The Farmer's Insurance Open

Welcome to Torrey Pines North and South courses home of The Farmer's Insurance Open. The two courses of Torrey Pines sits next to the Pacific Ocean that offer pristine views of the Pacific but what was Torrey Pines before it was a golf course. Back in the 1940's it was Camp Callen an artillery training camp after WWII ended the camp was sold to the city of San Deigo which razed the buildings but left the streets. In 1951 it became Torrey Pines Race Course a 2.7 mile course in which sports cars and grand prix racers competed.  The track started somewhere near the eigth green of the south course, continued north then turned left (across what is todays sixth fairway) on a loop that headed to the ocean and then away from it east down the first fairway of the North course. Two right turns had the track heading south into a long straightaway which today is a practice range, parking lots, the Torrey Pines Lodge and a Hilton hotel. The final loop crossed somewhere through the ninth and fifthteenth holes and back to the start finish line. In January 1956 the last race was ran before the track became the two courses of Torrey Pines and the last winner of that race was a guy named Woods. Pearce that is. So who has the horsepower to tame the two tracks of Torrey Pines and win the Farmer's Insurance Open. 

For those interested, Kerplookee leagues are starting. We have a league there and it is free to join the league name is Ex CBSer's. If you're interested in joining just go to the site and join the league. The Farmer's Insurance Open this week is a practice round to familiarize all with the format. There are weekly,segment and overall prizes available. The real season starts the following week with the Waste Management Open. For those that had a team last year that team remains intact for this year. Hope to see ya there.

Boogity--Boogity--Boogity

Let's go racing golfing folks. 

Dutch, another fine intro for this weeks event. I did not realize Torre Pines was once a race track and can now say I have learned something for the day.

Not to scare anybody away (because of my blazing start in yahoo golf) but I will be playing in the Kerplookee league. The format is different from Yahoos, but interesting none the less. Plus (and most importantly) they give out weekly prizes so I can double my chance of fulfilling the dream.

This week has two big tournaments. The bigger one is out in the Middle East. Here are the Farmers and the  top guys out east.

14/1 Phil Mickelson 14/1 Nick Watney 18/1 Brandt Snedeker     20/1 Ben Crane 20/1 Hunter Mahan 25/1 Rickie Fowler     25/1 Charles Howell 25/1 Bubba Watson 28/1 Ernie Els     28/1 Dustin Johnson 28/1 D.A. Points 30/1 Camilo Villegas     33/1 Keegan Bradley 33/1 Bill Haas 33/1 Geoff Ogilvy     33/1 Justin Rose 40/1 Aaron Baddeley 40/1 Bud Cauley     40/1 Anthony Kim 40/1 Gary Woodland 50/1 Y.E. Yang     50/1 Marc Leishman 50/1 Bo Van Pelt 66/1 Robert Allenby     66/1 Stewart Cink 66/1 Brendon De Jonge 66/1 Robert Garrigus     66/1 Ryuji Imada 66/1 Chris Kirk 66/1 Steve Marino     66/1 Bryce Molder 66/1 Ryan Moore 66/1 Pat Perez     80/1 Sang-Moon Bae 80/1 Angel Cabrera 80/1 Matt Every     80/1 J.B. Holmes 80/1 Trevor Immelman 80/1 Spencer Levin     80/1 John Rollins 80/1 Vijay Singh 80/1 Kyle Stanley     80/1 Michael Thompson 80/1 Jhonattan Vegas 100/1 Stephen Ames     100/1 Greg Chalmers 100/1 Charley Hoffman 100/1 John Mallinger     100/1 Seung-Yul Noh 100/1 Scott Piercy 100/1 Chez Reavie     100/1 Andres Romero 100/1 Brendan Steele 100/1 Kevin Streelman     100/1 D.J. Trahan 125/1 Ricky Barnes 125/1 Kevin Chappell     125/1 Chris Couch 125/1 Chris Dimarco 125/1 Harris English     125/1 David Hearn 125/1 Brandt Jobe 125/1 Justin Leonard     125/1 William McGirt 125/1 Garth Mulroy 125/1 Nick O'Hern     125/1 Josh Teater 125/1 Charlie Wi 150/1 Stuart Appleby     150/1 Briny Baird 150/1 Graham Delaet 150/1 James Driscoll     150/1 Ken Duke 150/1 Tommy Gainey 150/1 Bobby Gates     150/1 Tom Gillis 150/1 Paul Goydos 150/1 Ryo Ishikawa     150/1 Danny Lee 150/1 Jamie Lovemark 150/1 Bill Lunde     150/1 Jarrod Lyle 150/1 Troy Matteson 150/1 Billy Mayfair     150/1 John Merrick 150/1 Rod Pampling 150/1 Ted Potter     150/1 Kevin Sutherland 150/1 Vaughn Taylor 150/1 Brendon Todd     150/1 Cameron Tringale 150/1 Boo Weekley 200/1 Miguel Angel Carballo     200/1 Daniel Chopra 200/1 Gary Christian 200/1 Mathew Goggin     200/1 Nathan Green 200/1 Tim Herron 200/1 J.J. Killeen     200/1 Colt Knost 200/1 Jason Kokrak 200/1 Tom Pernice     200/1 Kevin Stadler 200/1 Scott Stallings 200/1 Jimmy Walker     250/1 Mark Anderson 250/1 Arjun Atwal 250/1 Roberto Castro     250/1 Gavin Coles 250/1 Erik Compton 250/1 Marco Dawson     250/1 David Duval 250/1 J.J. Henry 250/1 Billy Hurley     250/1 Blake Adams 250/1 Kevin Kisner 250/1 Rocco Mediate     250/1 Greg Owen 250/1 Kyle Reifers 250/1 Chris Riley     250/1 Patrick Sheehan 250/1 Daniel Summerhays 250/1 Peter Tomasulo     250/1 Marc Turnesa 250/1 Steve Wheatcroft 300/1 Cameron Beckman     300/1 Charlie Beljan 300/1 Matt Bettencourt 300/1 Tommy Biershenk     300/1 Jonas Blixt 300/1 Michael Bradley 300/1 Scott Brown     300/1 Gregory Casagranda 300/1 Will Claxton 300/1 Scott Dunlap     300/1 Martin Flores 300/1 Stephen Gangluff 300/1 Brian Harman     300/1 John Huh 300/1 Sung-Hoon Kang 300/1 Troy Kelly     300/1 Russell Knox 300/1 Derek Lamely 300/1 Richard H. Lee     300/1 Edward Loar 300/1 David Mathis 300/1 Alexandre Rocha     300/1 Kyle Thompson


 Here are the numbers for the AbuDhabi HSBC Championship.

13/2 Martin Kaymer 13/2 Rory McIlroy 9/1 Tiger Woods     12/1 Luke Donald 12/1 Lee Westwood 22/1 Sergio Garcia     25/1 Charl Schwartzel 33/1 Jason Day 33/1 Padraig Harrington     33/1 Alvaro Quiros 35/1 Peter Hanson 40/1 K.J. Choi     40/1 Nicolas Colsaerts 40/1 Graeme McDowell 45/1 Robert Karlsson     50/1 Shane Lowry 50/1 Francesco Molinari 55/1 Branden Grace     66/1 Simon Dyson 80/1 Thomas Bjorn 80/1 George Coetzee     80/1 Anders Hansen 80/1 Thomas Aiken 80/1 Miguel Angel Jimenez     80/1 Joost Luiten 80/1 Alexander Noren 80/1 Henrik Stenson

Another informative intro Dutch as we've come to a tournament I played in the early 80's when it was the Andy Williams.  I, like VC, didn't realize it had been a race track.  My most notable memory of Torrey Pines was a bunch of nudists on the beach as you played a couple of holes right along the cliff!  Good luck to all in the pick'ems and as usual it's good to see the odds provided by Noko for your information!

jimmymc600

Please tell us more about the NUDISTS.. Women NUDISTS that is.

Please tell us more about the NUDISTS.. Women NUDISTS that is.

I bet he'll say the course scenery was "bushy" and the terrain was "undulating."  He'll say the players all had "old bags" and not one of the holes was worthy of using a "wood" on.










 

Aramis there's no way I can inprove on that description!!    All I can say is there was a nice enough view that a number of folks in golf carts were lined up along that cliff subsequently it took considerably longer to finish those holes!!

Were they playing skins?

1st peek at Esox roster in no particular order

Mickelson/Watney

Watson/Points
Snedeker/de Jonge

Every/Crane

good luck all

Here we go!!! Representing the Tumbleweed Express this week will be………

“A” Team

Y.E Yang / Philly Mc

“B” Team

Hunter Mahan / Rickie Fowler

D. Johnson / Geoff Ogilvy

“C” Team

Angel Cabrera / Ryo Ishikawa

Good luck to all!!!

noko, thanks much for the odds!  I was about to try to dig them up on the Internet myself.  I can easily get the US odds, but the Euro ones are sometimes a pain.

I am boycotting watching any coverage of the Farmer's Insurance Open, because they would not give a spot to John Daly.  Say what you will about him, he is a past champion of this tournament, and that should be enough to get him in.

I hope no one goes to the event, and given the PGA's big downfall in gate attendance and TV ratings, it serves them right to dig their own grave.

Lanny...You're welcome.

    If you ever want a look at the odds being offered in Europe on all sports and politics here is who I use.

http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/e
n-gb

Jimmy, that day you played Torrey,  did you say what your score was?  Probably the worst you had ever shot!  Knowing your "REP", I doubt if you could even find your ball, if you did in fact hit the fairways/and or greens.  LOL

I doubt if you could even find your ball, if you did in fact hit the fairways/and or greens.  LOL

ILG   My bet is he played out of the sand trap    beach alot and he always found his balls.

LOL..

Bluels we won't miss you.