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The PGA Tour heads to Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif., for the Farmers Insurance Open. World No. 2 Jon Rahm withdrew from last week’s American Express citing an injury from working out in the gym. He won the Farmers on debut in 2017, finished runner-up last year and is once again slotted as the tournament favorite at 13/2. Rory McIlroy is next at 9/1. Xander Schauffele (12/1) is a San Diego native and played his collegiate golf at San Diego State but has only made the cut in this event once in five career appearances.

Here are some players with longer odds who are worth a wager.

Tony Finau (18/1)

Finau again was in contention last weekend at the American Express and once again fell short of victory with a fourth. However, he was second in Strokes Gain: Off-The-Tee, third in SG: Tee-To-Green and seventh for SG: Approach. Last week’s top-10 finish was Finau’s 35th on the PGA Tour without a victory since the 2016-17 season. The next most top-10 finishes without a victory on the PGA Tour in that span is 16 — held by Tommy Fleetwood, Kevin Streelman and Byeong Hun An. Finau has never finished worse than 24th in his six starts at Torrey Pines and has finished sixth or better in three of the past four years.

Jason Day (33/1)

Is making his 2021 debut this week, and Torrey Pines and this venue is arguably the best place for him to start the season considering he has two victories here (2015, 2018) plus four top-fives and five top-10s in his past eight appearances. He caught fire last summer only to go cold in the fall before two good finishes in Houston (seventh) and at Sea Island (12th). Day is now working with a new swing coach in Chris Como, who has experience working with players who have back problems (Tiger Woods 2014-17).


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Matthew Wolff (40/1)

The 21-year-old Californian is certainly comfortable on this type of putting surface. He finished fourth at the PGA and second at the U.S. Open last year, which both featured Poa Annua. Last week, Wolff finished a pedestrian 40th in Palm Springs, but he did rank in the top 11 for SG: Off-The-Tee, SG: Approach and SG: Tee-To-Green. Tee-To-Green is the strength of his game, and putting up the numbers that he did last week combined with a friendlier putting surface could be what he needs to nab that second PGA Tour victory.

Adam Scott (40/1)

Scott was second here two years ago and has performed well on Poa Annua, with two victories at Riviera. Though finishes of 21st and 41st to begin the season in Hawaii are not obvious buy signs, Scott did gain five shots off the tee at Waialae and seven shots on approach at Kapalua. The putter has let him down early on in 2021, but the Poa greens could be a welcome sight.

Bubba Watson (40/1)

Is a former winner here (2011) and finished sixth at Torrey Pines last year having not played here since 2014. He has a history of playing well in California.

Sam Burns (80/1)

Shot an inexplicable 77 in the first round then followed up with a 66 to miss the cut by three last week in Palm Springs. However, in that second round he gained +4.55 strokes tee-to-green, including +2.73 on approach, and his distance could prove to be a big edge on the 7,700-plus yard South Course.

Luke List (125/1)

Is a bomber who could go well at a big price. He finished T21 last week but ranked in the field’s top 10 for both SG: Approach and SG: Tee-To-Green. The putter is always a weakness, but a move to Poa Annua could be the ticket.

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