Without hitting a shot, Brandt Snedeker wins on wacky Torrey Monday
Brandt Snedeker never stepped on Torrey Pines' South Course in Monday's conclusion of the Farmers Insurance Open. And he won.
Snedeker, who polished off an incredible 3-under 69 amid delays and nearly unplayable conditions on Sunday, spent his morning on the putting green and driving range at the San Diego area course as the remaining field, including the 54-hole leaders 12 groups ahead of him, fought similar weather with the hopes of beating the Vanderbilt product's 6-under 282 total. None of them did.
In the end, Snedeker, who made the 36-hole cut on the 1-under 143 number, beat K.J. Choi, who, along with Scott Brown, was one of the two third-round co-leaders by a shot. Choi shot 76, which was still a full shot better than the final-round scoring average.
Brown was not so fortunate, shooting 15-over 87 and dropping into a tie for 49th place.
Jimmy Walker opened the resumption of play, which was pushed back two hours after overnight storms damaged the course more than PGA Tour officials anticipated, with a one-shot edge over Snedeker at 7 under par. However, after completing a par at the 10th hole, Walker never made a birdie into the house. In 30 mph winds, Walker made four bogeys to finish at 3-under total and finish tied for fourth with Freddie Jacobson.
Kevin Streelman finished alone in third at 4 under par.
For Snedeker, this is his eighth PGA Tour win, including his second in this event and fourth in California. Snedeker is also the first player since 2010 to win on the PGA Tour after making the cut on the number.
While this was a comeback win, Snedeker is arguably golf's hottest player. He's finished T-3, P-2 and WIN to start 2016, coming off an end-of-year win alongside Jason Dufner, who won last week at the CareerBuilder Challenge, at the Franklin Templeton Shootout. He's the defending champion at Pebble Beach in two weeks.
As Snedeker was hitting putt after putt, waiting out the finish, he began thinking much farther out into the future. He couldn't help but notice the sign promoting the 2021 U.S. Open -- played on the same Torrey Pines South Course where he just won.
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