Three Former Aztecs to Play at PGA TOUR's Farmers Insurance Open

SAN DIEGO -- Former San Diego State men’s golfers Xander Schauffele, J.J. Spaun and Justin Hastings have all committed to playing in the PGA TOUR's Farmers Insurance Open next week in nearby La Jolla. The four-day tournament will be contested at Torrey Pines (North and South Course) from Jan. 29-Feb. 1.

Schauffele is the No. 4 ranked player in the latest Official World Golf Ranking, while Spaun is ranked seventh. Hastings is in his first full season competing as a professional and is a member of the PGA TOUR Americas.

Schaueffele has won 10 times on the PGA TOUR, including both the PGA Championship and The Open in 2024. His other victories have come at the 2017 Greenbrier Classic, 2017 TOUR Championship, 2018 WGC-HSBC Champions, 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions, 2022 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, 2022 Travelers Championship, 2022 Scottish Open and the 2025 Baycurrent Classic. Schauffele also won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

A two-time PING All-West Region honoree, Schauffele received All-America recognition following a brilliant senior campaign at San Diego State in 2015, garnering third-team accolades from the both the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and Golfweek. In his three years on The Mesa from 2013-15, Schauffele amassed 21 top-10 finishes, 16 top-five performances and two individual titles before graduating with a degree in social science. He also ranks second at SDSU with a 71.17 career scoring average in 118 rounds played, while setting the program single-season standard of 171 birdies in 2014-15.

Spaun, meanwhile, is the reigning U.S. Open champion after claiming the 2025 title at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. He has two wins on the PGA TOUR, including the 2022 Valero Texas Open.

Spaun twice received All-America recognition by both the (GCAA) and Golfweek during his time at San Diego State (2009-12). He captured five individual tournament crowns during his career at SDSU, which is tied for most in school history with Aztec Hall of Famer Lennie Clements. In addition, Spaun earned Mountain West Player of the Year honors as a senior in 2012 and garnered three straight all-conference accolades. He concluded that season ranked 17th nationally by Golfstat.com and 21st by Golfweek after leading SDSU to its best-ever Division I team finish with a fifth-place tie in the match-play phase at the NCAA Championships.

Hastings finished his career with the Aztecs last spring. Hastings had arguably the best season in San Diego State history in 2024-25, racking up two victories and posting the second-best scoring average (70.33) in program history. Out of his 11 collegiate tournaments, he had two wins (by four strokes each), a runner-up finish and six top-10 efforts. Hastings became the fourth Aztec to win a MW Championship, carding an 18-under-par 198 at Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell, Oregon. He also won the Lamkin Classic, March 10-11, in a tournament-record 16-under 200. He was named an honorable mention All-American by two publications, as well as a PING All-West region selection for a third straight season, the Mountain West Golfer of the Year and an all-MW pick for a third consecutive year. Hastings also led the Internationals to a 35-25 win at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup after going 4-0 in his events at Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South Carolina.

Hastings won the 2025 Latin American Amateur Championship last January, earning an invitation to compete in the 2025 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club and exemptions into The Open and the U.S. Open. Hastings was the only amateur to make the cut at the 2025 U.S. Open and he also posted to lowest amateur score at The Masters.

The Farmers Insurance Open will be played Thursday, Jan. 29 to Sunday, Feb. 1 at historic Torrey Pines Golf Course, host site of the 2008 and 2021 U.S. Opens, and the tournament consistently attracts a world-class field. This is the 73rd year that a PGA TOUR event has been held in San Diego, beginning with the San Diego Open in 1952. The 2026 tournament also marks the 59th time the event is being held at Torrey Pines Golf Course, and the 17th year of Farmers Insurance’s sponsorship of the tournament.

SDSU, which is ranked 29th in the latest computer rankings, kicks off its spring championship season, Jan. 26-28, at the Southwestern Invitational in Westlake Village, California.