2019 Farmers Insurance Open Pre-Tournament Notes

Dates: January 24-27, 2018 Where: , Courses: Torrey Pines Course; South Course (host), North Course Field Size: 156 2018 Champion: Purse: $7,100,00 ($1,278,000) FedExCup: 500 points to the winner

Seven things you should know about the 2019 Farmers Insurance Open 1. An eight-time winner at Torrey Pines (Seven Farmers Insurance Open titles, one U.S. Open title/2008), will make his 2018-19 PGA TOUR Season debut. It marks his first start in an official PGA TOUR event since winning the for his 80 th career TOUR victory. 2. 24 of the top-50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are in the field, including nine of the top-15. 3. San Diego native , who blitzed the field at the Sentry Tournament of Champions with a final-round 11-under 62, is in search of his third win in his last three starts. Schauffele has missed the cut in all three starts at the Farmers Insurance Open. 4. 10 of the 12 Farmers Insurance Open champions have qualified for the FedExCup finale, the TOUR Championship (/2014 and Tiger Woods/2008). After winning the event in 2008, Tiger Woods was unable to compete in the FedExCup Playoffs due to injury. Woods (2007) and (2012) are the only two players to win the Farmers Insurance Open and the FedExCup in the same season. 5. Defending champion Jason Day looks to become a three-time winner of the Farmers Insurance Open and the fourth player to go back-to-back, joining J.C. Snead (1975-76), (2000-01) and Tiger Woods (2005-08). 6. returns to Torrey Pines, site of his professional debut (2013), for the first time since 2015. 7. The last eight winners of the Farmers Insurance Open started the week on the South Course. (2010) was the last champion to start play on the North Course.

A look back at the 2018 Farmers Insurance Open In a playoff that was suspended due to darkness (five holes) and completed on Monday (one hole), Jason Day defeated Sweden’s Alex Noren after six extra holes to win the Farmers Insurance Open for the second time in his career. was eliminated from the playoff after the first hole. • The six-hole playoff was the longest in the tournament’s 67-year history and was just the third in the last 50 years of being played at Torrey Pines to last three holes or more. • Day became the ninth player to win the Farmers Insurance Open multiple times. • The win was Day’s first of two victories in 2017-18 (). He ended the season 16 th in the FedExCup standings, finishing in the top 30 for the eighth time in nine years.

More on Jason Day • Is making his fourth start of the 2018-19 PGA TOUR Season; Finished T5 in his season debut at THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES and 13 th most recently at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. • Between his wins at the Farmers Insurance Open (2015/2018) missed the cut in both starts. Has a total of four top-10s in nine starts.

Tiger at Torrey • Woods will make his first start of the 2018-19 PGA TOUR Season and first since winning the 2018 TOUR Championship, his 80 th career PGA TOUR title, two short of Sam Snead’s record 82 wins. • Woods has won the Farmers Insurance Open seven times. Only Woods and Phil Mickelson have more than two wins in the event. • Woods’ most recent major title came at Torrey Pines, when he defeated Rocco Mediate in a playoff to win the 2008 U.S. Open.

Tiger Woods Tournament History at Farmers Insurance Open Top Top Cuts Money Events Rnds 1st 2nd 3rd DQ WD 10 25 Mad e Missed Earned 17 60 7 1 1 12 13 15 1 1 6,915,700.00 To FedExCup Year Position Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total Winnings Par Pts Farmers Insurance Open

2018 T23 72 71 70 72 285 -3 59,685 34.83

2017 CUT 76 72 148

2015 W/D

2014 T80 72 71 79 222 6 10,919 0.79

2013 1 68 65 69 72 274 -14 1,098,000 500

2011 T44 69 69 74 75 287 -1 18,096 24 Buick Invitational

2008 1 67 65 66 71 269 -19 936,000 4,500

2007 1 66 72 69 66 273 -15 936,000 4,500

2006 1 71 68 67 72 278 -10 918,000

2005 1 69 63 72 68 272 -16 864,000

2004 T10 71 68 72 69 280 -8 106,400

2003 1 70 66 68 68 272 -16 810,000

2002 T5 66 77 69 66 278 -10 131,400

2001 4 70 67 67 67 271 -17 168,000

2000 T2 71 68 67 68 274 -14 264,000

1999 1 68 71 62 65 266 -22 486,000

1998 T3 71 66 68 205 -11 109,200 Average 69.81 68.69 69.27 69.15 69.23 -11.3 406,805.88

Only two players have won a single event eight times on the PGA TOUR: Sam Snead and Tiger Woods. Most PGA TOUR Victories in a Single Event All -Time Event # of Wins Sam Snead 8 Tiger Woods WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational 8 Tiger Woods Invitational 8 Tiger Woods Farmers Insurance Open 7 Tiger Woods WGC-Mexico Championship 7

• The Farmers Insurance Open is one of four PGA TOUR events Woods has won seven or more times.

Most Wins by Event PGA TOUR Career # of Wins WGC -FedEx St. Jude Invitational 8 Arnold Palmer Invitational 8 Farmers Insurance Open 7 WGC-Mexico Championship 7 the 5 BMW Championship 5

• When Woods won the 2013 Farmers Insurance Open, he became the first player in TOUR history to win on the same golf course eight times, including his U.S. Open victory.

Most Victories at One Course PGA TOUR All -Time # of Wins Player Course Years 8 Tiger Woods Torrey Pines GC 1999, 2003, 2005-08, 2013 Farmers; 2008 U.S. Open 8 Tiger Woods Bay Hill Club & Lodge 2000-03, 2008-09, 2012-13 Arnold Palmer Invitational 8 Tiger Woods Firestone CC (South) 1999-2001, 2005-07, 2009, 2013 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv.

• No player has more wins in the state of California (since 1997) than Woods.

Most Wins in State of California PGA TOUR Since 1997 # of Wins Tiger Woods 14 Phil Mickelson 11 Brandt Snedeker 4 4

• Woods won his next start after each of his first two titles at the TOUR Championship. After winning the 1999 TOUR Championship, Woods won in a playoff over Miguel Angel Jimenez in the 1999 WGC-Mexico Championship (held at Valderrama GC). Following his 2007 TOUR Championship victory, Woods won the 2008 Farmers Insurance Open by eight shots.

Tournament Results Following TOUR Championship Victories Result 1999 TOUR Championship Win Next Start: 1999 WGC -Mexico Championship Win 2007 TOUR Championship Win Next Start: 2008 Farmers Insurance Open Win 2018 TOUR Championship Win Next Start: 2019 Farmers Insurance Open ??

Additional player notes • The World No. 1 has top-10s in his last two starts at the Farmers Insurance Open (T8/2018, T4/2017) • Is making his 10 th career start in the Farmers Insurance Open • Finished T34 at last week’s , his second start of the season following a third-place showing in the -HSBC Champions • Won the 2017-18 FedExCup by a margin of 41 points over Tiger Woods

Xander Schauffele • The Scripps Ranch High School and San Diego State University alum is No. 1 in the FedExCup standings and No. 6 in the Official World Golf Ranking after two wins this season • Attempting to become the first player since in 2016-17 to win in three straight starts • Defeated in a one-hole playoff at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions • Closed with a final-round 62 to erase a five-shot deficit at the Sentry Tournament of Champions • Has never made a cut in three starts in the Farmers Insurance Open

Jon Rahm • Has top-10s in both starts in the calendar year, including solo-sixth at last week’s Desert Classic • Won his first career PGA TOUR title at the 2017 Farmers Insurance Open • In November, won the for his sixth worldwide victory

Rory McIlroy • Making his first-ever start in the Farmers Insurance Open • Finished T4 in his most recent TOUR start at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, his first time competing in that event

Tony Finau • Is making his first start of the calendar year and fourth of the season • Lost in a playoff to Xander Schauffele at the WGC-HSBC Champions in the fall • Has two top-six finishes in last two starts at the Farmers Insurance Open (T6/2018, T4/2017) • Has never missed a cut in four starts at Torrey Pines • Finished sixth in the final 2017-18 FedExCup standings

Rickie Fowler • Is making his first start of the calendar year and third of the season • In two starts in the fall, finished T4 in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and T16 at the • This marks his 10 th start in the Farmers Insurance Open • Has missed the cut the last three years at the Farmers Insurance Open

Patrick Reed • The reigning Masters champion will make his fourth start of the season • Finished T7 in his season debut at the WGC-HSBC Champions and most recently, T13 at the • Is making his fourth start in the Farmers Insurance Open; best result: T23/2018

Marc Leishman • Is No. 3 in the FedExCup standings on the strength of three top-four performances in four starts this season: CIMB Classic (won), Sentry Tournament of Champions (T4) and Sony Open in Hawaii (T3) • Has four top-10s in 10 previous starts at the Farmers Insurance Open including a T8 in 2018; Has two T2s (2010 and 2014)

Jordan Spieth • Is playing the Farmers Insurance Open for the first time since 2015; Only made cut in three previous starts was a T19 in 2014 • Made his professional debut on TOUR at the 2013 Farmers insurance Open • Has missed cuts in his last two starts on TOUR: Sony Open in Hawaii, Mayakoba Golf Classic

Notable Exemptions • (amateur) – The reigning U.S. Amateur champion (Pebble Beach) will make his second PGA TOUR start of the season after missing the cut at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in the fall. Hovland is a junior at Oklahoma State and is from Norway. • Braden Thornberry – The 2017 NCAA champion will make his professional debut. A member of the Web.com Tour, Thornberry finished T4 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in 2017. • Doug Ghim – Ghim will make his third PGA TOUR start of the season after two starts in the fall. Last week, he finished T45 in his first start on the Web.com Tour at The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic.

Past champions in the field (7): Jason Day 2018, 2015 2017 Brandt Snedeker 2016, 2012 Scott Stallings 2014 Tiger Woods 2013, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 1999 Ben Crane 2010 2009