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When numbers are mentioned around Justin Rose, most frequently, they are referring to his age. This week at the 2026 Farmers Insurance Open, it was all about his score. The 45-year-old Englishman lapped the field at Torrey Pines, posting a tournament scoring record at 23 under en route to a seven-stroke, wire-to-wire victory over Ryo Hisatsune, Si Woo Kim and Pierceson Coody.
Rose on Sunday surpassed George Burns and Tiger Woods, who previously held the tournament scoring record at 22 under. The 2013 U.S. Open winner cleared that figure early in his final round and stayed above the line down the stretch as he meandered through the difficult South Course.
Becoming the oldest golfer to win at Torrey Pines, Rose captured his second Farmers Insurance Open, having previously won the event in 2019. He has now won 13 times on the PGA Tour, most among Englishmen on the circuit and four more than Nick Faldo, who occupies the second spot on that list. At 45, Rose is the oldest wire-to-wire winner on the PGA Tour since Rocco Mediate (47) at the 2010 Procore Championship, and he is the first wire-to-wire winner at the Farmers Insurance Open since Tommy Bolt in 1955.
The former world No. 1 now has two wins in his last eight starts dating back to last summer's St. Jude Championship, and he has made his way into the winner's circle in three of his last four PGA Tour seasons. Rose went winless on the PGA Tour from 2020-22.
Rose entered the final round at Torrey Pines with a commanding six-stroke lead over Joel Dahmen, who joked the day prior that his only chance to win the tournament would be if Rose overslept, missed his alarm in the morning and did not show up. Unfortunately for Dahmen and the rest of the field, Rose showed up in a significant way.
After settling into his round with a streak of pars, Rose started to see the birdies fly. He narrowly missed an eagle chance on the par-5 6th to set up his first, and carved a beauty into a back pin location two holes later to reach 2 under for the round. A big roar bellowed through the property on the next as he holed a birdie putt from outside 30 feet to turn in 3 under, reach 24 under for the tournament and push his lead out to seven strokes.
No matter what Hisatsune, Coody, Kim nor any of the other pursuers did on the back nine, there was no chasing down Rose on this day. The Englishman traversed through the inward half expertly, never biting off more than he could chew and taking his medicine when necessary. He kept everything in front of him, and in doing so, Rose made sure everyone else's names remained underneath his on the leaderboard. Grade: A+
Here are the rest of the notables on the leaderboard at the 2026 Farmers Insurance Open.
T7. Joel Dahmen (-14): Talk about playing with house money. Dahmen got into the field thanks to not only Patton Kizzire's withdrawal but also due to the inclusion of Brooks Koepka meant two more players would be added to the tournament. Originally the fifth alternate, Dahmen made the most of his opportunity. Playing out of the Nos. 111-125 category, the affable right hander swung as sweetly as he has in quite some time. He missed 11 of 17 cuts to end his 2025 season en route to falling outside the top 100 in the FedEx Cup and has since brushed it off. Heading into next week's WM Phoenix Open, Dahmen has a chance to qualify for the first two signature events through the Aon Swing 5 and go from fighting and clawing for any starts to possibly reclaiming his PGA Tour card. Grade: A
T7. Sahith Theegala (-14): He's healthy, and it is showing. Fresh off his first top 10 finish last week at the American Express since the 2024 Procore Championship, Theegala kept his foot on the gas. The free-swinging right-hander cashed in on his 100th made cut on the PGA Tour and yet another top 10 effort thanks to a solid showing on Sunday. His iron play and putter looked solid for the most part, which falls in line with his DNA. Shots like the one below are why he is a fan favorite, as he shows off shot-making skills few are able to pull off. Grade: B+
T11. Tony Finau (-12): The opening round featured an ace (and no injuries) on the par-3 16th and seemed to have shot some life into Finau's game. The last year has not been kind to the fan favorite as his ball striking has dipped, and his putter problems continue to persist. Finau blitzed the South Course on Sunday and had a real chance to push his round score to 8 under with a birdie look on that same par-3 16th; however, he walked off the green with his first bogey on the scorecard after a short miss. All in all, Finau should come away happy from this week as the result marks his best since last spring. Grade: B
T56. Brooks Koepka (-4): There are a lot of positives from Koepka's first week back on the PGA Tour. The five-time major champion settled in after experiencing some nerves early in the week and made some nice in-tournament adjustments, such as his ball position with his driver after regularly leaking tee shots to the right on Thursday. From tee to green, he looked sharp -- especially when you consider he had not played competitively since October -- but his play on the greens was another story. It may be fair to chalk that up to the poa annua putting surfaces, on which he never putts as well as he should. Koepka will likely be licking his lips at the prospect of returning to TPC Scottsdale next week where he has won twice. Grade: C+
MC. Xander Schauffele (--): He more or less stated in his pre-tournament press conference that he was underprepared coming into the year after spending the offseason with his wife and newborn son. It showed. Schauffele missed his first cut since the 2022 Masters and put an end to the longest streak on the PGA Tour (and longest since Woods' 142 in a row). It would be easy to overreact and suggest something is wrong with his game or that this is a sign of things to come, but Schauffele is a pro's pro. He'll get things right and start contending in tournaments soon enough, though it is clear he has a handful of areas in which to improve. Grade: F
