2026 Farmers Insurance Open tournament format, pro and pro-am cut rules
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2026 Farmers Insurance Open tournament format, pro and pro-am cut rules

OAKMONT, PENNSYLVANIA - JUNE 15: J. J. Spaun of the United States celebrates winning on the 18th green during the final round of the 125th U.S. OPEN at Oakmont Country Club on June 15, 2025 in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)


The 2026 Farmers Insurance Open format remains unchanged this year, with the PGA Tour event played at Torrey Pines Golf Courses near San Diego, California.

The 2026 Farmers Insurance Open field is 147 players.

The Farmers Insurance Open field is made up of players who get in off the PGA Tour's eligibility criteria for this event, as well as Brooks Koepka and four Monday qualifiers.

Farmers Insurance Open format

The Farmers Insurance Open format is a 72-hole event. The field is divided into threesomes for the first two rounds. For the first two rounds, the threesomes remain paired together.

In the first two rounds, the threesomes will have a tee time in the morning wave and the afternoon wave on the tee sheet. Each threesome will also start one round on the first tee and the other on the 10th tee, with the field evenly split each day between morning and afternoon.

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There are two courses used for the tournament in the first two rounds: the North Course and the South Course. Each player will play a round on each course in the first two rounds.

A cut is made after 36 holes to the top 65 players and ties. All players who qualify for the final 36 holes of the tournament are eligible to finish the event.

For the third and fourth rounds, the pairings and tee times are made based on each player's total score through two and three rounds, respectively. Players with the highest total score go first, then in descending order until the two players with the lowest total score in the final group.

The player with the lowest total score after 72 holes is the winner and will earn the winner's share of the purse, provided they're a professional golfer.

The winning player will earn 500 FedEx Cup points and will earn approximately 56.5 Official World Golf Ranking points.

Farmers Insurance Open playoff format

A playoff to settle any ties after 72 holes will be played under PGA Tour rules. The Farmers Insurance Open playoff format is a sudden-death format, with playoff holes being 18 played by any qualifying players. The players compete hole-by-hole until a winner is determined by a player scoring the lowest among the remaining players.

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