Farmers Insurance Open begins on a Wednesday for first time
San Diego (CNS): The 70th anniversary edition of the $8.4 million Farmers Insurance opening kicked off Wednesday at Torrey Pines Golf Course, a day earlier than usual.
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the tournament was changed to a wednesday-saturday format to avoid a conflict with the sunday telecasts of the nfl conference championship games. Saturday’s scheduled finish is the first on the PGA Tour since the 1996 Waste Management Phoenix Open.
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Tee times will be delayed so that cbs broadcasts of the final two rounds on Friday and Saturday end just before prime time in the Eastern and Central time zones where most of the population of the United States lives. country. the game is expected to end at approximately 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and around 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
The 156-player field includes 25 of the top 50 players in the official world golf rankings, led by Spain’s Jon Rahm, the world’s highest-ranked male golfer. rahm won the 2021 u.s. open on the torrey pines south course and his first win on the pga tour came at the 2017 farmers insurance open.
rahm finished tied at eight for 14th in the american express that concluded Sunday in fifth, nine shots behind winner hudson swafford.
“Last week wasn’t my best week, I didn’t feel good swing-wise,” Rahm said. “nothing felt really good. felt as bad as you can feel and somehow managed to sneak into the top 15 so that gives me a lot of confidence knowing that I’m working on the right track and when I’m having a bad week, I still I can post a score.
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“Hopefully I’ll be able to fix a couple of details in the next few weeks, but hopefully I can start playing nice this week.”
The field also includes two of the three other major tournament winners of 2021: PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson, who was born and raised in San Diego and now lives in Rancho Santa Fe, and Champion of teachers hideki matsuyama, along with 2021 olympic gold medalist xander schauffele, a san diego state and graduate of scripps ranch high school.
schauffele had his best finish in his six starts at the farmers insurance open in 2021, tied for second after missing the cut in four of his first five tournament appearances.
British Open Champion Collin Morikawa opted to bypass the tournament in favor of the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic.
The field will be narrowed down to the top 70 players and ties after the conclusion of the second round. the first two rounds are played on the north and south courses. the final two rounds will be played on the south course.
the winner will receive $1.512 million.
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The tournament is 100% mobile buy-in for the first time. After purchasing their tickets (and/or parking passes), fans must add them to their phone wallet to receive their confirmation email.
Tickets to the grounds are $75 on Wednesdays and Thursdays and $85 on Fridays and Saturdays.
All active duty military members, along with retirees, reservists, veterans and dependents are eligible for a 20% discount on the price of tickets to the grounds on Wednesdays and Thursdays after logging in to govx. com to verify military service and receive a unique promo code.
Fans 60 and older will receive a 20% discount on tickets for regular fields on Wednesday and Thursday if they select senior when purchasing tickets. identification may be requested at the gates.
Children under the age of 12 receive free admission each day of the tournament when accompanied by a ticketed adult. each ticketed adult can bring up to two children, who do not need a ticket to enter.
the tournament will be televised on the golf channel from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. m. to 1:30 p.m. m. Wednesday, noon-4 p.m. Thursday, noon-2 p.m. Friday and 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday and on CBS from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 1:30-5 p.m. Saturday. Additional coverage will air on ESPN+ from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. m. to 4 p.m. m. Wednesday and Thursday and from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
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