Tournaments / 2015-2016
Farmers Insurance Open
2016-01-28 · Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course)
- Winner
- Brandt Snedeker
- Winning score
- -6
- Field
- 151
- Field strength
- +0.08 SG
The 2015-2016 Farmers Insurance Open was played at Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), starting 28 January 2016. Brandt Snedeker won at 6 under par (282), 1 stroke ahead of K.J. Choi. The winning card was 73, 70, 70 and 69, and the win paid $1,170,000. K.J. Choi finished second, and Kevin Streelman was third. 151 players started the event. The field averaged +0.08 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 86% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 151. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Brandt Snedeker
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 282
- K.J. Choi
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 76
- Total
- 283
- Kevin Streelman
- Pos
- 3
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 284
- Freddie Jacobson
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 76
- Total
- 285
- Jimmy Walker
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 77
- Total
- 285
- J.B. Holmes
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 76
- Total
- 286
- Jonas Blixt
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 77
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 77
- Total
- 286
- Aaron Baddeley
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 76
- Total
- 287
- Billy Horschel
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 76
- Total
- 287
- John Huh
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 78
- Total
- 287
- Martin Laird
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 77
- Total
- 287
- Patton Kizzire
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 76
- Total
- 287
- Hudson Swafford
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 78
- Total
- 288
- Paul Dunne
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 77
- Total
- 288
- Shane Lowry
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 288
- Charles Howell III
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 75
- Total
- 289
- Colt Knost
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 78
- Total
- 289
- Dustin Johnson
- Pos
- T18
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 80
- Total
- 290
- Gary Woodland
- Pos
- T18
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 82
- Total
- 290
- Hiroshi Iwata
- Pos
- T18
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 80
- Total
- 290
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 70 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.213
- Top-20 hit rate
- 40%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 22.9
Grade is this event’s percentile (28th) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Streb | 1st | 18th |
| Jimmy Walker | 2nd | 4th |
| Brendan Steele | 3rd | 49th |
| J.B. Holmes | 4th | 6th |
| Dustin Johnson | 5th | 18th |
| Brandt Snedeker | 6th | 1st |
| Tony Finau | 7th | 18th |
| Harris English | 8th | 31st |
| Graham DeLaet | 9th | 69th |
| Charles Howell III | 10th | 16th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Graham DeLaet | 9th | 69th(+60) |
| Brian Harman | 12th | 71st(+59) |
| Scott Piercy | 15th | 67th(+52) |
| Jonas Blixt | 57th | 6th(−51) |
| Danny Lee | 11th | 58th(+47) |
| Brendan Steele | 3rd | 49th(+46) |
| John Senden | 23rd | 69th(+46) |
| Hiroshi Iwata | 63rd | 18th(−45) |
| Patton Kizzire | 46th | 8th(−38) |
| Paul Dunne | 51st | 13th(−38) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course) in San Diego, California, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the Farmers Insurance Open in 2015-2016?
- Brandt Snedeker won the 2015-2016 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), finishing 6 under par.
Where was the 2015-2016 Farmers Insurance Open played?
- The 2015-2016 Farmers Insurance Open was played at Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), starting 28 January 2016.
What was the winning score at the 2015-2016 Farmers Insurance Open?
- The winning score was 6 under par (282 strokes), posted by Brandt Snedeker.
How many players were in the Farmers Insurance Open field?
- 151 players started the 2015-2016 Farmers Insurance Open. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.