Jason Day Wins Playoff At The Farmers Insurance Open

Feb 8, 2015; La Jolla, CA, USA; Jason Day walks from the 17th green to the 18th tee box in the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Course – South Co. Day won in a two hole sudden-death play-off against J.D. Holmes. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports

Jason Day was clearly the best player in the four-man playoff that would define the winner at the 2015 Farmers Insurance Open, but it would take two holes to complete the 27 year-old Aussie’s dream of lifting the trophy at Torrey Pines. Day wins his third PGA Tour championship on Sunday afternoon, and his first since wining the Accenture Match Play Championship a year ago.

Once again, Jason Day had to win a playoff, but beating Scott Stallings, Harris English, and J.B. Holmes would prove to be much easier than his marathon win at Dove Mountain last year with the Frenchman, Victor Dubuisson.

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I was visualizing myself holding the trophy

It took only two holes to secure the victory, English and Stallings were eliminated on the replay of 18, and a par at the 16th hole was good enough to beat J.B. Holmes.

"“It’s an amazing feeling,” Day said. “I’ve been working so hard for this. I was visualizing myself holding the trophy, just like I did at the Match Play. I’m really proud of myself to hang in there and grind it out.”"

After his victory at the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship, Jason picked up a thumb injury that forced him to withdraw from the Masters. He never really recovered during the 2014 season, but appears to be healthy, and ready to take that next step that we expected last year.

For one reason, or the other, the young Aussie has under achieved since his first victory at the 2010 HP Byron Nelson Championship. Maybe he is finally on track to make some noise this year.

His victory at Torrey Pines on Sunday moves him into fourth place in the Official World Golf Rankings, just ahead of Adam Scott, now number five, and just behind number three, Bubba Watson.

I turned on the television this weekend to watch the Farmers Insurance Open, and what I got, was a US Open. At nine under par, this was the first time a regular Tour event finished in single digits since Justin Rose won at Congressional carding a four under par total last summer.

The Torrey Pines South Course was brutal this year, playing three shots tougher than the easier, North Course.

For weekend hackers, three shots is not much of a difference, but with the Pros, three shots is huge. The FedEx Cup points leader, Jimmy Walker, has a stroke average for 2015 that is 69.761. Mark Hubbard, who is 100th on the list, has a scoring average at 71.111. That’s less than a three stroke difference.

There were seven players who had the lead on Sunday, and three of the four players to make the playoff, couldn’t get out of the 70’s. Only Scott Stallings carded a 69, Jason Day finished regulation at two under, with J.B. Holmes, and Harris English getting in at even par.

I think they need to do something to even these two courses up during the Farmers, or just use one course. We lost some pretty good players to the cut line because of the differences this week.

They could widen the fairways on the South Course, and cut the rough a little. That might even the difficulty enough to make this a fair tournament.

Many players start their season at this event, such as Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson to mention a few, who just weren’t in mid-season form, and ready for a US Open challenge like Torrey Pines South.

Only five players broke 70 on Sunday, and Pat Perez, who finished last among those making the cut, shot 83 on the final day.

Source: PGATour.com

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