Tiger Woods dominated this event. Now its future is uncertain

Throughout his long career, Tiger Woods has won a record 82 PGA Tour events. You don’t reach such stratospheric winning numbers without crushing them by the handful at certain events and courses.

For Tiger, Torrey Pines, a host venue for the Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego, was one of the places where he found the most success. He won seven Farmers titles and one of his biggest major victories.

But on Friday, the PGA Tour and Farmers Insurance confirmed their title sponsorship was coming to an end after this year’s event. And without a new title sponsor found, the Torrey Pines Tour event could go down in history.

Here’s what you need to know.

Tiger Woods makes history at Farmers Insurance Open, Torrey Pines

If you eliminated all but a handful of Woods’ wins, he would still have one of the best resumes in golf history. Everyone knows he has won the Masters five times, one shy of Nicklaus’ record of six green vests.

But his total wins at three other courses surpass his success at Augusta National.

Woods won the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Florida eight time. He claimed eight more titles at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, hosted by Firestone Country Club in Ohio.

For reference, those 16 wins from just two tournaments equal Justin Thomas’s total career PGA Tour wins.

Incredibly, Woods accomplished the same feat at Torrey Pines. From 1999 to 2013, Woods won the annual Tour event at Torrey Pines seven times. At the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines, Tiger pulled off an epic 91-hole victory with a broken leg, capturing his 14th major title and his eighth victory at Torrey.

His 24 victories at Bay Hill, Firestone and Torrey Pines are five more than world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler’s career total, and five fewer than Rory McIlroy’s total.

Of the eight professional tournaments Tiger won at Torrey Pines, only in the last resort was the tournament known as the Farmers Insurance Open.

But that victory helped boost a tournament that Farmers Insurance had stepped in to save a few years earlier.

Before Woods’ first six victories at Torrey Pines, the PGA Tour event was known as the Buick Invitational.

Originally called the San Diego Open, the event dates back to 1952 and moved to Torrey Pines in 1968.

Prior to the 2010 event, it seemed like the tournament would end for good. However, at the last minute Farmers Insurance stepped in to become the new title sponsor, and the tournament went ahead.

But on Friday, both Farmers Insurance and the PGA Tour confirmed that the 2026 Farmers Insurance Open will be the 17th and final time the tournament will be played under that name.

In statements to Golf Digestthe organizations announced the news. Farmers Insurance wished the PGA Tour “continued success” as their “sponsorship comes to an end.”

The PGA Tour told it Golf overview“Farmers Insurance has been a tremendous sponsor of the PGA Tour, and we cannot thank them enough for their support of the Farmers Insurance Open over the past 17 years.”

Does the fact that Farmers Insurance is the title sponsor of the Torrey Pines event mean the tournament is also history? Maybe.

Currently, the PGA Tour and its Future Competition Committee, led by Woods, are reportedly considering massive changes to the PGA Tour schedule that would take effect as early as the 2027 season. One consideration is reducing the overall number of PGA Tour events and starting the season in February once the NFL season is over.

That possible future doesn’t sound good for the Torrey Pines event, which is traditionally played on the last weekend of January.

The Torrey Pines tournament isn’t the only early-season PGA Tour event without a title sponsor after 2026. Sony’s sponsorship of the Sony Open will end after this week’s season-opening event. And the traditional season-opening event in Kapalua was canceled this year.

You can read all about the precarious position that various tournaments find themselves in, as well as the possible directions the PGA Tour could take next year from GOLF’s Dylan Dethier here.