2021 Farmers Insurance Open Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes
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2021 Farmers Insurance Open Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes FedExCup Storylines 12 The winners of the Farmers Insurance Open have qualified for the TOUR Championship, finishing inside the top 30 of the FedExCup in 12 of 14 seasons in the FedExCup era 6 The Farmers Insurance Open winner has finished 30th or better in the FedExCup in the last six seasons, most of any multi-course event on TOUR in this time frame. 3 Three players have earned over 1,000 FedExCup points at this event since 2009 (Brandt Snedeker/1,849, Jason Day/1,417 & Marc Leishman/1,173) 4 Farmers Insurance Open is one of four regular season PGA TOUR events where the winners have won the FedExCup title in the same season on multiple occasions (2007, Woods & 2012, Snedeker) 15 15 of the current top-30 of the FedExCup are in the field this week 10 10 players have ranked inside the top 10 of the FedExCup this season for the first time in their PGA TOUR careers. 1,926 pts Since the start of the 2014-15 PGA TOUR season Jason Day has earned the most FedExCup points in multi-course events of any player (1,926 pts) 9 Nine players have earned more than 1,000 FedExCup points in multi-course events since the start of the 2014-15 PGA TOUR season. 1,021 pts Since the start of the 2014-15 PGA TOUR season, Kevin Streelman has earned 1,021 FedExCup points in multi-course events, marking the most of any player without a victory in a multi-course event in this time frame. 2021 Farmers Insurance Open Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes FedExCup Finishes Most PGA TOUR Event Winners to Farmers Insurance Open Champions Win FedExCup Title in Same Season FEC Finish Players & Years 2020 Marc Leishman 29th WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invit’l Woods (2007 & 2009) & Singh (2008) 2019 Justin Rose 26th Farmers Insurance Open Woods (2007) & Snedeker (2012) 2018 Jason Day 16th Valspar Championship Furyk (2010) & Spieth (2015) 2017 Jon Rahm 5th PGA Championship Woods (2007) & Thomas (2017) 2016 Brandt Snedeker 15th *Regular Season Events rd 2015 Jason Day 3 2014 Scott Stallings 84th Highest Ranked Players in FedExCup 2013 Tiger Woods 2nd In Field This Week 2012 Brandt Snedeker 1st Rank rd 2011 Bubba Watson 26th Harris English 3 th 2010 Ben Crane 27th Viktor Hovland 8 th 2009 Nick Watney 12th Si Woo Kim 9 th 2008 Tiger Woods 70th Carlos Ortiz 10 th 2007 Tiger Woods 1st Xander Schauffele 12 Most FedExCup Points Earned First Time Inside Top 10 of FedExCup This Season Farmers Insurance Open Since 2009 PGA TOUR Career Points # of Weeks Brandt Snedeker 1,849 Matthew Wolff 11 Jason Day 1,417 Carlos Ortiz 7 Marc Leishman 1,173 Harry Higgs 5 Jon Rahm 926 Tyler McCumber 4 Nick Watney 893 Doc Redman 2 Charles Howell III 816 Kristoffer Ventura 1 Justin Rose 808 Si Woo Kim 1 Sam Burns 1 Adam Long 1 J.T. Poston 1 *moved to 9th with victory last week Most FedExCup Points Earned Most FedExCup Points Earned Without a Win Multi-Course PGA TOUR Events Since 2014-15 Season Multi-Course PGA TOUR Events Since 2014-15 Season Total # of Points Jason Day 1,926 Kevin Streelman 1,021 Phil Mickelson 1,714 Adam Hadwin 953 Jon Rahm 1,673 Scott Stallings 786 Brandt Snedeker 1,539 Tony Finau 743 Charles Howell III 1,375 J.B. Holmes 716 Total Winners Qualifying for TOUR Championship Multi-Course Events Last 6 PGA TOUR Seasons Farmers Insurance Open The American Express The RSM Classic AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 6 3 3 2 2021 Farmers Insurance Open Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes Past Champions Farmers Insurance Open 9 Nine players have won the Farmers Insurance Open more than once with Tiger Woods (7) and Phil Mickelson (3) the only two players to win this event three or more times 9 Nine of the last 22 Farmers Insurance Open champions have ranked outside the top 50 in Driving Accuracy percentage. Winners at this event hit an average of 53.25% of the fairways compared to 52.78% field average since 1999. 8 Eight of the last 10 Farmers Insurance Open champions have started the event on the South Course with the last two winners starting the week on the North Course (Marc Leishman/2020/68 & Justin Rose/2019/63) 4 Four Farmers Insurance Open champions have needed 25 or fewer putts in the final round en route to victory since 1983 (1998 Scott Simpson, 2005 Tiger Woods, 2014 Scott Stallings & 2020 Marc Leishman) 3 Three of last four winners have made birdie or better on the 72nd hole en route to victory (2017 Jon Rahm/Eagle, 2019 Justin Rose/Birdie & 2020 Marc Leishman/Birdie) 3 Three of the last four Farmers Insurance Open champions have ranked fifth or better in Strokes Gained: Approach-the-Green (2017 Jon Rahm/4th, 2019 Justin Rose/5th & 2020 Marc Leishman/5th). The winner at this event has ranked fifth or better in SG: Approach-the-Green in eight of 17 seasons. 2 Two Farmers Insurance Open champions have led in Strokes Gained: Putting on the South course en route to victory (2014 Scott Stallings & 2020 Marc Leishman) 4 Four of last five winners have ranked inside the top 15 in Proximity to the hole en route to victory at this event. 8 / 7 Eight times the winner of the Farmers Insurance Open have come from four or more strokes back entering the final round and went onto win (four round events). Seven strokes is the largest Final Round deficit overcome by the winner of the Farmers Insurance Open (2012 Brandt Snedeker) 37.8% Since 2004, the winners of the Farmers Insurance Open champions have made 37.8% of their putts from 10-15 feet on Torrey Pines GC (South) with each of the last five winners making at least two putts from this range en route to victory. The winners percentage is nearly 10% more (9.4%) than the field average on the South course in this time frame. 2021 Farmers Insurance Open Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes Most Wins Opening Rounds Opening Rounds by Winners Farmers Insurance Open History Last 10 Farmers Insurance Open Winners Farmers Insurance Open Since 1983 Wins Course Score South North Tiger Woods 7 2020 Marc Leishman North 68 # of Times 20 18 Phil Mickelson 3 (1993, 2000-01) 2019 Justin Rose North 63 Scoring Average 69.45 67.33 Jason Day 2 (2015 & 2018) 2018 Jason Day South 73 Score to Par -51 -84 Tommy Bolt 2 2017 Jon Rahm South 72 Average to Par -2.55 -4.67 Arnold Palmer 2 2016 Brandt Snedeker South 73 Steve Pate 2 2015 Jason Day South 73 J.C. Snead 2 2014 Scott Stallings South 72 Brandt Snedeker 2 (2012 & 2016) 2013 Tiger Woods South 68 Tom Watson 2 2012 Brandt Snedeker South 67 2011 Bubba Watson South 71 Best Strokes Gained: Putting Performance Fewest Putts in Final Round Farmers Insurance Open Champions Since 2004 Farmers Insurance Open Champions Since 1983 Rank Average Total Putts 2014 Scott Stallings 1st +2.781 1998 Scott Simpson 23 2020 Marc Leishman 1st +2.677 2020 Marc Leishman 25 2008 Tiger Woods 6th +1.864 2014 Scott Stallings 25 th 2005 Tiger Woods 25 2005 Tiger Woods 7 +1.747 Strokes Gained: Approach-the-Green Largest Final Rd Come-From-Behind Victories Farmers Insurance Open Champions Since 2004 Farmers Insurance Open Since 1983 (4-Rd event) Rank Average Strokes Back 2020 Marc Leishman 5th +1.58 2012 Brandt Snedeker 7 2019 Justin Rose 5th +1.88 2016 Brandt Snedeker 6 2018 Jason Day 59th -0.39 1984 Gary Koch 6 2017 Jon Rahm 4th +2.03 2009 Nick Watney 5 2016 Brandt Snedeker 25th +0.55 2020 Marc Leishman 4 2015 Jason Day 19th +0.89 2002 María José Olazábal 4 2014 Scott Stallings 22nd +0.64 1996 Davis III Love 4 2013 Tiger Woods 13th +1.25 1983 Gary Hallberg 4 th 2012 Brandt Snedeker 24 +0.63 Scores on 72nd Hole 2011 Bubba Watson 3rd +2.37 Last 4 Farmers Insurance Open Champions 2010 Ben Crane 3rd +2.31 2009 Nick Watney 3rd +1.69 2020 Marc Leishman Birdie 2008 Tiger Woods 1st +3.01 2019 Justin Rose Birdie 2007 Tiger Woods 7th +1.35 2018 Jason Day Par 2006 Tiger Woods 1st +2.33 2017 Jon Rahm Eagle 2005 Tiger Woods 44th +0.26 2004 John Daly 48th +0.16 Putting 10-15 Feet on South Course Farmers Insurance Open Since 2004 Winners Field 37.8% 28.4% *Difference of 9.4% 2021 Farmers Insurance Open Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes International Success/Stats at Farmers Insurance Open 5 There are five active PGA TOUR events with two or more consecutive international winners (Arnold Palmer Invitational/5, Farmers Insurance Open/4, Valspar Championship/4, Sanderson Farms Championship/2 & The Open Championship). 4 Since 2015, five of last six Farmers Insurance Open champions have been international players, including the last four consecutive winners. Before that, the last international winner of the Farmers Insurance Open was Jose Maria Olazabal in 2002. >30% In each of the last six Farmers Insurance Open’s the field has been at least 30% international players for a combined percentage of 33.4% international players in the field at Torrey Pines GC. This is a 6.5% increase in international players from the prior six seasons (26.9%). 313 At the Farmers Insurance Open, 313 of the 936 players have been international over the last six seasons (33.4%) 19% At the Farmers Insurance Open, 252 of the 936 players have been international from 2009 to 2013-14 seasons (26.9%).