Alexander: Stubborn resilience keeps Ryan Palmer close at Torrey Pines

LA JOLLA – Friday was Ryan Palmer’s day at Torrey Pines. Saturday? He was stubbornly resilient, which might be the story of his golf life.
Palmer shot a 62 on the North Course in Friday’s second round to take the Farmers Insurance Open lead by two shots, maybe because he was blissfully ignorant of what the others at the top of the leaderboard were doing. It could have been even better had he not bogeyed 18.
But the third round, with everyone playing the tougher South Course, wa