Starting Thursday morning AEDT, the Farmers Insurance Open represents the second start for Min Woo Lee as a full member of the PGA TOUR.

He has been drawn to play with fellow Aussie Jason Day and American Keegan Bradley in rounds one and two, Day a two-time winner at Torrey Pines who has finished tied 16th or better in five of his past six starts at the venue.

Day also enters this week as 18th in the Official World Golf Ranking and the highest-ranked Australian, which carries with it first option on one of two Olympic spots provided he holds that status on June 17.

Tokyo Olympian Cameron Smith is the next highest Aussie at No.30 followed closely behind by Lee at 36.

The 25-year-old was tied for 21st in his first start as a member last week at The American Express and has made no secret of his Olympic ambition.

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Another player who seems destined for Paris is Kiwi Ryan Fox.

A former Order of Merit winner on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, Fox makes his first start as a PGA TOUR member this week but falls well shy of Allen Doyle and Jim Rutledge who were both 47 when they first qualified for the PGA TOUR.

“It kind of feels strange to be officially a rookie at 37,” admitted Fox, who is currently No.32 in the world golf ranking.

“It’s obviously a different place and there are different golf courses but in the end it’s still Tour golf and hopefully I can treat it that way.

“I played a bunch over here last year, played a few majors and been on tour for a while so to be honest I’m probably not expecting it to be that much different.

“To be a rookie at 37 and be out here and have everything new is kind of cool and I’m looking forward to the experience of it.”

The father of two will have his family join him on his US adventure in the coming weeks and admits there is one tournament in particular that he hopes to play for the first time.

“Hopefully I get into Phoenix in a couple of weeks,” said Fox.

“I’ve heard that’s an event you either love or it can be quite difficult. I’m looking forward to experiencing that.

“I was lucky enough to play a few of the Signature events last year and they were bucket-list events. Hopefully I can play my way into a few of those this year and see what happens.”

Reigning PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner David Micheluzzi makes his third start as a member of the DP World Tour at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship as Gabi Ruffels debuts as a member of the LPGA Tour at the LPGA Drive On Championship in Florida.

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Round 1 tee times AEDT

PGA TOUR
Farmers Insurance Open
Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Cse), San Diego, California
North Course
3:50am            Matt NeSmith, Justin Lower, Ryan Fox (NZ)
4:56am*           Harrison Endycott, Rico Hoey, Raul Pereda
5:18am*           Aaron Baddeley, Chesson Hadley, Sam Ryder

South Course
5:51am            Keegan Bradley, Jason Day, Min Woo Lee

Defending champion: Max Homa
Past Aussie winners: Jason Day (2015, 2018), Marc Leishman (2020)
TV times: Live 4am-11am Thursday; Live 4:30am-11am Friday; Live 4:45am-12pm Saturday; Live 6am-12pm Sunday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.

DP World Tour
Ras Al Khaimah Championship
Al Hamra GC, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
3:30pm*          Jason Scrivener, Julien Brun, Louis De Jager
6:35pm            Sebastian Garcia, Tom Lewis, Samuel Jones (NZ)
6:55pm            Thriston Lawrence, Alex Fitzpatrick, Daniel Hillier (NZ)
8:15pm*          Ivan Cantero, Joel Girrbach, David Micheluzzi

Defending champion: Daniel Gavins
Past Aussie winners: Nil
TV times: Live 7pm-12am Thursday, Friday; Live 7.30pm-12am Saturday; Live 7pm-12am Sunday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.

LPGA Tour
LPGA Drive On Championship
Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida
12:09am*         Grace Kim, Madelene Sagstrom, Patty Tavatanakit
12:31am          Ally Ewing, Sarah Kemp, Gaby Lopez
4:05am*           Yan Liu, Mel Reid, Gabriela Ruffels
8:38am*           Lydia Ko (NZ), Hae Ran Ryu, Lilia Vu

Defending champion: Celine Boutier
Past Aussie winners: Nil
TV times: Live 4am-7am Friday, Saturday; Live 2:30am-5:30am Sunday on Fox Sports 506 and Kayo; Live 6am-9am Monday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.

Korn Ferry Tour
The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club
The Abaco Club on Winding Bay, Great Abaco, Bahamas
After Round 3
1                      Kyle Westmoreland      66-74-68—208
T30                  Rhein Gibson               71-72-75—218
T42                  Dimi Papadatos           72-72-75—219
MC                   Brett Drewitt                71-78—149
MC                   Charlie Hillier (NZ)        74-79—153
MC                   Curtis Luck                   72-81—153