PGA Tour Power Rankings: Farmers Insurance Open

The PGA Tour makes its way to San Diego this week for the Farmers Insurance Open. Here are the players whose games should soar as high as the paragliders that dominate the TV coverage of the event.
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8. Ben Griffin

The most important thing for Ben Griffin this week at Torrey is going to be finding his way off of the tee. Griffin is considered a below-average driver of the golf ball, which could run him into some trouble on a course that is set to play almost 7,500 yards this week. However, Griffin's strengths lie in his approach game, with Data Golf profiling him in the top 15% of all PGA Tour players in approaching the green. As long as he can carry over his plus-strokes gained driving performance from this past week at The American Express, then I would expect to see Griffin lurking towards the top of the leaderboard come Saturday.

7. Keegan Bradley

Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley is clearly trying to also become Ryder Cup player Keegan Bradley, based on his form to start the new Tour season. With Bradley's worst finish in his last 5 starts being a T21, he's playing like a man on a mission. The most important thing for Bradley this week will be having a good week with the putter, as almost all of his successful weeks at the Farmers Insurance Open throughout his career have coincided with positive strokes gained putting weeks. With Bradley starting the season off at an above-average level on the greens, he should be able to put together a strong run at the trophy.