Competing with the NFL and its conference championship games is not a smart business move even for the popular PGA Tour. So, for a fourth straight year, in order to avoid a conflict this week’s Farmers Insurance Open will start a day earlier with the final round set to conclude on Saturday. Matthieu Pavon topped the field by one swing last year for his first PGA Tour win and looks to become the first repeat champ since Tiger Woods won the last of four straight tournaments in 2008. The Frenchman went off around 145/1 last year and once again is well down the odds board. Making his first start of the season Ludvig Aberg opened as the betting favorite and the only player with shorter than 10/1 odds. To accommodate a full field multiple courses will be used with the first two rounds played over the North and South Course at Torrey Pines. Visit BookMaker.eu for a complete list of betting odds when you’re ready to place a wager.
Farmers Insurance Open Betting Odds
Ludvig Aberg +950
Hideki Matsuyama +1050
Sungjae Im +1616
Will Zalatoris +2451
Keegan Bradley +2651
Jason Day +2751
Max Greyserman +2801
Sahith Theegala +2801
Tony Finau +2828
Max Homa +3001
Taylor Pendrith +3202
Maverick McNealy +3452
Shane Lowry +3505
Kurt Kitayama +4002
Beau Hossler +4052
Ben Griffin +4052
Si Woo Kim +4552
Harry Hall +5052
J.J. Spaun +5503
Harris English +6000
Stephan Jaeger +6253
Austin Eckroat +6353
Aaron Rai +6553
Eric Cole +6850
Doug Ghim +7050
Thomas Detry +7053
Charley Hoffman +7500
Odds Analysis
Jason Day +2751
A two-time winner of this event, his recent play makes Day an enticing pick. The Aussie has proven to be a threat when healthy and he’s playing some fantastic golf recently because he has no ailments. He was three-shots off the lead at the AMX earning a share of third, his sixth top 25 in his last eight starts. He’s also been a fixture at Torrey Pines with two wins and five additional top 10s in his last 12 starts.
Thomas Detry +7053
Like we saw last year it isn’t a stretch to go down the odds board. Backing Detry isn’t as much of a stretch as Pavon was last year, but it certainly comes with risk. At times Detry has shown the ability to play with the best and he’s thrived in tournaments with similar fields. He opened the season with a T5 at The Sentry and had three top 10s a season ago, including a T4 at the PGA Championship.
Max Homa +3001
It wasn’t that long ago Homa was poised to enter the Tour’s elite group of golfers. He had an amazing run at the end of 2023 and started last season with six top 25s in his first 11 starts. The close was more difficult and the hope is that a return to familiar surroundings can boost his game. His last five FIO starts produced a win in 2023 and three additional top 20s.
Sungjae Im +1616
I wasn’t even thinking about Im until his MC at last week’s event. A guy who seemingly plays more tournaments than anyone and has been consistently good in all of them isn’t used to having additional rest and that should spark him. He’s also had a good amount of success at Torrey Pines with a T6 in 2022 and a T4 a year later. And he’s definitely looking forward to erasing that MC at last year’s event that ended a streak of five straight made cuts.
Aaron Rai +6553
Things appear to moving in the right direction for Rai. A winner on Tour for the first time in August, it came in the middle of a current run that includes 10 top 20s in his last 15 starts worldwide. Most recently he was T15 at The Sentry where one poor round moved him down the leaderboard. Rai has played the weekend in all three FIO starts with a best of T6 in 2022.
Courses: Torrey Pines North Course and Torrey Pines South Course
Making the cut in this event will require the field to play the behemoth South Course at Torrey Pines three times. First used in 1968, the South Course played just over 7,000 yards. The renovations came in 2001 and 2019, stretching the layout to over 7,700 yards, making it the longest on Tour and one of the toughest tests for the field each season. Big hitters on Tour typically do well with the length. A longshot to win last year, Pavon birdied the final hole to win by one shot at 13-under. That’s been a typical number with the last five winners scoring between 13- and 15-under. The scoring average on the South Course was over par last year while the North Course, which was remodeled in 2016 and plays around 500 yards shorter, had an average around three shots lower.
TV Coverage: CBS, Golf Channel
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