Tiger Woods +3050 makes his return to the PGA Tour this week at a place where he’s won a record seven times, the Farmers Insurance Open which gets underway January 26-29.
Woods makes his first start in 522 days and will be joined by a world class field that includes three-time winner Phil Mickelson +2250, 2015 champion Jason Day +800, U.S. Open winner Dustin Johnson +950, defending champion Brandt Snedeker +2000, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama +1200, major winner Justin Rose +2000 and Ryder Cup hero Patrick Reed +1750.
Other notable players that could contend this week are Rickie Fowler +2500, PGA Champion Jimmy Walker +2500, Paul Casey +3750, Brooks Koepka +2200, J.B. Holmes +4500, Daniel Berger +5500, Kevin Chappell +6250 and South African Louis Oosthuizen +5750.
Beau Hossler and Aaron Wise were given sponsor’s exemptions. Wise won the NCAA Championship last May and has status on the Web.com Tour. Hossler was a standout collegiate player at Texas and makes his much anticipated pro debut.
The Course: Two courses are used this week. Torrey Pines Golf Club, South is the host course and will be used three times including the final 36 holes. The legendary layout measures 7,698 yards and plays to a par 72. Torrey Pines’ North course will be used the first two days and it will be much harder this year after Tom Weiskopf just finished a $12 million redesign. The courses will be wet and the rough will be gnarly, making accuracy off the tee very important this week.
TV Coverage: Golf Channel, Thursday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. ET. Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m., Golf Channel - 3-6 p.m., CBS. Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. Golf Channel, 3-6:30 p.m. - CBS.
Current Farmers Insurance Open Golf Odds at BookMaker.eu
Jason Day +800
Dustin Johnson +950
Hideki Matsuyama +1200
Patrick Reed +1750
Brandt Snedeker +2000
Brooks Koepka +2200
Jimmy Walker +2500
Rickie Fowler +2500
Justin Rose +2500
Tiger Woods +3050
Phil Mickelson +3300
Gary Woodland +3500
Paul Casey +3750
Charles Howell III +4000
Francesco Molinari +4250
J.B. Holmes +4500
Jon Rahm +5000
Brendan Steele +5050
Byeong Hun An +5500
Pat Perez +6500
Shane Lowry +6600
Hudson Swafford +5555
Louis Oosthuizen +5750
Daniel Berger +5500
Marc Leishman +5600
Tony Finau +5750
Billy Horschel +6000
Emiliano Grillo +6050
Martin Laird +6100
Kevin Chappell +6250
Adam Hadwin +6900
Jamie Lovemark +7000
Scott Stallings +7500
Luke List +7550
Harris English +8000
Brian Harman +8100
Lucas Glover +8500
Charley Hoffman +9000
Keegan Bradley +10000
Si Woo Kim +10100
Danny Lee +10500
Harold Varner III +11000
James Hahn +12500
Nick Watney +15000
FIELD - Any other player +450
ODDS ANALYSIS
Brendan Steele +5050 is off to a quick start this year. He’s fourth in the FedEx Cup rankings and has climbed all the way to No. 56 in the Official World Rankings with his recent stellar play. His last five starts go like this; 1st - T26 - T31 - T6 - T6. Back-to-back top tens in his last two starts have me all over Steele at +5050.
Special Tiger Woods Prop Bet
Will Tiger Woods make the cut?
YES -165
NO +130
The line opened up at just over pickem’ and the public are buying into Tiger and think he’s going to make the cut, driving the price up to -165. This is a good opportunity to take the plus money and go against the public. Woods hasn’t played in a long, long time and now comes to a real tough golf course with high rough and an U.S. Open type test. NO is the play!
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