About the Farmers Insurance Open:
Brandt Snedeker won the title, beating Kyle Stanley on the second hole of a playoff. Both players finished at 16-under 272, but Stanley blew a 3-stroke lead with one hole to play. On the 72nd hole, needing a double-bogey or better to win, Stanley put a ball into the water and wound up with a triple bogey. That dropped him into a playoff with Snedeker, and Snedeker won with a par on the second extra hole.
2011 Tournament
Bubba Watson shot a final-round 67 - with a great recovery shot and birdie on the final hole - to win by one over Phil Mickelson and Jhonny Vegas. It was Watson's second career win on the PGA Tour.
Farmers Insurance Open Records:
- Overall: 266 - George Burns, 1987, and Tiger Woods, 1999
- Tournament course record: Torrey Pines North Course - 61, Mark Brooks, 1990, and Brandt Snedeker, 2007; Torrey Pines South Course - 62, Tiger Woods, 1999
Farmers Insurance Open Golf Courses:
• Photo gallery: Torrey Pines pictures
(Courses in San Diego, Calif., unless noted)
- Mission Valley Country Club, 1955, 1957-61
- Rancho Bernardo Country Club, 1964
- Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., 1954
- San Diego Country Club, 1952-53
- Singing Hills Country Club, El Cajon, Calif., 1956
- Stardust Country Club, 1962-63, 1965-67
Farmers Insurance Open - Trivia and Notes:
- Tiger Woods has six wins in the event, and Phil Mickelson is the only other golfer to win more than twice.
- Hall of Famer Gene Littler is the only golfer to win the tournament as an amateur, doing so in 1954. Littler, a San Diego native, never won as a pro - although he was runnerup three times (1969, 1974, 1978).
- One of the most memorable years in the tournament's history was 1982, when Johnny Miller outdueled Jack Nicklaus to win by one stroke over the Golden Bear.
- Tiger Woods (2005-08) won the tournament four straight years. J.C. Snead (1975-76) and Phil Mickelson (2000-01) won back-to-back.
Farmers Insurance Open Winners:
Farmers Insurance Open
2012 - Brandt Snedeker-p, 272
2011 - Bubba Watson, 272
2010 - Ben Crane, 275
Buick Invitational
2009 - Nick Watney, 277
2008 - Tiger Woods, 269
2007 - Tiger Woods, 273
2006 - Tiger Woods-p, 278
2005 - Tiger Woods, 272
2004 - John Daly-p, 278
2003 - Tiger Woods, 272
2002 - Jose Maria Olazabal
2001 - Phil Mickelson-p, 269
2000 - Phil Mickelson, 270
1999 - Tiger Woods, 266
1998 - Scott Simpson-p-w, 204
1997 - Mark O'Meara, 275
1996 - Davis Love III, 269
Buick Invitational of California
1995 - Peter Jacobsen, 269
1994 - Craig Stadler, 268
1993 - Phil Mickelson, 278
1992 - Steve Pate-w, 200
Shearson Lehman Brothers Open
1991 - Jay Don Blake, 268
Shearson Lehman Hutton Open
1990 - Dan Forsman, 275
1989 - Greg Twiggs, 271
Shearson Lehman Hutton Andy Williams Open
1988 - 1. Steve Pate, 269
Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open
1987 - George Burns, 266
1986 - Bob Tway-p-w, 204
Isuzu/Andy Williams San Diego Open
1985 - Woody Blackburn-p, 269
1984 - Gary Koch-p, 272
1983 - Gary Hallberg, 271
Wickes/Andy Williams San Diego Open
1982 - Johnny Miller, 270
1981 - Bruce Lietzke-p 278
Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational
1980 - Tom Watson-p, 275
1979 - Fuzzy Zoeller, 282
1978 - Jay Haas, 278
1977 - Tom Watson, 269
1976 - J.C. Snead, 272
1975 - J.C. Snead-p, 279
1974 - Bobby Nichols, 275
1973 - Bob Dickson, 278
1972 - Paul Harney, 275
1971 - George Archer, 272
1970 - Pete Brown-p, 275
1969 - Jack Nicklaus, 284
1968 - Tom Weiskopf, 273
San Diego Open Invitational
1967 - Bob Goalby, 269
1966 - Billy Casper, 268
1965 - Wes Ellis-p, 267
1964 - Art Wall, 274
1963 - Gary Player, 270
1962 - Tommy Jacobs-p, 277
1961 - Arnold Palmer-p, 271
1960 - Mike Souchak, 269
1959 - Marty Furgol, 274
1958 - No Tournament
1957 - Arnold Palmer, 271
Convair-San Diego Open
1956 - Bob Rosburg, 270
1955 - Tommy Bolt, 274
San Diego Open
1954 - Gene Littler-a, 274
1953 - Tommy Bolt, 274
1952 - Ted Kroll, 276
