SAN DIEGO – Brooks Koepka was clear that his major motivation for enjoying this week’s Farmers Insurance coverage Open was to get an early have a look at Torrey Pines earlier than the South Course hosts the U.S. Open in June.
Koepka isn’t the one participant utilizing the Farmers as a scouting journey and whereas the situations this week gained’t mirror these in June, the South Course has confirmed to be a significant take a look at no matter what time of 12 months it’s performed.
“I feel on a agency 12 months for the Farmers Insurance coverage Open, it does play a bit like a significant,” mentioned Marc Leishman, who gained final 12 months’s occasion. “The advantage of realizing this course in addition to I do is across the greens. The breaks do not change on the greens. They’ve the greens as fast for this event as they may for the U.S. Open.”
Final 12 months, the South Course was the seventh hardest on the PGA Tour with a 72.53 stroke common. For the 2008 U.S. Open performed at Torrey Pines the scoring common was 73.8.
“This 12 months for the U.S. Open I feel it should be actually agency, actually quick,” Leishman mentioned. “I feel the tough goes to be up. I feel it should be powerful, it should play like a special golf course.”
