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This is the 13th of 47 FedEx Cup events in the 2021-22 season
and features six of the top 10 players in the world rankings.
Field Level Media's golf experts provide key event notes along
with odds and best bets.
FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN
San Diego, Calif., Jan. 26-29
Courses: Torrey Pines South (Par 72, 7,765 yards); Torrey Pines
North (Par 72, 7,258 yards)
Purse: $8.4M (Winner: $1.512M)
Defending Champion: Patrick Reed
FedEx Cup Leader: Hideki Matsuyama
HOW TO FOLLOW
--TV: Wednesday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Thursday,
3-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Friday, 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel), 5-8
p.m. (CBS); Saturday, 2:30-4:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 4:30-8 p.m.
(CBS).
--PGA Tour Live: Four live feeds per day on ESPN+
--Social Media: @FarmersInsOpen (Twitter)
NOTES
--The South Course ranked as the fourth toughest on tour last
season with an average score to par of +1.340, and each of the
past three winners opened the event on the North Course.
--Dustin Johnson tees it up for the first time since The CJ Cup
@ Summit. His best finish in nine previous event starts was a T3
in 2011.
--Bryson DeChambeau added the event to his schedule after
withdrawing before the Sony Open due to a wrist injury.
--Reed is attempting to become the fourth player to successfully
defend at the event. The most recent was Tiger Woods, who won
four consecutive from 2005-08. Woods also holds the 18-hole
scoring record of 62 on the South course set in 1999.
--Jason Day is a two-time event winner.
--Kamalu Johnson received a sponsor exemption after being forced
to withdraw last year due to a positive COVID-19 tests. Fellow
APGA player Ryan Alford is also in the field. Other sponsor
exemptions include Taylor Montgomery and Kevin Yu.
BEST BETS
--Jon Rahm (+650 at BetMGM) won the event in 2017, finished
runner-up in 2020 and T7 last year before claiming his first
major title at the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines last June. He has
attracted more than a fifth of the outright winner money at 20.6
percent at the sportsbook.
--Justin Thomas (+1400) leads the tour in birdie average this
season (6.83) and makes his first start in the event since 2015.
--Matsuyama (+1800) is the only two-time winner on tour this
season and owns the longest active streak on tour with 13
consecutive rounds in the 60s.
--Xander Schauffele (+1800) is a San Diego native and joined
Rahm as the only players last year to finish in the top 10 of
both the Famers Insurance Open and the U.S. Open.
--Sam Burns (+2200) makes his fifth appearance and is coming off
a T18 last year. He has a win and a runner-up among 10
consecutive events finishing no worse than T21.
--Tony Finau (+2500) has opened 2022 with a T19 and a T40. But
he finished T2 and T6 the past two years and is second at BetMGM
with 5.4 percent of the total bets and 8.6 percent of the money
wagered.
--Marc Leishman (+3300) won the event two years ago and has a
pair of runner-ups and two other top-10s in 13 previous starts.
--Will Zalatoris (+3300) has been backed by the most bets at 5.9
percent as he seeks his first PGA Tour win. Zalatoris is coming
off a T6 last week and tied for seventh in this event last year.
--Reed (+5000) has five consecutive top-25s at Torrey Pines,
including last year's win and a T19 at the U.S. Open.
--Field Level Media
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