PGA Tour : Farmers Insurance Results
When Keith Pelley and Jay Monahan agreed under the new Strategic Alliance that the top 10 players from 2022/23 DP World Tour would be granted full status on the PGA Tour, many sponsors, stalwarts in Europe said why are we giving away our top players for nothing.
Well opinions vary, but having just watched this week's Farmers Insurance with DP World Tour stars like Matthieu Pavon, Rasmus Hojgaard, Thomas Detry, Stephan Jaeger all over the lead all week, all showing America including their media, how good they are was for me who has covered the European Tour for over 30 years, very gratifyingly.
Orlando Ramir
Mattieu Pavon came from being the #880th world ranked amateur, taught by his golf instructor mother, to the DP World Tour where he took 7 seasons to get his first win last year, to making 4 birdies in a row at the DP World Tour finale to qualify as one of those 10 to gain his PGA Tour card.
After the California state of emergency due to unprecedented rain and fog on Monday, he couldn't even see Torrey Pines. Welcome to California !!
He played beautifully all week 69 65 72 69 -13 worth $1,620,000 good enough to edge Danish star Nicolai Hojgaard 67 66 73 70 -12 ($ 981,000) with German Stephan Jaeger T3 68 64 73 72 -11 ($477,000)
Prize Money comparison
Pavon won $1,620,000 at Farmers Insurance on PGA Tour.
Thorbjorn Olesen won $572,968 at Ras Al Khaimah on DP World Tour
Pavon says he came to the US with low expectations, just doing his best, enjoying all the weather, food, great tournaments and money, and if he didn't win, just to return home and the DP World Tour.
All that has changed, his life has changed with a 2 year exemption and all the trappings, new status, Masters, US Open, PGA Championship, $20,000,000 signature events and a nice little trip up the coast to Pebble Beach next week.
Canadian scores
Taylor Pendrith T9 73 66 69 71 -9 ($236,250)
Ben Silverman T56 69 72 75 71 -3 ($20,340)
Mac Hughes T64 70 67 78 73 -2 ($19,080)
Bryan Angus
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