The table below includes each player’s average score made on Torrey Pines South across the last 5 renewals of the Farmers Insurance Open. It also includes the number of rounds played. So as an example Tony Finau has played all 15 Torrey Pines South rounds across 2017 to 2021, averaging 70.33 per round.
Player |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Rounds |
Average |
Adam Scott |
– |
– |
67.67 |
– |
71.33 |
6 |
69.50 |
Patrick Reed |
– |
70.33 |
69.33 |
69.67 |
70.00 |
12 |
69.83 |
Rory McIlroy |
71.33 |
– |
69.67 |
69.67 |
70.33 |
12 |
70.25 |
Charl Schwartzel |
– |
– |
70.00 |
– |
70.33 |
4 |
70.25 |
Tony Finau |
70.33 |
72.00 |
69.33 |
69.33 |
70.67 |
15 |
70.33 |
Marc Leishman |
70.00 |
71.00 |
71.67 |
68.33 |
71.00 |
15 |
70.40 |
Jon Rahm |
68.67 |
73.33 |
70.67 |
68.67 |
71.00 |
15 |
70.47 |
Viktor Hovland |
– |
– |
73.00 |
– |
69.67 |
4 |
70.50 |
Bubba Watson |
– |
– |
– |
68.33 |
77.00 |
4 |
70.50 |
Justin Rose |
71.33 |
71.00 |
68.00 |
75.00 |
– |
10 |
70.60 |
Collin Morikawa |
– |
– |
– |
70.67 |
– |
3 |
70.67 |
Jason Kokrak |
73.00 |
– |
69.00 |
71.00 |
71.33 |
10 |
70.70 |
Adam Scott tops the chart with an overall 69.50 scoring average across 6 rounds played at Torrey Pines South. Rounds of 69-72-73-70-65-68 across 2 visits to Torrey Pines make up this total.
The Australian’s nearest challenger is 2021 Farmers Insurance Open victor Patrick Reed. Patrick clearly loves Torrey Pines and has played all Farmers events since 2018. A 69.83 average score is impressive across 12 South Course rounds, with only a single (73) round over par.
Rory McIlroy and Charl Schwartzel are tied for 3rd spot at 70.25, with the South African available this week at large triple-digit odds. It seems a great track for McIlroy, as long as he can start well on Thursday – a perennial problem in recent Majors.
And then we have Tony Finau who Golf Betting System Podcast know as ‘T4 Tony.’ He struggles to win, granted, but it’s fact that the Utah-born 31 year-old is a Major each-way machine. 4 top-5 or 9 top-10s in his last 13 Major appearances is amazing consistency and Finau, across 15 round at Torrey Pines South, has a cracking 70.33 average.
Leishman (2020 Farmers Champion), Rahm (2017 Farmers Champion) and Justin Rose (2019 Farmers Champion) all predictably sit in the top 10 Torrey Pines South average scorers, with Hovland, Kokrak and Morikawa also interesting names within the top 12.
This analysis also highlights some short-priced favourites whose form at Torrey Pines, and on the South Course in particular, to this point has been unspectacular to say the least. Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau has played at a couple of Farmers Insurance Opens, scoring 76(+4) and 78(+6) on the South Course. Jordan Spieth’s return to form in 2021 has been spectacular, but to this point he’s only broken par once – a 70 in 2020 – his average score of 72.57 ranks 53rd of 85 in this U.S. Open field.
Plus recent Memorial Tournament winner Patrick Cantlay has never broken par in 4 South Course attempts.
Full Torrey Pines South average scores for everybody in the U.S. Open field, as per Friday 11th June 2021, who has a recorded round at the South Course since 2017 is available below.
Player |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Rounds |
Average |
Adam Scott |
– |
– |
67.67 |
– |
71.33 |
6 |
69.50 |
Patrick Reed |
– |
70.33 |
69.33 |
69.67 |
70.00 |
12 |
69.83 |
Rory McIlroy |
71.33 |
– |
69.67 |
69.67 |
70.33 |
12 |
70.25 |
Charl Schwartzel |
– |
– |
70.00 |
– |
70.33 |
4 |
70.25 |
Tony Finau |
70.33 |
72.00 |
69.33 |
69.33 |
70.67 |
15 |
70.33 |
Marc Leishman |
70.00 |
71.00 |
71.67 |
68.33 |
71.00 |
15 |
70.40 |
Jon Rahm |
68.67 |
73.33 |
70.67 |
68.67 |
71.00 |
15 |
70.47 |
Viktor Hovland |
– |
– |
73.00 |
– |
69.67 |
4 |
70.50 |
Bubba Watson |
– |
– |
– |
68.33 |
77.00 |
4 |
70.50 |
Justin Rose |
71.33 |
71.00 |
68.00 |
75.00 |
– |
10 |
70.60 |
Collin Morikawa |
– |
– |
– |
70.67 |
– |
3 |
70.67 |
Jason Kokrak |
73.00 |
– |
69.00 |
71.00 |
71.33 |
10 |
70.70 |
Ryan Palmer |
– |
70.33 |
70.00 |
73.33 |
69.67 |
12 |
70.83 |
Brendan Steele |
69.33 |
72.00 |
71.00 |
73.00 |
– |
8 |
71.00 |
Will Zalatoris |
– |
72.00 |
– |
– |
70.67 |
4 |
71.00 |
Fabian Gomez |
– |
– |
67.00 |
75.00 |
– |
2 |
71.00 |
Gary Woodland |
71.67 |
69.67 |
68.67 |
72.00 |
74.00 |
13 |
71.08 |
Xander Schauffele |
74.00 |
74.00 |
69.67 |
74.00 |
69.67 |
9 |
71.11 |
Tom Hoge |
– |
71.33 |
71.00 |
68.67 |
78.00 |
8 |
71.13 |
Cameron Smith |
70.33 |
71.00 |
68.33 |
72.67 |
79.00 |
13 |
71.23 |
Hideki Matsuyama |
71.00 |
70.33 |
68.67 |
72.67 |
73.67 |
13 |
71.31 |
Louis Oosthuizen |
71.67 |
– |
– |
– |
71.00 |
6 |
71.33 |
Paul Casey |
71.33 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3 |
71.33 |
Jonas Blixt |
71.33 |
75.00 |
70.33 |
– |
– |
7 |
71.43 |
Patrick Rodgers |
70.33 |
74.00 |
74.00 |
70.00 |
74.00 |
9 |
71.44 |
J.J. Spaun |
69.33 |
71.67 |
73.00 |
72.00 |
74.00 |
11 |
71.45 |
Francesco Molinari |
70.33 |
71.67 |
– |
79.00 |
70.00 |
10 |
71.50 |
Max Homa |
75.00 |
– |
– |
70.33 |
71.67 |
7 |
71.57 |
Peter Malnati |
– |
73.00 |
– |
75.00 |
70.00 |
5 |
71.60 |
Sam Ryder |
– |
75.00 |
71.33 |
73.00 |
70.67 |
8 |
71.75 |
Abraham Ancer |
– |
71.67 |
72.00 |
– |
– |
4 |
71.75 |
Zack Sucher |
76.00 |
– |
– |
70.33 |
– |
4 |
71.75 |
Adam Hadwin |
72.00 |
72.33 |
– |
– |
71.00 |
9 |
71.78 |
Mackenzie Hughes |
72.67 |
72.00 |
70.00 |
72.00 |
74.00 |
9 |
71.78 |
Jhonattan Vegas |
71.00 |
69.00 |
73.00 |
71.33 |
77.00 |
9 |
71.78 |
Sung Kang |
75.00 |
74.67 |
69.00 |
70.67 |
– |
10 |
71.80 |
Robby Shelton |
– |
– |
– |
71.00 |
72.67 |
6 |
71.83 |
Charley Hoffman |
72.67 |
72.33 |
74.00 |
70.00 |
– |
10 |
71.90 |
Phil Mickelson |
70.00 |
72.67 |
– |
72.00 |
73.33 |
10 |
72.00 |
Brooks Koepka |
72.00 |
– |
– |
– |
72.00 |
2 |
72.00 |
Dustin Johnson |
72.00 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
72.00 |
Cameron Young |
– |
– |
– |
– |
72.00 |
1 |
72.00 |
John Huh |
74.50 |
71.67 |
70.33 |
71.67 |
73.00 |
14 |
72.07 |
Sungjae Im |
– |
– |
72.00 |
72.33 |
72.00 |
9 |
72.11 |
Lanto Griffin |
– |
71.67 |
– |
76.00 |
71.33 |
7 |
72.14 |
Corey Conners |
– |
72.67 |
– |
– |
71.67 |
6 |
72.17 |
Sam Burns |
– |
72.00 |
72.00 |
72.33 |
72.33 |
10 |
72.20 |
Brian Harman |
70.67 |
74.00 |
75.00 |
– |
– |
5 |
72.20 |
Billy Horschel |
72.33 |
72.00 |
69.67 |
73.67 |
76.00 |
13 |
72.23 |
Stewart Cink |
71.33 |
73.00 |
72.00 |
73.00 |
– |
8 |
72.25 |
Kevin Streelman |
74.00 |
71.67 |
72.00 |
71.33 |
72.67 |
13 |
72.38 |
Justin Suh |
– |
– |
– |
75.00 |
71.67 |
4 |
72.50 |
Jordan Spieth |
– |
– |
72.00 |
72.33 |
75.00 |
7 |
72.57 |
Matt Jones |
– |
78.00 |
70.00 |
74.67 |
71.67 |
10 |
72.70 |
Shane Lowry |
71.00 |
78.00 |
– |
– |
– |
4 |
72.75 |
Cameron Champ |
– |
– |
75.00 |
70.00 |
79.00 |
5 |
72.80 |
Harris English |
70.67 |
71.33 |
75.00 |
73.67 |
79.00 |
11 |
72.82 |
Wyndham Clark |
– |
– |
71.33 |
79.00 |
72.33 |
7 |
72.86 |
Jimmy Walker |
75.00 |
73.33 |
76.00 |
70.67 |
73.00 |
9 |
72.89 |
Martin Laird |
74.00 |
74.00 |
72.33 |
72.00 |
74.00 |
10 |
72.90 |
Ryan Brehm |
72.67 |
– |
– |
72.00 |
77.00 |
7 |
73.00 |
Joaquin Niemann |
– |
– |
74.33 |
71.67 |
– |
6 |
73.00 |
Bo Hoag |
– |
– |
– |
78.00 |
71.33 |
4 |
73.00 |
Ben Taylor |
– |
– |
– |
72.67 |
74.00 |
4 |
73.00 |
Dylan Frittelli |
– |
– |
71.00 |
74.00 |
73.00 |
7 |
73.14 |
J.T. Poston |
77.00 |
75.67 |
71.33 |
– |
71.33 |
10 |
73.20 |
Sebastian Munoz |
72.00 |
– |
73.67 |
77.00 |
– |
7 |
73.43 |
Si Woo Kim |
83.00 |
72.00 |
71.00 |
– |
76.00 |
8 |
73.50 |
Patrick Cantlay |
– |
73.33 |
74.00 |
– |
– |
4 |
73.50 |
Matthew Wolff |
– |
– |
– |
72.00 |
78.00 |
4 |
73.50 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee |
– |
– |
75.00 |
72.00 |
74.00 |
3 |
73.67 |
Carlos Ortiz |
– |
– |
77.00 |
76.00 |
72.00 |
5 |
73.80 |
Troy Merritt |
78.00 |
71.00 |
– |
– |
73.67 |
5 |
74.00 |
Robert MacIntyre |
74.00 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
74.00 |
Erik van Rooyen |
– |
– |
– |
– |
74.00 |
1 |
74.00 |
Brian Stuard |
76.00 |
– |
– |
– |
71.00 |
3 |
74.33 |
Chris Baker |
– |
– |
– |
74.67 |
75.00 |
4 |
74.75 |
Daniel Berger |
75.00 |
– |
75.00 |
– |
– |
2 |
75.00 |
Brett Stegmaier |
75.00 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
75.00 |
Rob Oppenheim |
– |
73.00 |
– |
76.00 |
79.00 |
3 |
76.00 |
Ben Martin |
– |
– |
– |
76.00 |
– |
1 |
76.00 |
Bryson DeChambeau |
78.00 |
76.00 |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
77.00 |
Scottie Scheffler |
– |
– |
– |
75.00 |
79.00 |
2 |
77.00 |
Branden Grace |
– |
– |
77.00 |
– |
– |
1 |
77.00 |
Tyler Strafaci |
– |
– |
– |
– |
77.00 |
1 |
77.00 |