Name: Ryan Alford spins wedge to 5 feet and birdies at Farmers
Uploaded: 2022-01-26T20:36:37.735Z
Duration: 36 s
Description: In the opening round of the 2022 Farmers Insurance Open, Ryan Alford makes birdie on the par-4 10th hole.

Prior to the 2022 Farmers Insurance Open, APGA TOUR players Kamaiu Johnson and Ryan Alford play a practice round with Rickie Fowler and Sam Burns. During their round, Burns and Alford talk about their growing up together and their relationship while Fowler and Johnson talk about how their friendship as evolved over the past few years.

APGA Tour players play practice round with Fowler and Burns at Farmers

In the opening round of the 2022 Farmers Insurance Open, Ryan Alford makes birdie on the par-4 10th hole.

Ryan Alford spins wedge to 5 feet and birdies at Farmers

Get to know Ryan Alford, an APGA Tour player making his PGA TOUR debut at the 2022 Farmers Insurance Open after earning an exemption into the tournament. Alford talks about his background and learning the game with his father and through First Tee Northwest Louisiana in Shreveport, LA and how his past experiences have prepared him to compete against the best.

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Farmers Insurance Open® tournament officials from the Century Club of San Diego today announced that two multi-event winners on the APGA Tour, Ryan Alford and Kamaiu Johnson, have each been awarded with exemptions to play in the 2022 Farmers Insurance Open, scheduled to take place Wednesday- Saturday, January 26-29, 2022. This will be Alford’s first career start on the PGA TOUR as Johnson returns to Torrey Pines Golf Course after unexpectedly having to withdraw from the tournament in 2021.

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