Jon Rahm is looking to do something no golfer has done since Tiger Woods in his prime.
Winner of his first two events of the year, the Spaniard is trying to become the first player since Woods in 2008 to open up the year with three straight wins.
In addition to back-to-back wins at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express, the No. 3 ranked golfer in the world has won four of his last six dating back to last year with seven straight top 10s. Though the Farmers Insurance packs a loaded field, Rahm enters as the heavy favorite. Given his past history at Torrey Pines, the rest of the tour eagerly waiting for him to cool off may need to keep waiting.
This is the same course where Rahm won the 2021 US Open and he nearly won here last year, finishing tied for third and one stroke out of a playoff. Rahm won his first-ever PGA Tour event back in 2017 at this event, draining a 60-foot eagle putt on the final hole, and has finished in the top 10 in six of the seven events he’s played at the fabled San Diego course.
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Also at stake? A move up back up to No. 1 in the world, though Rory McIlroy’s return this week in Dubai does complicate matters should both win.
Here are the full scenarios for Rahm.
Of course, a hungry field won’t simply roll over as prey for Rahm on his Tiger-like prowl.
Among the big names teeing off in Torrey Pines include Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Will Zalatoris, Collin Morikawa, Tony Finau, Max Homa and defending champion Luke List. Here are all of the pairings and tee times for the first two rounds.
Farmer’s Insurance Open tee times and pairings 2023
The first round gets underway on Wednesday with the PGA Tour opting to play Wednesday through Saturday to avoid the NFL conference championship games on Sunday. Not only will players start staggered on the first and 10th holes, they will also be split for the first two rounds at the North Course and South Course at Torrey Pines. All players will play one round at each course with the final two rounds on the South Course.
(Note: An asterisk next to tee times indicates the group begins on the 10th hole. All times are p.m. and in eastern standard time.)
Round 1 – Wednesday
Time (ET)
Golfer
Golfer
Golfer
Course
12:00
Stephan Jaeger
Adam Schenk
Doug Ghim
South
12:00*
Rory Sabbatini
Arjun Atwal
Austin Smotherman
South
12:10
Dylan Frittelli
Beau Hossler
Hank Lebiota
South
12:10*
Kevin Tway
Matthew NeSmith
Lee Hodges
South
12:20
Trey Mullinax
Cam Davis
Michael Thompson
South
12:20*
Ryan Brehm
Cameron Champ
Harris English
South
12:30
Jonathan Byrd
Kelly Kraft
Taylor Moore
South
12:30*
Martin Laird
Tyler Duncan
Scott Stallings
South
12:40
Nick Hardy
Den Burmester
Sam Stevens
South
12:40*
Carl Yuan
Kyle Westmoreland
Augusto Nunez
South
12:50
Ben Griffin
Austin Eckroat
Vincent Norman
South
12:50*
Andrew Novak
Trevor Werbylo
Harry Hall
South
1:00
Kevin Yu
Eric Cole
Taiga Semikawa
South
1:00*
Robby Shelton
Zecheng Dou
Monday qualifier
South
1:10
David Lingmerth
Cameron Percy
Alex Smalley
South
1:10*
Jason Dufner
Adam Hadwin
Ben Crane
South
1:20
Rickie Fowler
Justin Rose
Taylor Montgomery
South
1:20*
Martin Trainer
Camilo Villegas
Callum Tarren
South
1:30
Si Woo Kim
Keegan Bradley
Sungjae Im
South
1:30*
Scott Piercy
Jimmy Walker
Kevin Streelman
South
1:40
Jon Rahm
Tony Finau
Justin Thomas
South
1:40*
Patton Kizzire
Kurt Kitayama
Justin Lower
South
1:50
Ryan Armour
Emiliano Grillo
Danny Lee
South
1:50*
Joseph Bramlett
Michael Gligic
Patrick Welch (a)
South
2:00
Davis Thompson
Scott Harrington
Cole Hammer
South
2:00*
Tano Goya
Carson Young
Monday qualifier
South
12:00
Ryan Palmer
Aaron Baddeley
John Huh
North
12:00*
Bill Haas
William McGirt
Ben Martin
North
12:10
James Hahn
Sean O’Hair
Maverick McNealy
North
12:10*
Sam Ryder
Zac Blair
Brendan Steele
North
12:20
Sebastian Munoz
J.B. Holmes
Sahith Theegala
North
12:20*
Adam Svensson
Luke List
Jason Day
North
12:30
Henrik Norlander
Doc Redman
Hayden Buckley
North
12:30*
Max Homa
Will Zalatoris
Collin Morikawa
North
12:40
S.H. Kim
Kevin Roy
Keita Nakajima
North
12:40*
Xander Schauffele
J.J. Spaun
Hideki Matsuyama
North
12:50
Anders Albertson
Harrison Endycott
Michael Block
North
12:50*
Kyle Stanley
Davis Riley
Justin Suh
North
1:00
Will Gordon
Brandon Matthews
Monday qualifier
North
1:00*
Dylan Wu
Philip Knowles
Trevor Cone
North
1:10
Adam Long
Byeong Hun An
Patrick Rodgers
North
1:10*
Michael Kim
Peter Malnati
Nick Watney
North
1:20
Jhonnatan Vegas
Charley Hoffman
Taylor Pendrith
North
1:20*
Satoshi Kodaira
Brice Garnett
Brian Stuard
North
1:30
Garrick Higgo
Robert Streb
Lanto Griffin
North
1:30*
Jim Herman
Richy Werenski
Gary Woodman
North
1:40
Austin Cook
S.Y. Noh
Cody Gribble
North
1:40*
Wyndham Clark
Aaron Rai
Thomas Detry
North
1:50
Matti Schmid
Brent Grant
Joey Vrzich
North
1:50*
Ben Taylor
Tyson Alexander
Paul Haley II
North
2:00
MJ Daffue
Erik Barnes
Monday qualifier
North
2:00*
Harry Higgs
Nico Echavarria
Michael Herrera
North
Round 2 – Thursday
Time (ET)
Golfer
Golfer
Golfer
Course
12:00
Michael Kim
Peter Malnati
Nick Watney
South
12:00*
Adam Long
Byeong Hun An
Patrick Rodgers
South
12:10
Satoshi Kodaira
Brice Garnett
Brian Stuard
South
12:10*
Jhonattan Vegas
Charley Hoffman
Taylor Pendrith
South
12:20
Jim Herman
Richy Werenski
Gary Woodland
South
12:20*
Garrick Higgo
Robert Streb
Lanto Griffin
South
12:30
Wyndham Clark
Aaron Rai
Thomas Detry
South
12:30*
Austin Cook
Cody Gribble
S.Y. Noh
South
12:40
Ben Taylor
Tyson Alexander
Paul Haley II
South
12:40*
Brent Grant
Matti Schmid
Joey Vrzich
South
12:50
Harry Higgs
Nico Echavarria
Michael Herrera
South
12:50*
MJ Daffue
Erik Barnes
Monday qualifier
South
1:00
William McGirt
Bill Haas
Ben Martin
South
1:00*
Ryan Palmer
Aaron Baddeley
John Huh
South
1:10
Brendan Steele
Sam Ryder
Zac Blair
South
1:10*
James Hahn
Sean O’Hair
Maverick McNealy
South
1:20
Adam Svensson
Luke List
Jason Day
South
1:20*
Sebastian Munoz
J.B. Holmes
Sabith Theegala
South
1:30
Max Homa
Will Zalatoris
Collin Morikawa
South
1:30*
Henrik Norlander
Doc Redman
Hayden Buckley
South
1:40
Xander Schauffele
J.J. Spaun
Hideki Matsuyama
South
1:40*
S.H. Kim
Kevin Roy
Keita Nakajima
South
1:50
Kyle Stanley
Davis Riley
Justin Suh
South
1:50*
Anders Albertson
Harrison Endycott
Michael Block
South
2:00
Dylan Wu
Philip Knowles
Trevor Cone
South
2:00*
Will Gordon
Brandon Matthews
Monday qualifier
South
12:00
Jason Dufner
Adam Hadwin
Ben Crane
North
12:00*
David Lingmerth
Cameron Percy
Alex Smalley
North
12:10
Martin Trainer
Camilo Villegas
Callum Tarren
North
12:10*
Rickie Fowler
Justin Rose
Taylor Montgomery
North
12:20
Scott Piercy
Jimmy Walker
Kevin Streelman
North
12:20*
Si Woo Kim
Keegan Bradley
Sungjae Im
North
12:30
Patton Kizzier
Kurt Kitayama
Justin Lower
North
12:30*
Jon Rahm
Tony Finau
Justin Thomas
North
12:40
Joseph Bramlett
Michael Gligic
Patrick Welch (a)
North
12:40*
Ryan Armour
Emiliano Grillo
Danny Lee
North
12:50
Tano Goya
Carson Young
Monday qualifier
North
12:50*
Davis Thompson
Scott Harrington
Cole Hammer
North
1:00
Rory Sabbatini
Arjun Atwal
Austin Smotherman
North
1:00*
Adam Schenk
Doug Ghim
Stephan Jaeger
North
1:10
Kevin Tway
Matthew NeSmith
Lee Hodges
North
1:10*
Dylan Frittelli
Beau Hossler
Hank Lebioda
North
1:20
Ryan Brehm
Cameron Champ
Harris English
North
1:20*
Trey Mullinax
Cam Davis
Michael Thompson
North
1:30
Martin Laird
Tyler Duncan
Scott Stallings
North
1:30*
Jonathan Byrd
Kelly Kraft
Taylor Moore
North
1:40
Carl Yuan
Kyle Westmoreland
Augusto Nunez
North
1:40*
Nick Hardy
Dean Burmester
Sam Stevens
North
1:50
Andrew Novak
Harry Hall
Trevor Werbylo
North
1:50*
Ben Griffin
Austin Eckroat
Vincent Norman
North
2:00
Robby Shelton
Zecheng Dou
Monday qualifier
North
2:00*
Kevin Yu
Eric Cole
Taiga Semikawa
North
Farmer’s Insurance past winners
As previously mentioned, Rahm won this event back in dramatic fashion back in 2017. He’s looking to become the 10th player to win this event twice, joining Tiger Woods (7), Phil Mickelson (3), Jason Day, Brandt Snedeker, Steve Pate, Tom Watson, J.C. Snead, Arnold Palmer and Tommy Bolt.
Here are the last 25 winners dating back to 1998.
Last 25 Winners
Year
Winner
To-Par
Won By
2022
Luke List
-15
Playoff
2021
Patrick Reed
-14
5 strokes
2020
Marc Leishman
-15
1 stroke
2019
Justin Rose
-21
2 strokes
2018
Jason Day (2)
-10
Playoff
2017
Jon Rahm
-13
3 strokes
2016
Brandt Snedeker (2)
-6
1 stroke
2015
Jason Day
-9
Playoff
2014
Scott Stallings
-9
1 stroke
2013
Tiger Woods (7)
-14
4 strokes
2012
Brandt Snedeker
-16
Playoff
2011
Bubba Watson
-16
1 stroke
2010
Ben Crane
-13
1 stroke
2009
Nick Watney
-11
1 stroke
2008
Tiger Woods (6)
-19
8 strokes
2007
Tiger Woods (5)
-15
2 strokes
2006
Tiger Woods (4)
-10
Playoff
2005
Tiger Woods (3)
-16
3 strokes
2004
John Daly
-10
Playoff
2003
Tiger Woods (2)
-16
4 strokes
2002
Jose Maria Olazabal
-13
1 stroke
2001
Phil Mickelson (3)
-19
Playoff
2000
Phil Mickelson (2)
-18
4 strokes
1999
Tiger Woods
-22
2 strokes
1998
Scott Simpson
-12
Playoff
Farmer’s Insurance Open odds
Jon Rahm is a massive betting favorite heading into the week(end). Here are the top 10 according to BetMGM along with their odds to finish in the top 5 and top 10.
Best Odds at Farmers Insurance Open
Golfer
Win
Top 5
Top 10
World Rank
Jon Rahm
+450
-120
-250
3rd
Tony Finau
+1200
+200
-110
12th
Xander Schauffele
+1200
+220
+100
6th
Collin Morikawa
+1400
+275
+130
8th
Justin Thomas
+1600
+280
+130
9th
Will Zalatoris
+1600
+300
+140
7th
Max Homa
+2200
+350
+170
16th
Sunghae Im
+2200
+350
+175
19th
Jason Day
+2500
+400
+188
104th
Taylor Montgomery
+2500
+400
+188
52nd
