Jason Day wins the Farmers Insurance Open in a Monday playoff

As you might expect, that did not last long. Noren went for the 18th green in two, and hit a beauty of a shot right on a line. But it didn’t quite carry enough, hitting on the green but against the bank of the hazard and rolling back into the water. Noren said he had the “perfect yardage” for a 3-wood on the approach and it was off by maybe a yard. Kudos for going for it first thing in the morning on Monday.

That made Day’s work much easier. He hit his drive off-line, laid up, and then hit a perfect wedge again — similar to the multiple darts we saw him drop on top of that 18th flag in the dark Sunday night.

That’s a gimme birdie, which meant Noren had to hole out his chip shot just to force an extra hole. He went way past the cup and eventually two-putted for a bogey.

The win is Day’s 12th on the PGA Tour, but his first since 2016 after last year’s rough stretch for the former world No. 1.

We’re used to Monday action at Torrey Pines by now, but not like this. The 2018 Farmers Insurance Open will go to a sixth playoff hole Monday morning on Torrey’s South Course, with Alex Noren and Jason Day needing an extra day after exchanging haymakers into the dark on Sunday night. It joins recent memorable Mondays at Torrey that included Tiger Wood’s 2013 win in a delayed finish, and the all-time Woods moment, his 19-hole U.S. Open playoff win on a torn ACL.

Day and Noren will begin their day on the 18th hole, which they birdied all three times they played on Sunday night in the five-hole playoff. The both made pars on the 16th and 17th when the playoff switched there. Ryan Palmer started the extra frames with the two but was bounced on the very first hole with a par at the 18th.

The two will hit the 18th tee again at 11 a.m. ET, or 8 a.m. bright and early in San Diego. Golf Channel will have the coverage, but it will be a CBS production with Jim Nantz, Nick Faldo, and friends. There will also be no fans allowed on the course, which is a new precedent and creates quite a weird vibe on the grounds.

Here’s your coverage schedule for the playoff:

11 a.m. ET to TBD — Golf Channel

11 a.m. ET -- Golf Channel LiveExtra simulcast stream

11 a.m. ET — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

This is the longest playoff in this tournament’s history and part of a streak this year on the PGA Tour. It’s the third straight week, joining the Sony Open and CareerBuilder Challenge, that a playoff has needed four or more holes for a tournament resolution.

Both Noren and Day were nails after an interminable Sunday at Torrey, which saw six-hour final rounds on the Rees Jones brute. The two kept firing lasers into pins and making knee-knocking putts to push it another hole. It’s always hard to predict if that kind of intensity will carry over to the next day, so it could end soon in about 15 minutes — with golf that’s not nearly as thrilling as Sunday night. But here’s hoping they play all day!