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DraftKings PGA: 2020 Farmers Insurance Open picks and analysis

By Benjamin Main

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Tiger Woods of the United States Team plays his second shot on the second hole in his match against Abraham Ancer during the final day singles matches in the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club on December 15, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Tiger Woods of the United States Team plays his second shot on the second hole in his match against Abraham Ancer during the final day singles matches in the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club on December 15, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images) /
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 15: Tiger Woods of the United States Team plays his second shot on the second hole in his match against Abraham Ancer during the final day singles matches in the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club on December 15, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 15: Tiger Woods of the United States Team plays his second shot on the second hole in his match against Abraham Ancer during the final day singles matches in the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club on December 15, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images) /

DraftKings PGA: 2020 Farmers Insurance Open Picks and Analysis

I was a lot more into the Desert Open than I expected to be. Saturday was all college basketball and golf for me and Sunday was much of the same due to the major snowstorm that hit Detroit. I was really wishing I was in La Quinta. The weather was inviting and the scoring was low. A fun finish with Andrew Landry holding off Abe Ancer to claim another victory on the PGA Tour. There were plenty of golfers surging on Sunday, but Landry was too much, shooting a 26-under for the tournament.

The Tour will stay in California this week for the 2020 Farmers Insurance Open, traveling to La Jolla and Torrey Pines. Oh yeah, Tiger’s Back! Golfers will tee-it-up one round on the North Course and three rounds (assuming a made cut) on the South Course at Torrey Pines. The North Course is the course you need to take advantage of. Renovated in 2016, the par-72 North Course will play 7,258 yards. The course played slightly more difficult in 2017 and 2018 than pre-renovation, but played easier in 2019. The South Course is the same-old, playing as one of the longest tracts on the PGA tour at 7,698 yards. The course will play even longer if it is soft in La Jolla. The North Course features Bentgrass greens while the South Course features Poa. The greens will play fast.

2019 at Torrey was a runaway by Justin Rose, shooting a -21 for the tournamnent to take home the trophy. The 2018 edition of the Farmers Insurance Open saw Jason Day hold off Alex Noren and Ryan Palmer in a playoff. Day finished at 10-under, but the interesting thing is that Palmer had the lead at -11 on Friday and Noren had the lead at -11 on Saturday. Rahm won the 2017 edition at 13-under for the tournament.

Torrey Pines generally favors bombers who can avoid big numbers. We have seen the Web.com golfers pop these last few weeks. That is not going to happen this week. This course is difficult. The winner of the 2020 Farmers Insurance Open is likely going to be in the high single digits. I will be focusing on golfers who played in Hawaii or California and have experience on this course. I will be fading the golfers traveling from the European Tour at Abu Dhabi.

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