SAN DIEGO — What his blanket is to Linus Van Pelt, Torrey Pines Golf Course is to Tiger Woods. The North and South layouts have been quilted courses of calm for Woods, who has won seven PGA Tour titles, a United States Open and a junior championship on them.
Woods’s comfort level with Torrey Pines factored into his decision to make the Farmers Insurance Open, rather than a European Tour stop next week in the Middle East, his first full-field event after a 17-month, injury-induced layoff. Only once in 15 previous starts in this event as a professional had Woods missed the cut when he played two rounds.