Hideki Matsuyama can increase his lead on the PGA Tour money list this week at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif., which begins on Wednesday and ends on Saturday because of the NFL conference championship games on Sunday.

Hideki Matsuyama, who has led the FedEx Cup standings since winning The Sentry to open the Tour season, leads the field. Seventeen of the top 30 on the points list are playing at Torrey Pines and 11 of the top 20.

It’s been an eventful year for Hideki Matsuyama thus far and we’re only 1.25 tournaments in. After a red-hot 35 under at The Sentry—featuring a PGA Tour-record, 33 birdies—Matsuyama has kept things interesting at the Sony Open … especially for the fans.

Hideki Matsuyama finished the first round of the Sony Open in Hawaii three-under, which was good enough for a 17-way tie for 26th place. Matsuyama had a pretty eventful round considering he only carded one bogey.

Hideki Matsuyama narrowly avoided disaster during the first round of the Sony Open when his driver flew out of his hands toward some fans.

Hideki Matsuyama isn’t lighting up Waialae Country Club at the Sony Open like he did Kapalua last week en route to winning The Sentry with a record 35-under-par total. But he did hit one of the most amazing shots you’ll see on the PGA Tour. This one, however, was clearly unintentional.

Some people wonder why the Japanese do not want to learn the language, considering that it would make things easier for him too. Some well-known faces of this sport, such as Phil Mickelson, believe that Matsuyama knows English, but does not want to speak it.

On the ninth hole at the Sony Open in Hawaii, the former Masters champion hit an iffy tee shot, but it was his driver that ended up being the truly errant projectile. Matsuyama lost grip of the club on his follow through, sending it into the observers' area.

Hideki Matsuyama, who won the PGA Tour's opening event of the season on Jan. 5 at The Sentry, was in a tie for 29th entering the final round of the Sony Open on Jan. 12 at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The PGA Tour's annual West Coast swing heads from the desert to the shore for this week's Farmers Insurance Open at picturesque Torrey Pines in San Diego. The event features the only Wednesday start on tour,

The PGA Tour will switch gears this week as a sterner test awaits players at the 2025 Farmers Insurance Open. Stepping to the cliffs of La Jolla, California, home of Torrey Pines Golf Course, competitors will be met with one of the longest and most difficult golf courses of the entire season.

Hideki Matsuyama, Ludvig Aberg, Tony Finau, and Will Zalatoris headline the 156-player field at Torrey Pines this week for the Farmers Insurance Open.