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 Orange native Hunter Mahan tied for 11th in last year's PGA Tour stop at Torrey Pines (PHOTO: Eddie Meeks). The 39-year-old San Diegan, who has won the PGA Tour’s San Diego stop three times, won two of his last three tournaments in 2009 and does not have to contend with world No. 1 Tiger Woods in this year’s event. The Cypress native will miss the tournament for the second-consecutive year and has yet to announce when he will return from a self-imposed hiatus. Mickelson may be the odds-on-favorite, but don’t count out these other five players at Torrey Pines. Robert Allenby. At No. 2, Mickelson holds the highest Official World Golf Rankings spot of anyone in the Torrey Pines field. It may surprise some that the man who holds the next-highest spot is Allenby (No. 15), who boosted his position earlier this year with a runner-up finish at the Sony Open. Always one of the Tour’s best ballstrikers, Allenby will contend this week if he can become comfortable on the tricky poa annua greens. Nick Watney. The defending champion, Watney played inconsistently after his early-season victory last year but still has the length and the experience needed to be in the hunt again in 2010. Hunter Mahan. Mickelson boasts the highest profile of any player debuting this week, yet it will be interesting to see how Mahan fares in his first event of 2010. The Orange native has made more than $2 million in each of his last three seasons despite posting only one victory in that span, meaning he’s been consistent yet unspectacular. Mahan missed only one cut last year and finished tied for 11th at Torrey Pines, shooting a stellar 6-under-par 66 in the final round on the South course. Bubba Watson. A runner-up at last week’s Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, Watson has recorded two top-10 finishes at Torrey Pines in the last three years. If he keeps hitting greens like he did at the Hope (he hit 82.2 percent of the greens in regulation, tied for second in the field), he will likely have plenty of positive posts on his Twitter page. Ernie Els. Mickelson and Els are similar in age (Els turned 40 last October, while Mickelson will turn 40 this June) and career accomplishments (each has three majors), although Mickelson comes into 2010 with a lot more fanfare. The Big Easy can bridge that gap if he’s able to engineer a strong performance at Farmers, an event he hasn’t played since tying for sixth in 2005. ALSO SEE: Mickelson set to make 2010 debut at Farmers Insurance Open Fast facts on Farmers Insurance Open Five reasons why 2010 could be Phil Mickelson's best year |
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