SAN DIEGO — Didn’t get a chance to beat anyone else justin rose Sunday at Torrey Pines, and so was his final challenge Tiger Woods.
Rose won that battle too.
Rose felt it was his most complete tee-to-green performance, posting a 2-under 70 for a seven-shot victory at the Farmers Insurance Open, breaking the 72-hole tournament record set by Woods in 1999.
“Sorry, T-Dub, if you’re watching,” Rose said in his CBS interview on the 18th green.
No apology necessary. Rose knew the score. This is one of the goals she set to keep her going, even when no one came close to the six-shot lead she had in the final round. He finished tied at 23-under 265, one better than Woods. george burns In 1987.
“Actually, I was deeply aware of it,” Rose said, smiling. “That was the only thing I was focused on the last three holes.”
He also became the first wire-to-wire winner at Torrey Pines in 71 years. Rose probably was not aware of Tommy Bolt doing this in 1955.
It all adds up to an astonishing performance from a 45-year-old man from England who is playing some of the best golf of his career and is still looking for more. He reached only number three in the world Vijay Singh He was older when he peaked in September 2008.
Rose opened with a 62 on the North Course at Torrey Pines and never really let up all week, playing even better on the South Course which has hosted two US Opens. He increased his lead after each round – by one shot, four shots, six shots and then seven-shot, the largest margin of his career.
Rose hit his second shot to 10 feet on the par-5 sixth hole for a two-putt birdie, hit his tee shot to just under 10 feet on the par-3 eighth and made a 35-foot birdie putt on the par-5 ninth for 33 on the front nine. It turned the last nine – the entire day, in fact – into a peaceful walk on a public path along the Pacific Ocean.
Even by San Diego standards, the tournament was one of the best weeks of the season. There was just a lack of drama, which was fine with Rose.
It was little more than a fight for second and it was a tie. Si Woo Kim (69), rio hisatsune (69) and pearson coedy (66) Shared runner-up honors, a consolation prize of $726,400. For Cudi, it’s also likely to include a pair of $20 million signature events to round out the West Coast swing.
brooks koepka His return to the PGA Tour after stepping away from LIV Golf was met with familiar cheers on the ninth green when he carded a birdie putt for 70. There were about 300 people surrounding Green, most of them shouting, “Welcome back, Brooks.”
He heads to Phoenix on Sunday for golf’s hottest event. “I love chaos,” Koepka said.
Rose, who also won at Torrey Pines in 2019, now has 13 career titles on the PGA Tour. Even with all he has achieved, from US Opens to Olympic gold medals and seven Ryder Cup appearances, he has never stopped working to remain among the top players in golf.
“I still believe there are good things ahead of me,” Rose said.
His 13 Tour titles have been at Muirfield Village, Aronimink, Merion, Congressional, Pebble Beach, Colonial, all courses that have hosted majors or the Ryder Cup.
He reflected on his final 66, his four-ball performance at last year’s Masters tommy fleetwood Saturday at the Ryder Cup, and the way he played this week. Their age is just a number.
“Those days or those weeks or those rounds are definitely showing me that the gas is still in the tank,” Rose said. “Obviously, having access to it is work now. How can I do it more often? That’s always the trick, but at least knowing this builds a lot of confidence.”
In a week in which LIV golf was a big topic – Koepka’s return, another departure from LIV patrick reed — Rose was reminded of an offer to take Saudi money to join a rival league. He decided to stay put and his performance last year confirms that decision.
He left Torrey Pines ranked No. 55 in the world a year ago. He remains in the elite class.
“My career goals (majors) have always been achievable by being on the European Tour and the PGA Tour because they are not accessible any other way,” he said. “I want to play among the best players in the world. For me, obviously that’s what keeps me motivated, what keeps me hungry, what keeps me motivated.”
He thought his performance at Torrey Pines in 2019 was one of his best, this was better. It might also have been more meaningful. His longtime caddy, Mark Fulcher, was hospitalized in 2019 to recover from heart surgery.
“Now he’s got one for himself,” Rose said.
