Friday, January 27, 2012
Farmers Insurance Open Round 1 Results
Harris English kept up his strong play on the west coast swing of the PGA Tour during round one of the Farmers Insurance Open. English's 5 under par 67 was good enough to put him in a tie for 17th place heading into today's second round. The 67 was the low score posted by the eight Bulldogs in the field.
Bubba Watson, who is the defending champions at the Farmers, carded a 3 under 69 while Brendon Todd and Chris Kirk are each tied for 55th at 2 under par. Erik Compton is tied for 83rd at even par, Kevin Kisner and Ryuji Imada are both tied for 100th at 1 over par, and Brian Harman is tied for 116th at 2 over par.
One of the feature pairings of the day will be Harris English, Brendon Todd, and Erik Compton. All three Bulldogs will be playing together on the South Course during the main portion of the television broadcast. The threesome of Bulldogs will tee off at 10:10 local time. The Golf Channel will carry round two coverage from 3:00 to 6:00. Live Scoring can be followed at http://www.pgatour.com/
Saturday is College Day at the Farmers Insurance Open. All players who make the cut are encouraged to wear the colors of their respective college or university. In return, Farmers Insurance is going to donate $20,000 to the golf program of the player who has the low round of the day and $10,000 to the golf program of the player who has the second lowest round. Farmers Insurance will also be donating $500 for each player who makes the cut to that player's college or university golf program. With the 8 Bulldogs in the field having a chance to make the weekend, Saturday could be a very exciting round to watch. CBS will have the television coverage from 3:00-6:00