Torrey Pines status still unresolved

The PGA Tour finally showed more of its 2027 opening stretch. But the big San Diego question is still hanging there. Four events now have dates — The American Express, Pebble Beach, Phoenix, and Genesis — and Torrey Pines is not one of them. For a course that has been a regular West Coast stop for decades, that omission is the news. (golfchannel.com) ### What did the Tour actually announce? The early 2027 lineup now starts with The American Express from Jan. 21-24, followed by the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am from Feb. 4-7, the WM Phoenix Open from Feb. 11-14 or 15 depending on the outlet’s listing, and the Genesis Invitational from Feb. 18-21. The Gen(golfchannel.com)for those February 2027 dates. (golfchannel.com) ### Why does Torrey Pines stand out? Because Torrey usually lives in exactly this part of the calendar. If the Tour is naming early-season stops and skipping Torrey, people in San Diego are going to read that as more than a clerical delay. It suggests the Tour still has unresolved pieces to sort out ar(golfchannel.com) mode. (golfchannel.com) ### What changed at Torrey this year? The cleanest answer is sponsorship. The 2026 tournament was the last one with Farmers Insurance as title sponsor after a 17-year run, which means the old Farmers Insurance Open name is done and the event now needs a replacement backer. That is not a small administrative task — title sponsors are the financial spine of these tournaments. (golfdigest.com) ### Why is sponsorship such a big deal? Because without a title sponsor, everything gets harder — purse structure, hospitality sales, long-range planning, even how attractive the stop looks inside a tighter schedule. Torrey’s local backers have been blunt that the cours(golfdigest.com)und $25 million for the San Diego region, so this is not just a golf-calendar problem. (nbcsandiego.com) ### Didn’t Torrey just host a huge event? Yes — and that is part of the weirdness here. Torrey Pines stepped in as the 2025 Genesis Invitational site after Los Angeles wildfires forced that tournament out of Riviera. So the course has very recent proof that it can handle a marquee w(nbcsandiego.com)re. (spectrumnews1.com) ### Is Genesis taking Torrey’s spot? Probably not in a direct sense. The 2027 Genesis Invitational is already being marketed for Riviera on Feb. 18-21, so this does not look like Torrey losing out to another temporary Genesis move. The more likely read — and this is an inference — is that Torrey’s own event remains unsettled while the Tour confirms the pieces it has already finalized. (genesisinvitational.com) ### So what are organizers waiting for? Two things, basically. First, a sponsor. Second, a clean landing place on the 2027 calendar. Local tournament CEO Marty Gorsich has framed the issue as Torrey fitting into the Tour’s broader ecosystem, and he has also argued San Diego could support an even bigger event if the right opening appears. Tha(genesisinvitational.com) is unresolved, not secretly settled. (nbcsandiego.com) ### Bottom line Torrey Pines is not gone. But it is not confirmed either. The Tour has started filling in its 2027 opening map, and San Diego is still one of the blank spaces. (golfchannel.com)