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Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – 2022 Farmers Insurance Open

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2 years ago

January 25, 2022

2022 Farmers Insurance Open Fantasy Sleeper Report

For all the brilliant work of the PGA TOUR’s statistics, there’s one metric they cannot quantify – intestinal fortitude under pressure.

In his (now) three victories on the TOUR, Hudson Swafford has shown plenty of that, and it’s a skillset that has earned him a pretty penny and a shiny new trophy courtesy of the American Express last week.

Within striking distance of the 54-hole leaders heading into the final round, Swafford started ice cold – bogeying the first – before getting very hot, very quickly….seven birdies on his next eleven holes played will fire you up any leaderboard.

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More bogeys followed at 13 and 15, so Swafford dipped into his well of fortitude and up popped an eagle at 16 – an astonishing effort given what had just happened and his lead evaporating.

In the end, he glided swan-like to the finishing line, triumphing by two shots from Tom Hoge in second. Plenty of notebooks were marked – Swafford is a man for the occasion whenever he gets a sniff of the lead.

Whether that happens at the Farmers Insurance Open this week we can only guess, but Swafford joins a high-quality field hoping to dethrone Patrick Reed at Torrey Pines.

He won by five here 12 months ago, delivering a masterclass in redemptive short game play, while Jon Rahm also triumphed at Torrey Pines South – the host of the 2021 US Open.

The Spaniard leads the way this week alongside the likes of JT, Brooks, Bryson, Xander and Hideki, and a quality field is matched by a golf course that is a joy to watch the action unfold on.

Well, mostly, that is. One of the opening two rounds is played at Torrey Pines North – a nondescript 18 holes that offers some comfort from the trickery of the South layout.

With tight fairways, no trees to speak of, an ocean breeze to contend with and small, razor-fast Poa Annua greens, you can see why the USGA chose Torrey Pines South to host the US Open. It will play slightly easier this week, of course, but even so the basic characteristics of tough golf are in place – Reed was the only man to get to double digits under par here a year ago.

So who are we looking at in our 2022 Farmers Insurance Open sleeper shortlist? Let’s crank open the vault and take a look.

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Sleeper Report Predictions This Season (2021-2022)

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