Matteo Manassero and Francesco Molinari, respectively after finishing 43rd and making the cut in The American Express, are returning to the PGA Tour to play the Farmers Insurance Open. The only event on the top American circuit scheduled from Wednesday to Saturday, it will be held from tomorrow to January 22 in San Diego, California.
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Manassero and Molinari, schedule
The event, taking place on two different courses at the Torrey Pines Golf Course (North and South), will have a prize pool of $9,300,000, of which $1,674,000 will go to the winner. Frenchman Matthieu Pavon will defend the title he won in 2024. The field includes 17 of the world's top 50, starting with Japanese Hideki Matsuyama (fourth), who was already champion of The Sentry this year. The spotlight will also be on Swede Ludvig Aberg (sixth), and Americans Keegan Bradley, Sahith Theegala and Tony Finau. And again: on the South Korean Sungjae Im, on the English Aaron Rai, on the Irish Shane Lowry and on the Australian Jason Day, fresh from the third place in The American Express and two-time winner (2015 and 2018) of the event. Among the past winners, with Pavon and Day, here is also Brandt Snedeker (2012 and 2016), Justin Rose (2019), Luke List (2022) and Max Homa (2023).
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From Charley Hoffman to Michael Kim, from John Michael Spaun Jr. to Cavin McCall. Many players who grew up or studied in San Diego and are aiming for a prestigious result. In the first two rounds, Manassero will perform alongside the Japanese Takumi Kanaya and the Swedish Tim Widing, while Molinari will face the American Chris Gotterup and the English Matt Wallace, among the Europeans to follow towards the qualifications for the Ryder Cup in Bethpage (New York).
The first edition of the Farmers Insurance Open was held in 1952 when Ted Kroll won. Over the years, other great champions have triumphed, such as Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Billy Casper, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods (record holder with seven victories, the first in 1999, the last in 2013), John Daly, Phil Mickelson and Jon Rahm. And this is all about it.
