Since finishing T5 last year at the event, the 30-year-old McIlroy has won four times around the world. He won the 2019 PGA Tour Player of the Year award, claimed the FedEx Cup title, and is now ranked No. 2 in the world.<\/p>\n
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McIlroy is well-rested, as he took the last six weeks off. He has his sights focused on becoming the planet’s top-ranked golfer, a distinction he last held in 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“It’s been a goal of mine for a while,” McIlroy said yesterday. “Winning four times last year, I closed the gap a little.”<\/p>\n
McIlroy continued, “There was a point in the middle of last year where I was four points behind Brooks (Koepka). And then, once I won the Tour Championship and then in China (WGC-HSBC Champions), I kind of saw that gap closing.”<\/p>\n
Winning this week will be no easy task. A slew of stars also have short odds, including 2017 Farmers winner Jon Rahm (9\/1), Xander Schauffele and defending champ Justin Rose (16\/1), and Rickie Fowler and Hideki Matsuyama (20\/1).<\/p>\n
Longshot Odds<\/b><\/h2>\n
With the smart money on the host of favorites, the odds are long on numerous players who could easily win this week.<\/p>\n
Area native Phil Mickelson has won the Farmers three times, but his last came in 2001. Lefty is at 100\/1, a $100 bet netting $1,000.<\/p>\n
Jason Day, the 2015 and 2018 Farmers winner, and Brandt Snedeker, the 2012 and 2016 event winner, are both at 40\/1 (implied odds of 2.44 percent). A $50 bet nets $2,000.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe over\/under for the winning score is 271.5 strokes. Par is 288. Nine of the last 10 Farmers have been higher than that number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tiger Woods begins his 2020 PGA Tour season as one of the favorites at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California, a course he knows all too well. The 82-time PGA Tour winner is at 12\/1 to win his 83rd this week. A $100 bet nets $1,200 should Woods prevail. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":125002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Tiger Woods Tees Off 2020 Season as Farmers Frontrunner<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n