2026 Farmers Insurance Open Sleepers and Value Picks: Bet on Ryan Gerard, Patrick Rodgers at Torrey Pines South
The 2026 Farmers Insurance Open will get underway from Torrey Pines South on Thursday morning, and with no Scottie Scheffler, the field is wide open. Who are the best candidates to stake on for a chance to win with long odds? Tom Jacobs takes a look at the 3 best sleeper picks for this week's Farmers Insurance Open.
Tom Jacobs - January 27, 2026, 2:45 PM EST
5 Minute Read2026 Farmers Insurance Open Sleepers: Targeting Ryan Gerard, Patrick Rodgers and More at Torrey Pines South
Scottie Scheffler started off his 2026 campaign without missing a beat, showing up to The American Express at PGA West last week and dominating with a wire to wire victory. He won two majors last year and six total tournaments, and it doesn't look like this year will be any different for the 29-year-old superstar.
Luckily for the field, he won't be in the mix this week at Torrey Pines South in the 2026 Farmers Insurance Open. So who has the best chance to win this third tournament of the PGA calendar? Let's take a look at some longshot sleeper picks to invest in for the final week of January.
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2026 Farmers Insurance Open Date, Time, and Where to Watch
- Date: Thursday, January 29th - Sunday, February 1st, 2026
- Time: 12:00 PM ET
- Where to Watch: ESPN, Golf Channel, CBS (Sat + Sun)
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2026 Farmers Insurance Open Sleepers
Ryan Gerard +4300 Check out the best odds at DraftKings Sportsbook
Ryan Gerard is on a heater right now, finishing 2nd in three straight events across the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour.
This run started at the Mauritius Open at the end of 2025, and has extended to his first two starts of the PGA Tour, at the Sony Open and the American Express.
While he’s not necessarily been close to winning these past two weeks, he has very much been the best of the rest and now he returns to the Farmers Insurance Open, where he finished 15th on debut last year.
He only broke 70 once that week, at the North Course, but his two-under-par 70 on Sunday at the South Course is arguably the confidence-boosting round he needed to contend here this year.
His 2nd place finish in California last week is a good sign as he arrives at Torrey Pines this week, and as a winner, who also has three runner-up finishes to his name, he's certainly evolving at this level.
Patrick Rodgers +6000 Check out the best odds at BetMGM Sportsbook
To say Patrick Rodgers is a due a win is severely underselling it. He's made over 300+ starts on Tour without victory, despite turning pro, following an 11-win career at Stanford, matching Tiger Woods’ epic college career.
Twice, he's held the lead going into Sunday at the course, once at this event and then again as recently as last year, when the 54-hole leader in the Genesis Invitational.
That's twice he's had a chance to win at Torrey Pines, which makes perfect sense given his ball-striking prowess.
He missed the cut last week, but before that he had finished 6th in Mexico and 7th at the RSM at the end of 2025, before finishing 3rd in the Sony Open in his first start of the year.
He's no doubt in fantastic form, and he’s returning to arguably his best course. Let’s see if he can match Luke List and Mathieu Pavon who have recently got their first PGA Tour wins here.
Kim Seong-hyeon (S.H. Kim) +15000 Check out the best odds at DraftKings Sportsbook
SH Kim is on a great run right now, posting seven straight top 20 finishes dating back to the Korn Ferry Tour Championship in October.
He's been right in the mix in his last two PGA Tour starts as well. When 13th at the Sony Open to start the year, he was 3rd after round 1 and was the 36-hole leader.l, before ultimately falling away over the weekend. It was a similar story at the American Express, he was 3rd after round 1 and 4th going into the weekend.
An opening round 63 and two 66s on Friday and Sunday, Kim clearly played brilliantly last week, outside of one poor round on Saturday.
Looking at his record at Torrey Pines, he finished 20th on debut, but was sat in 8th place going into Sunday. It was a similar story the following year, when he finished 50th but was sat in 10th place at halfway.
Even when missing the cut here last time, Kim opened with a round of 67 and was in 8th place after the opening round. A second-round 84 saw him miss the cut, but his Thursday round was further evidence that he can score well in this event, especially when in the form he's in right now.
A runner-up at the Fortinet Championship and constantly scoring well here, Kim clearly enjoys playing in California and looks a good price given his current run of form.
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