Interesting Australasian mix at Torrey Pines
New Zealand’s Ryan Fox makes PGA Tour debut as cardholder
Four Australians and one New Zealander play this week’s Farmers Insurance Open over both the North and South Courses at the famed Torrey Pines near San Diego, one of whom has an outstanding record at the venue.
In his last eleven starts in this event, Jason Day has recorded two victories, a runner-up finish and four other top tens and given his return to some of the form that has seen him as one of the game’s leading players over the last ten years then there is no reason why he can’t parlay that into another good finish at Torrey Pines.
Day finished only midfield last week at the American Express but he was 10th at the opening event of the season on Maui and did win a teams event with Lydia Ko late last year. It will be interesting to see if Day can use his great memories over this layout to continue his return to the elite of the game.
Joining Day in the field is Min Woo Lee who gets to play his second PGA Tour event as a cardholder after an impressive debut when 21st last week at the American Express. He plays Torrey Pines for the first time but his length, especially over the South Course of the two layouts used early in the week should assist.
Aaron Baddeley has missed five of his last seven cuts at Torrey Pines and another missed cut last week does not help his cause here.
Harrison Endycott missed the cut on debut here last year but now has his full PGA Tour status back and after a solid finish at the American Express last week and a year to get acclimatised to the PGA Tour he should be the better for it.
New Zealand’s Ryan Fox gets his first start as a cardholder on the PGA Tour after being one of the ten DP World Tour players to gain such status as a result of his efforts on the European Tour last year.
Fox will debut in this event and has made a quick turnaround from his Sunday finish in Dubai to this now Wednesday start.
