Frys.com Open: A preview, tee-times and best bets for the PGA Tour opener in California

Just two weeks on from the Ryder Cup, the new 2014/15 PGA Tour season kicks into action with the Frys.Com Open in California.

Four of those who battled it out at Gleneagles are in the field - Lee Westwood from winners Europe and Matt Kuchar, Hunter Mahan and Jimmy Walker from the losing Americans.

Live PGA Tour Golf

Walker is the defending champion this week although that victory came at CordeValle GC. This year's venue is Silverado Resort & Spa (North).

With a $900,000 first prize and $5m purse, it's a great chance to bank some early cash and also a late opportunity to earn a spot in the winners-only 2015 Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii - the event which used to kick off the new campaign before the wraparound schedule was introduced last year.

Six of the top 40 in the Official World Golf Rankings line up and Sky Bet make Walker and Kuchar the joint 14/1 favourites.

All four days will be shown live on Sky Sports 

The course

Silverado Resort & Spa (North) is a 7,203-yard par 72 designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. Johnny Miller and two partners bought Silverado in 2010, lengthening the course and widening its fairways. It had previously staged PGA Tour events -  the Kaiser International Open Invitational from 1968 to 1976 and the Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic from 1977 to 1980. The course also staged Champions Tour tournaments between1989 and 2002. The official Silverado Resort website says: "The picturesque course is a legend in the golf world, sprawling across 360 acres and featuring dozens of water crossings, elevation changes, and routing through oak, pine, and redwood trees." Winners of those PGA Tour events included Miller himself along with Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Ben Crenshaw while Lee Trevino, Tom Kite and Dave Stockton all scored Champions Tour wins there.

Selected Tee-times

Starting at hole 1

0715 Jarrod Lyle (Aus), Heath Slocum, Tom Gillis

0725 Carl Pettersson (Swe), Scott Langley, Troy Kelly

0735 D.A. Points, George McNeill, Mark Wilson

0745 Stuart Appleby (Aus), Scott Brown, Justin Leonard

0755 Kevin Streelman, Matthew Jones (Aus), Scott Stallings

0805 Charlie Beljan, Brendan Steele, Danny Lee (Nzl)

0815 Greg Owen (Eng), Scott Verplank, Michael Putnam

0825 Bo Van Pelt, Ricky Barnes, Luke Guthrie

0835 Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Jeff Overton, Alex Cejka (Ger)

0845 Andres Gonzales, David Lingmerth (Swe), Cameron Percy (Aus)

0855 Mark Hubbard, Tom Hoge, Gregor Main

0905 Zachary Blair, John Peterson, T. j. Vogel

1215 Shawn Stefani, Pat Perez, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa)

1225 Sean O'Hair, Nicholas Thompson, Brian Stuard

1235 Derek Ernst, John Merrick, Mike Weir (Can)

1245 Jonas Blixt (Swe), Ben Crane, Lee Westwood (Eng)

1255 Chesson Hadley, Brandt Snedeker, Charles Howell III

1305 John Huh, David Hearn (Can), Brooks Koepka

1315 Robert Streb, John Rollins, Justin Hicks

1325 Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Chad Campbell, Russell Knox (Sco)

1335 Adam Hadwin (Can), Justin Thomas, Max Homa

1345 Richard Sterne (Rsa), Kyle Reifers, Steve Wheatcroft

1355 Tyrone Van Aswegen (Rsa), Chez Reavie, Nick Taylor (Can)

1405 Jim Herman, Jon Curran, (x) Cameron Wilson

Starting at hole 10

0715 Martin Flores, Troy Merritt, Brice Garnett

0725 Kevin Chappell, Andres Romero (Arg), Andrew Svoboda

0735 Harrison Frazar, Lucas Glover, Davis Lo