A preview and stats for this week's US Tour event - the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.
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The PGA Tour heads to the Southern California coast for this week's Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.
This week's tournament, played over the famed courses at La Jolla, will be the 45th to be staged in this part of San Diego.
As is tradition, each pro will play one round on each of the two courses over Thursday and Friday, with those making the cut contesting the final 36 holes over the longer and tougher South Course at the weekend.
Opened in 1957, the South Course was given a facelift by Rees Jones in 2001 and seven years later hosted the US Open.
The courses are laid out on a cliff top close to the Pacific Ocean, thus weather conditions are usually a key factor in the tournament.
The tougher South Course, which is almost 700 yards longer than the North, has considerably larger greens and is more bunkered.
So who's taking part this week?
Ben Crane: A former winner of the tournament who tied-for-eighth in Palm Springs on Sunday.
Rickie Fowler: Time for the American young gun to enter the winners' enclosure - following four second-place finishes on the PGA Tour. His eight tournament rounds at La Jolla average an impressive 70.0.
Charles Howell: A joint runner-up at Waialae two weeks ago and twice a runner-up in San Diego. Has had six top-20 finishes at Torrey Pines in nine visits.
DA Points: Top-10 finishes in each of his last two Torrey Pines' starts and tied-for-sixth at the recent Sony Open in Hawaii.
Brandt Snedeker: A brace of top-three finishes in this event and a top-10 performer in last week's Humana Challenge in the deserts of California.
Nick Watney: Winner in 2009 who closed last year's account with a brilliant 63 over the South Course to finish in a tie-for-sixth.
SELECTED PLAYERS with GOOD to REASONABLE FORM at TORREY PINES
Last Eight Years
Player: '04 / '05 / '06 / '07 / '08 / '09 / '10 / '11
Robert Allenby: 40 / MC / - / 9 / 35 / - / 9 / MC
Aaron Baddeley: 40 / 24 / 79 / - / 13 / 11 / MC / MC
Stewart Cink: 10 / - / 28 / 14 / 3 / - / - / 51
Ben Crane: - / - / Wd / - / MC / 7 / Won / 14
Ernie Els: - / 6 / - / - / - / - / 5 / -
Rickie Fowler: - / - / - / - / - / - / 5 / 20
Tom Gillis: - / 11 / - / - / - / - / 27 / 17
Nathan Green: - / - / 2 / MC / 11 / 42 / MC / MC
Bill Haas: - / 18 / MC / 20 / 29 / 11 / 37 / 9
Charley Hoffman: - / 56 / 16 / 31 / MC / 7 / MC / MC
Charles Howell: 66 / 2 / 39 / 2 / 13 / 42 / 9 / 14
Ryuji Imada: - / 76 / 39 / 16 / 2 / 19 / 9 / MC
Fredrik Jacobson: 66 / 20 / - / - / MC / MC / 22 / 25
Brandt Jobe: 10 / 18 / 10 / - / MC / MC / - / 29
Dustin Johnson: - / - / - / - / 37 / 19 / MC / 3
Marc Leishman: - / - / - / - / - / 26 / 2 / 9
Spencer Levin: - / - / - / - / - / MC / 22 / 20
Hunter Mahan: MC / MC / MC / 56 / 29 / 11 / 27 / 6
Troy Matteson: - / - / 28 / 23 / 11 / MC / MC / 9
Phil Mickelson: 4 / 56 / 8 / 51 / 6 / 42 / 19 / 2
D.A. Points: - / MC / 35 / - / - / 68 / 9 / 5
John Rollins: MC / 30 / 4 / MC / 65 / 2 / 20 / MC
Vijay Singh: MC / 24 / - / 39 / 23 / - / - / 20
Brandt Snedeker: - / - / - / 3 / MC / 42 / 2 / 9
Kevin Sutherland: 45 / 6 / 70 / 14 / 13 / 35 / 15 / 14
Camilo Villegas: - / - / MC / MC / 13 / 3 / - / 44
Nick Watney: - / MC / 49 / 9 / MC / Won / 9 / 6
Bubba Watson: - / - / 56 / 4 / 47 / 7 / MC / Won
SELECTED PLAYERS with POOR to MEDIOCRE FORM at TORREY PINES
Last Eight Years
(No Top-30 Finishes from three or more starts since 2004)
Player: '04 / '05 / '06 / '07 / '08 / '09 / '10 / '11
Stephen Ames: 45 / MC / MC / - / MC / - / 33 / MC
Briny Baird: 37 / Wd / MC / MC / 44 / MC / - / -
Matt Bettencourt: - / - / - / - / - / 63 / MC / MC
Michael Bradley: - / - / - / 73 / - / - / 33 / MC
Greg Chalmers: - / - / MC / - / - / MC / MC / 71
Marco Dawson: MC / - / 70 / MC / - / MC / - / -
Brendon de Jonge: - / - / - / MC / - / MC / 37 / -
Ken Duke: 59 / - / - / MC / MC / - / - / -
Jamie Lovemark: - / - / - / 39 / 60 / - / - / 58
John Merrick: - / - / - / 60 / - / MC / MC / -
Bryce Molder: - / - / - / MC / - / MC / MC / Wd
Geoff Ogilvy: MC / - / MC / - / MC / - / - / -
Jeff Overton: - / - / MC / - / MC / MC* / MC / -
Greg Owen: - / MC / MC / MC / - / MC* / MC / -
Chez Reavie: - / - / - / - / MC / MC / 42 / 58
Patrick Sheehan: 80 / MC / 43 / - / MC / MC / - / -
DJ Trahan: - / 42 / MC / - / MC / - / - / -
Marc Turnesa: - / - / - / - / 37 / MC / MC / -
Yong-Eun Yang: - / - / - / - / MC / 57 / - / 44
MC* - Missed Additional 54-Hole Cut
LEADING 12 STROKE AVERAGES at TORREY PINES
(Last Four Years - 2008/11)
Average (Rounds)
70.00: Rickie Fowler (8)
70.07: Nick Watney (14)
70.25: Marc Leishman (12)
70.29: Ben Crane (14)
70.31: Phil Mickelson (16)
70.63: Tom Gillis (8)
70.64: Ryuji Imada (14)
70.75: Justin Rose (8)
70.79: Brandt Snedeker (14)
70.79: Bubba Watson (14)
70.81: Hunter Mahan (16)
70.83: DA Points (12)
(Min. No. of Rounds = 8)
MOST TOP-25 finishes in CALIFORNIA
(Since Start of 2008)
9: Dustin Johnson
9: Phil Mickelson
8: Ryuji Imada
8: Brandt Snedeker
7: Bill Haas
7: Kevin Sutherland
7: DJ Trahan
LOWEST ROUNDS at TORREY PINES since start of 2000
61: Brandt Snedeker (2007 - North)
62: Tom Lehman (2005 - North)
62: Ryan Palmer (2006 - North)
62: Michael Sim (2010 - North)
63: Seven Times
Note: Tiger Woods fired a 62 on the South Course in 1999 which remains the tournament course record. Mark Brooks (1990) has also fired a 61 on the North Course
Torrey Pines:
South: Par 72; 7,569 yards
North: Par 72; 6,874 yards
Winning Totals (Last Three Years):
2011 - 272 (Bubba Watson)
2010 - 275 (Ben Crane)
2009 - 277 (Nick Watney)
