A suspended first round at Torrey resulted in Louis Oosthuizen and Russell Henley co-leading at 4 under, but the list of names within four of the lead is laugh-out-loud good.
Some of it has to do with the way this course plays.
“You can get away with some wayward shots off the tee, and I did today,” said Rory McIlroy, who is looking for his second U.S.
This is a good description of the modern PGA Tour, so it makes sense that the players most suited to play great golf on the PGA Tour would also be playing great golf at a track like Torrey Pines.
Torrey is different, and while that means it shares no architectural DNA with a Winged Foot or a Shinnecock — it receives rightful critiques for just that — it might also mean we get one of the great major finishes of the last few decades.
As the sun started to set on Thursday and the cool of a San Diego evening began to descend on the place, fans filed out of the course and some of the best in the world had to absolutely grind their way home.
He twirled his arm at the handful of fans who had withstood an incredibly long day and bounced into the scoring tent to sign his card.
“I think, as the course gets firmer, we’re just going to really have to dial in.
I suspect this year will be no different, and I that should mean those elite players who are lurking will jump the pretenders as the weekend starts to form.