Jason Day Wins the 2015 Farmers Insurance Open

It really came down to the wire with this one, but Jason Day has won the 2015 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Jason won a four man play off between J.B. Holmes, Harris English, and 2014 winner Scott Stallings. The playoff took two holes to decide a winner, the first was a replay of the 18th, where Day and Holmes advance with par. The 16th hole decided the winner, the iconic par 3, that's arguable one of the best par 3's in golf. Holmes stumbled with a bogey and Day won with a par.

This is only Day's third win on the PGA Tour, his last on being the WGC-Accenture Match Play last year. This may come as a shock to some since he's currently ranked 8th on the World Golf Rankings. We've said this before, but Jason Day has a habit of finishing in the top-10 or top-5 quite often, especially in majors. He's flown under the radar so many times that now, I'm not even surprised to see him in a top-10 spot. Nevertheless, it's good to see him win a tournament!

Day also becomes the first non-American winner of the Farmers Insurance since 2002 and only the second in over 50 years.


Even right up until the end, there were at least 15 players within a three shot lead. And with the changing weather conditions that we saw this week, the tournament really could have gone any way.
For J.B. Holmes, this is also a good finish. He's battled injury and surgeries over the past few years but seems to be in good form this year. On another note, the Farmers Insurance in particular holds a special place for him. After undergoing bran surgery in September of 2011, the 2012 Farmers Insurance Open marked the return of him to the PGA Tour post-surgery. His good finish this week just might put him into the top-50 of the World Golf Rankings.

Also, new PGA Tour member and Canadian golfer Adam Hadwin was on track to having a good week, but like to many other players this week, faltered during the last two rounds. Nevertheless, it's good a new Canadian golfer out on the PGA Tour!

Finally our remaining pick, Rickie Fowler, finished the tournament not too well at T61. He shot a 79 earlier today that included six straight birdies. Better luck to him in the future.

Next week, stay tuned for coverage of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am from Pebble Beach Golf Links in California,


-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

Jason Day Wins the 2015 Farmers Insurance Open

2015 Farmers Insurance Open - Weekend Update

After a few fog delays and delayed tee times, the first two rounds of the 2015 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course are now finished. The leader going into the weekend is Harris English at 10-under, who fired off a 68 66 and a final round which included six birdies.

He leads ahead of Nick Watney, who shot a 7-under on the day. Watney has had a relatively quiet past few years, his last win coming at the Barclays in 2012. In 2014 he had only two top-ten finishes and 10 missed cuts out of 26 events played. He's currently ranked 134th on the World Golf Rankings, having been ranked 35th just one year ago. A good finish for him this week could put him back on track for the start of this season.

As we said before, Dustin Johnson is back on tour, but apparently was a bit rusty, having shot a 70 74. During his first round though, he did hole out for eagle on the 4th hole at Torrey Pines South Course. Hopefully he'll get back on track soon.

However, the biggest story of the week was Tiger Woods. Tiger withdrew during the 1st round after just 12 holes, due to a lingering back injury. In an interview afterwards, he told the media that all the fog delays tightened up his back, which he had surgery to fix just last year. Woods' injuries have been the source of many of his golfing woes over the past year. At this point, it's uncertain what his golfing future holds.

Finally, here are how our picks are doing so far:

1) Rickie Fowler: T33 at 3-under (-3)
2) Luke Donald: CUT
3) Justin Rose: CUT

Fowler had an up and down second round after going bogey, birdie, double bogey to finish with a 72, but is still in the running. Donald and Rose on the other hand didn't fare as well. Our other notables, Mike Weir and Phil Mickelson, were also cut.

It's also worth pointing out that just over 15 players are within 4 shots of the lead, so it's still anyone's tournament for the winning. So stay tuned for our Results post Sunday evening.


-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

Can Harris English hold onto his two shot lead through the weekend?

2015 Farmers Insurance Open Picks

Well, we're back for 2015!

We return this week to posting here at TGR after taking some time off for holidays and to rethink a few aspects of our site, like our posting. In short, we wanted to make our site more user-friendly and more informative, especially with our weekly Tour news. Hopefully we've done that! Now onto the posting.

We return this week for the Farmers Insurance Open, which I think is one of the more popular tournaments at this early point in the season (AKA the "West Coast Swing"). The tournament is held in San Diego, California and played at Torrey Pines Golf Course. Similar to tournaments such as the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the European Tour, the Farmers Insurance Open is actually played on two courses at Torrey Pines, the South and North course, over Thursday and Friday, then the weekend rounds are played on the South course only. Torrey Pines is actually a public course and is situated on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, making it one of the most scenic courses that the PGA Tour stops at during the season.

An interesting fact about this tournament is that it's been a US-dominated event ever since it's inception as the San Diego Open in 1952. Since then, only 2 non-Americans have won the event, Gary Player in '63 and Jose Maria Olazabel in '02. If you're counting, that's only 2 in 62 years.

As we return this week, so does Dustin Johnson, coming back on tour as a new person and new father. Johnson infamously took a leave of absence near the end of last July to deal with personal matters and just became a father less than a month ago. Johnson said he might be a bit rusty, but not to worry as he breaks off rust easily. I'm hoping he'll be in contention for a few tournaments in a few months or maybe weeks.

Finally, here are our picks for the tournament. At this point in the season, I chose my picks based on a lucky feel and not really on how good each player has played so far this year:

1) Rickie Fowler
2) Luke Donald
3) Justin Rose

Some notables in the field include Tiger Woods, fresh off shooting one of the worst rounds in his pro career last week, Mike Weir, our favourite Canadian golfer, and Phil Mickelson, because he's Phil...

Like we always have, we'll be posting a Weekend Update post Friday evening after the weekday rounds, as well as a Results post Sunday evening. Be sure to check those.

And if there isn't any snow on the courses near you, happy golfing,


-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

The 4th Hole of the South Course at Torrey Pines Golf Club