Quick Answer: Harris English won the Farmers Insurance Open 2025, closing at 8-under 280 for a one-shot victory over Sam Stevens at Torrey Pines. It was his fifth PGA Tour title and first since 2021. English earned $1,674,000 from the $9.3 million purse. Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Tiger Woods all skipped the event.
Harris English stood over a three-foot putt on the 72nd hole at Torrey Pines and made the kind of putt that decides careers, not just tournaments. The Farmers Insurance Open 2025 didn’t have the star power of a typical West Coast Swing stop. Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy were all somewhere else that week. What the tournament did have was a real grinder’s finish and a water ball on 18 from the runner-up.
Below is every score, every dollar and every storyline from a week that mattered a lot more to Harris English than it did to the TV ratings. You’ll find the full payout list, a round-by-round account of how the lead changed hands three times, and an honest look at why so many of the sport’s biggest names skipped Torrey Pines that January. There’s also a look at what happened when the tournament came back a year later, because that winning score still hasn’t been touched.
Farmers Insurance Open 2025 Results: Harris English Wins by One Shot
Harris English closed with a 1-over 73 on a windy Saturday and still won by a single shot. His four rounds went 68-73-66-73 for an 8-under 280 total on the South Course at Torrey Pines. That number looks modest next to some Farmers winning scores from calmer years. Eight-under was plenty on a week when the wind never really let up.
Sam Stevens made English work for it. Stevens birdied his way into a share of the lead on Saturday afternoon, then found the water with his second shot on the par-5 18th. He made a scrambling bogey for 281 and a solo second, one shot back. Andrew Novak finished alone in third at 282, a shot further behind Stevens.
This marked English’s fifth PGA Tour win and his first since the 2021 Travelers Championship, where he beat Kramer Hickok in an eight-hole playoff. Four years is a long gap between wins on Tour. English’s ball-striking never looked broken during that stretch. He just needed a week where his putter matched everything else, and Torrey Pines gave him one.
Dropping a shot on his very first hole Saturday, English watched his overnight lead vanish immediately as 20-year-old Aldrich Potgieter briefly drew level. He steadied himself from there. That’s the part of this win that doesn’t show up in the box score: a player who hadn’t closed out a tournament in four years, absorbing an early bogey and a charging 20-year-old, and still finding a way to make the putts that mattered on the back nine.
Full Farmers Insurance Open 2025 Leaderboard and Payout
You can cross-check every number here against the official PGA Tour leaderboard, though good luck reading it on a phone without your thumb triggering three different filter menus. Here’s the same data in one table, plus the context those sites leave out.
| Pos | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | Payout | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris English | -8 | 68 | 73 | 66 | 73 | 280 | $1,674,000 | Fifth Tour win, first since 2021 |
| 2 | Sam Stevens | -7 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 281 | $1,013,700 | Found water on 18, bogeyed to finish |
| 3 | Andrew Novak | -6 | 70 | 72 | 66 | 74 | 282 | $641,700 | Bogey-free 66 in Round 3 |
| T4 | Sungjae Im | -5 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 283 | $418,500 | |
| T4 | Kris Ventura | -5 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 283 | $418,500 | |
| 6 | Hayden Springer | -4 | 65 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 284 | $337,125 | Round 1 co-leader |
| T7 | Taylor Pendrith | -3 | 69 | 75 | 70 | 71 | 285 | $302,250 | |
| T7 | Will Gordon | -3 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 69 | 285 | $302,250 | |
| T9 | Danny Willett | -2 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 71 | 286 | $225,525 | |
| T9 | Lee Hodges | -2 | 67 | 76 | 73 | 70 | 286 | $225,525 | |
| T9 | Lanto Griffin | -2 | 66 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 286 | $225,525 | Round 2 co-leader |
| T9 | Greyson Sigg | -2 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 286 | $225,525 | |
| T9 | K.H. Lee | -2 | 67 | 76 | 68 | 75 | 286 | $225,525 | |
| T9 | Joel Dahmen | -2 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 75 | 286 | $225,525 | |
| T15 | Beau Hossler | -1 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 287 | $132,732 | |
| T15 | Keegan Bradley | -1 | 69 | 75 | 70 | 73 | 287 | $132,732 | Pre-tournament headliner |
| T15 | Sami Valimaki | -1 | 68 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 287 | $132,732 | |
| T15 | Luke Clanton (a) | -1 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 287 | $0 | Amateur, no prize money |
| T15 | Kevin Streelman | -1 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 287 | $132,732 | |
| T15 | Thomas Detry | -1 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 287 | $132,732 | |
| T15 | J.J. Spaun | -1 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 287 | $132,732 | |
| T15 | Ryan Gerard | -1 | 69 | 74 | 74 | 70 | 287 | $132,732 | |
| T15 | Ricky Castillo | -1 | 67 | 75 | 70 | 75 | 287 | $132,732 | |
| T15 | Aldrich Potgieter | -1 | 66 | 76 | 67 | 78 | 287 | $132,732 | Briefly co-led on Saturday, age 20 |
| T25 | Adam Schenk | E | 69 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 288 | $74,068 | |
| T25 | Charley Hoffman | E | 70 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 288 | $74,068 | |
| T25 | Chris Gotterup | E | 71 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 288 | $74,068 | |
| T25 | Sam Ryder | E | 71 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 288 | $74,068 | |
| T25 | Matteo Manassero | E | 70 | 73 | 70 | 75 | 288 | $74,068 | |
| T25 | Wesley Bryan | E | 68 | 73 | 71 | 76 | 288 | $74,068 | |
| T25 | Matti Schmid | E | 71 | 72 | 68 | 77 | 288 | $74,068 |
A few more names worth knowing, further down the money list:
| Pos | Player | To Par | Total | Payout | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T32 | Hideki Matsuyama | +1 | 289 | $52,080 | Pre-tournament co-favorite |
| T32 | Jason Day | +1 | 289 | $52,080 | Two-time Farmers champion |
| T32 | Brandt Snedeker | +1 | 289 | $52,080 | Past Farmers champion |
| T42 | Ludvig Åberg | +3 | 291 | $33,945 | Opened with 63, led after Round 1 |
| T52 | Sahith Theegala | +5 | 293 | $22,646 | Pre-tournament headliner, San Diego native |
Seventy players made it through to the weekend and finished all four rounds. Money dropped off fast after the top ten, which is normal for a full-field PGA Tour event without a signature-event purse behind it. Ludvig Åberg is the name worth circling in that second table. He opened with a 63, led the tournament outright after round one, and still finished outside the top 40. More on that collapse in a minute.
Round-by-Round Recap: How the Week Actually Unfolded
None of the big leaderboard sites tell this story in order. Here’s what actually happened, round by round.
Round 1 (Wednesday): Åberg’s 63 Sets the Tone
Ludvig Åberg opened with a 9-under 63 on the North Course, the best round of his short PGA Tour career at that point. He hit 16 of 18 greens and made eight birdies plus an eagle at the par-5 17th. Danny Walker and Hayden Springer sat two shots back at 65. Hideki Matsuyama, the highest-ranked player in the field that week, shot a 68 on the tougher South. Will Zalatoris withdrew hours before his tee time, one more subtraction from an already thin field.
Round 2 (Thursday): The Wind Takes Over
Strong gusts rolled through Torrey Pines on Thursday and halted play for a stretch, sending scores climbing across the board. Åberg and Lanto Griffin shared the lead heading into the weekend, with two dozen golfers packed within five shots of the top. The cut fell at 36 holes, and the survivors moved to the South Course for the rest of the week.
Round 3 (Friday): English’s Late Charge
Calmer conditions returned Friday, and Harris English took full advantage. He carded a 6-under 66, capped by a hat-trick of birdies on 16, 17 and 18, to grab a one-shot lead heading into the final round. It was his best round of the week by four strokes. Andrew Novak matched him stroke for stroke with a bogey-free 66 of his own, setting up a genuine two-man race for Saturday.
Round 4 (Saturday): A Bogey, a Scare and a Three-Footer
English bogeyed his opening hole and briefly shared the lead with Aldrich Potgieter before settling in. Stevens made the day’s biggest move, closing with a 4-under 68 to force English to make something happen coming down the stretch. English did just enough. Stevens’ approach on 18 found the water, and Harris English had his fifth PGA Tour title.
Who Wasn’t at Torrey Pines in 2025 (and Why)
This is the part every leaderboard site skips, and it’s most of the reason the field looked thin. Scottie Scheffler, the reigning world No. 1, was still recovering from hand surgery. He’d cut his hand on broken glass while making ravioli on Christmas Day, which is a genuinely strange sentence to type about the best golfer alive. Xander Schauffele, a San Diego native who grew up wanting to win this event, was dealing with a rib injury and hadn’t played competitively since early January.
Collin Morikawa withdrew days before the tournament. Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland and Tommy Fleetwood all elected to skip the week entirely, which isn’t unusual for a non-signature event this early in the season. Nicolai Højgaard withdrew, and Hayden Springer took his open spot in the field.
Tiger Woods wasn’t playing either. He hadn’t teed it up on Tour since the 2024 Open Championship, and he would go on to rupture his Achilles tendon two months later, in March 2025. Woods won this event a record seven times between 1999 and 2013, and Torrey Pines is arguably the course most associated with his entire career outside Augusta. His absence was notable mostly for what it signaled about his health, not because anyone expected him to contend.
A depleted field or not, English earned every shot of this one. If you’re looking for a week loaded with top-10 players in the world, this wasn’t it. If you want a golf tournament that came down to a three-foot putt and a wet golf ball, keep reading.
2025 Farmers Insurance Open Field, Favorites and Odds
Hideki Matsuyama and Ludvig Åberg opened as co-favorites at around +1000, with Sahith Theegala, Sungjae Im and Keegan Bradley rounding out the top of the odds board. Matthieu Pavon returned as the defending champion, and past winners Max Homa, Luke List, Justin Rose, Jason Day and Brandt Snedeker were all in the 156-player field.
Neither favorite delivered. Matsuyama finished tied for 32nd, and Åberg’s opening 63 turned into a T42 finish after rounds of 75, 74 and 79. That kind of collapse happens more than golf broadcasts like to admit. A hot front nine on Wednesday tells you almost nothing about Saturday.
Harris English wasn’t anywhere near the top of the pre-tournament odds board, and that’s exactly why this result matters if you bet on golf. The market knows a player’s recent form. It doesn’t know when a four-year putting slump is about to end.
Like most full-field PGA Tour events, players went off in two waves from both the 1st and 10th tees across both courses on Wednesday and Thursday, which is why the leaderboard looks scrambled through the first few hours of any round here.
Farmers Insurance Open 2025 Dates, Format and Courses
The tournament ran January 22-25, 2025, Wednesday through Saturday instead of the usual Thursday-through-Sunday window. The PGA Tour has shifted this event a day earlier since 2022 specifically to avoid a Sunday collision with the NFL’s conference championship games.
| Course | Par | Yardage | Rounds Played | 2025 Scoring Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Course | 72 | 7,258 yds | Rounds 1-2 only, before the cut | 72.72 (+0.72) |
| South Course | 72 | 7,765 yds | All 4 rounds, exclusively on the weekend | 73.67 (+1.67) |
The format confuses newcomers every year. All 156 players play one round on each course over Wednesday and Thursday. The 65 players and ties who make the 36-hole cut play both weekend rounds exclusively on the South, which is the significantly harder track. That’s a big reason scores climb as the week goes on. Players face the tougher course on top of typical Saturday pressure, back to back, with no easier North Course round to bank a cushion.
The South Course has hosted two U.S. Opens, including Tiger Woods’ famous 2008 playoff win over Rocco Mediate. Torrey Pines shares that municipal pedigree with TPC Harding Park up in San Francisco, one of the only other Tour stops where the general public can book the same tee sheet the pros play that week.
Tickets and How to Watch the Farmers Insurance Open
| Ticket Type | Rounds 1-2 (Wed-Thu) | Round 3 (Fri) | Round 4 / Final (Sat) |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Admission Grounds | From $65/day | Mid-tier pricing | From $85/day |
| Canyon Club Hospitality | From roughly $350/day | From roughly $350/day | From roughly $350/day |
| Kids 15 and under | Free with a paying adult | Free with a paying adult | Free with a paying adult |
Grounds tickets for the 2025 tournament started at $65 per day for the first two rounds and climbed toward $85 per day for the South Course-only weekend rounds, in line with pricing the year before. Premium hospitality options like the Canyon Club ran well above that. A family trip matters here too: kids 15 and under got in free with a paying adult, which is worth knowing if you’re planning to bring the whole crew to San Diego in late January.
CBS, Golf Channel, ESPN+ and Paramount+ split national broadcast coverage across the week, which is standard for a full-field PGA Tour event outside the signature series.
One Year Later: What Happened at the 2026 Farmers Insurance Open
Here’s something you won’t find on a page still frozen in January 2025. Justin Rose came back to Torrey Pines in early 2026 and demolished the field, closing at 23-under 265 to win by seven shots and set a new tournament scoring record. Rose broke a mark that had stood since 1999, shared by Tiger Woods and George Burns at 22-under. At 45, Rose became the oldest winner in Torrey Pines history and picked up his second Farmers title, having also won here in 2019.
That 2026 edition carried extra weight for a different reason too. Farmers Insurance is wrapping up its 17-year run as title sponsor after that tournament, so the event’s name and structure are both due for a change going forward. If you’re researching this event for anything beyond the 2025 results, that’s worth knowing before you plan a trip or place a future bet.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won the Farmers Insurance Open 2025?
Harris English won the Farmers Insurance Open 2025, finishing at 8-under 280 to beat Sam Stevens by one shot at Torrey Pines. It was his fifth career PGA Tour victory.
How much money did the winner make at the Farmers Insurance Open 2025?
Harris English earned $1,674,000 from the tournament’s $9.3 million purse. Runner-up Sam Stevens took home $1,013,700, and third-place finisher Andrew Novak earned $641,700.
Was Tiger Woods playing in the Farmers Insurance Open 2025?
No. Tiger Woods was not in the field for the 2025 Farmers Insurance Open. He hadn’t competed on the PGA Tour since the 2024 Open Championship and underwent Achilles surgery two months later, in March 2025.
Where is the Farmers Insurance Open played?
The tournament is played at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, San Diego, using the North Course (par 72, 7,258 yards) for two rounds and the South Course (par 72, 7,765 yards) for all four rounds.
What were the Farmers Insurance Open 2025 dates?
The 2025 tournament ran Wednesday, January 22 through Saturday, January 25, a day earlier than the usual Thursday-Sunday format to avoid the NFL conference championship games.
Who was playing in the Farmers Insurance Open 2025?
The field included 156 players, led by pre-tournament favorites Hideki Matsuyama and Ludvig Åberg. Defending champion Matthieu Pavon and past winners Max Homa, Luke List, Justin Rose, Jason Day and Brandt Snedeker also competed. Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods were not in the field.
What were the odds to win the Farmers Insurance Open 2025?
Hideki Matsuyama and Ludvig Åberg opened as co-favorites at roughly +1000. Neither won. Eventual champion Harris English was priced well down the board before the tournament started.
Final Thoughts
Harris English didn’t need a stacked field to make this tournament worth watching. He needed one putt to drop on the 72nd hole, and it did. That’s the entire sport in one sentence. If you’re planning ahead for a future West Coast Swing trip, check out our full Riviera Country Club guide for the Genesis Invitational, which follows Torrey Pines by just a few weeks every year.