- - Justin Rose runs away with historic 7-shot win at Torrey Pines to claim Farmers Insurance Open

Ryan Young February 2, 2026 at 7:05 AM

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The only way that Joel Dahmen knew he would have a chance at winning Sunday afternoon was if Justin Rose somehow didn’t make it to Torrey Pines.

“He’s just playing too well,” Dahmen said Saturday night. “So, maybe he will not set his alarm correctly or something might happen that way.”

Unfortunately for Dahmen, Rose was there waiting to tee off Sunday afternoon in the final group. The Farmers Insurance Open was all but over.

Rose, who built a massive six-shot lead over the rest of the field entering the final round, posted a 2-under 70 on Sunday to get to 23-under for the week, which gave him a seven-shot win over the rest of the field. That broke the tournament record of 22-under set by Tiger Woods in 1999.

A record-breaking performance 🏆Justin Rose sets the tournament scoring record @FarmersInsOpen at 23-under par. pic.twitter.com/gTuhvcVvZ7

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 1, 2026

"The whole week has been sort of a record-setting week," Rose said on CBS. "I was just kind of aware of that, just for my own personal pride ... I was grinding on that. Obviously I was aware of the big lead, but I kind of wanted to play for [the record] for myself."

Vintage Rose showed up at Torrey Pines. He fired a 10-under on the North Course to kick off the week and jump into the lead immediately, and he backed it up with a 7-under 65 on the South Course that gave just about everyone else issues in the second round.

Rose went 5-under on his first 10 holes Saturday, and ended up building a six-shot lead by the end of his round. It would have been bigger had he not slipped and made three bogeys down the stretch. Rose even admitted he thought his round “could have been lower,” something you “never want to say after a 68 at Torrey.”

By that point, Sunday’s round was merely a formality. Rose made three birdies in a four-hole stretch to make the turn at 3-under on the day. He bogeyed early on the back side, but it didn't matter. Rose still cruised to the finish with seven straight pars to wrap up his dominant win.

Si Woo Kim and Pierceson Coody finished second at 16-under for the week. Coody went 7-under in his final round. Ryo Hisatsune birdied the 18th to join that group at 16-under. Dahmen went 1-over in his final round to fall back to 14-under for the week and finished T7.

Brooks Koepka, who made his return to the Tour this week after a run with LIV Golf, finished T56 at 4-under. Koepka made the cut on the number to make the weekend.

Rose has won 13 times in his PGA Tour career and twice in his last five official starts after his win at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in a playoff last fall. The 45-year-old fell to Rory McIlroy in a playoff at Augusta National last April.

Though it’s been years since he reached No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings, and well over a decade since his lone major championship win, Rose is playing some of the best golf of his career. He dominated Torrey Pines, often regarded as one of the toughest courses on Tour. While that will undoubtedly be tougher to do against stronger fields at the majors in the coming months, Rose appears more than ready to claim his second career major title in the near future.

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