Mickelson to make 2010 season debut at Torrey Pines

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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Phil Mickelson will open his PGA TOUR season next week in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.

Mickelson had said after winning the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in Shanghai in November that he would take 10 weeks off and return at Torrey Pines, where he has won three times, but not since 2001.

The tournament earlier this week found a title sponsor when Farmers Insurance signed on to sponsor the event. Other players in the top 20 in Official World Golf Rankings are Ernie Els and Robert Allenby.

Missing for the second straight year is Tiger Woods, who is taking an indefinite break from golf. He missed the tournament in 2009 as he recovered from a knee injury.