Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance is the new title sponsor at Torrey Pines, taking over another tournament with expansive views of the Pacific Ocean after eight years at Kapalua.
The Sentry will be played Jan. 27-30 next year on the North and South courses at Torrey Pines, the municipal course in San Diego that has been part of the PGA Tour schedule since 1968. The tournament will end on Saturday to avoid a conflict with the NFL’s conference championship games.
Still to be determined is where The Sentry falls when the PGA Tour completes a revamped schedule as early as 2028. It will be the second tournament of 2027, one week after The American Express about two hours away in La Quinta, California.
Sentry had been title sponsor at Kapalua dating to 2018. It started as a winners-only field and then expanded to include the top 50 in the FedEx Cup. But the tournament was not held in 2026 because of a water dispute on Maui that made it unlikely the Plantation course could be ready.
The tour subsequently did away with the Hawaii swing (Kapalua and the Sony Open on Oahu) and found a good spot for Sentry at Torrey Pines when Farmers Insurance did not renew as title sponsor.
The San Diego tournament dates to 1952. Next year will be the 60th time at Torrey Pines, which also has hosted the U.S. Open in 2008 and 2021.
“For 75 years the PGA Tour has hosted elite competition in San Diego, including the last 60 at revered Torrey Pines, and we are proud to build upon that legacy and longtime philanthropic impact with our partners at Sentry Insurance,” PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp said in a release.
The Century Club of San Diego will continue to run the tournament. In recent years, a change in sponsorship — such as the Truist Championship at Quail Hollow and the Cognizant Classic of the Palm Beaches — was taken over by the Championship Management arm of the PGA Tour.
“We’re excited to partner with Sentry, a longtime partner of the PGA Tour, and widely known for their reputation for impactful community engagement,” said Marty Gorsich, CEO of the Century Club of San Diego.
Justin Rose won the Farmers Insurance Open in January with a record score of 23-under 265 for a seven-shot victory, the first player to go wire-to-wire at Torrey Pines.
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FILE - Justin Rose, of England, putts on the third green of the South Course at Torrey Pines during the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament, Feb. 1, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, file)
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's World Cup squad departed for the tournament a day late on Monday and left its assistant coach behind after problems securing travel visas for the United States.
South Africa plays co-host Mexico in the opening game of the World Cup on June 11 in Mexico City. It plays one of its group games in the U.S.
The team was due to depart on Sunday but that was delayed because it had not received visas for some players and staff members, the sports minister said.
Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie posted on X that the “debacle” over visas was caused by an administrative error by team officials and called it embarrassing. He demanded a report from the South African Football Association.
"We are being made to look like fools," McKenzie wrote on social media.
The association said on Monday it had secured visas for all the players and they departed from Johannesburg on a charter flight on Monday afternoon. However, SAFA President Danny Jordaan said assistant coach Helman Mkhalele was initially refused a visa by the U.S., with no reason given, and his travel documents were still outstanding.
“We hope that will also be resolved and all of our people will be going,” Jordaan told reporters at OR Tambo International Airport.
SAFA apologized for the 24-hour delay and said it received help from the South African Foreign Ministry and the U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg to resolve the visa problems.
South Africa will play at the World Cup for the first time since hosting in 2010. It also faces the Czech Republic in Atlanta and South Korea in Monterrey, Mexico, in Group A. The squad will be based in the Mexican city of Pachuca and plays a final warmup game there against Jamaica on Friday.
South Africa's team management came under scrutiny for an administrative error in World Cup qualifying when midfielder Teboho Mokoena played in a game against Lesotho despite being suspended. South Africa was stripped of its victory, threatening its hopes of qualifying.
The team overcame that to qualify top of its group by one point.
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FILE - South Africa players pose for a team photo before the Africa Cup of Nations group B soccer match between Angola and South Africa in Marrakech, Morocco, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
FILE - South Africa players celebrate their side's third goal during a World Cup 2026 group C qualifying soccer match between South Africa and Rwanda at Mbombela Stadium, in Nelspruit, South Africa, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
FILE - South Africa players celebrate after a World Cup 2026 group C qualifying soccer match between South Africa and Rwanda at Mbombela Stadium, in Nelspruit, South Africa, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
FILE - South Africa's Oswin Appollis celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during a World Cup 2026 group C qualifying soccer match between South Africa and Rwanda at Mbombela Stadium, in Nelspruit, South Africa, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana, File)
