documentary series is expected to continue throughout the calendar year. Twenty-two Tour players were mentioned in the press release as having committed to the project, offering production […]