Justin Rose steamrolled the field at the Farmers Insurance Open to win by seven shots, top a Tiger Woods record and do something that hasn’t happened since 1955.
As Rose fashioned a historic victory in which he set the tournament’s 36, 54 and 72-hole scoring records, he said he never brought up the past with caddie Mark Fulcher – until the end.
Ahead of the start of the last San Diego tournament that will be sponsored by Farmers Insurance, Schauffele admitted that he’s hardly the guy tying himself to a Torrey pine tree to save the event. But he also doesn’t seem overly concerned that the event is in danger of going away.
Koepka, wearing a sweatshirt and his Nike hat low over his eyes, spoke almost solemnly and for the first time at length about his stunning return in front of a larger-than-normal gathering of reporters at the annual PGA Tour stop near San Diego.
Frenchman Matthieu Pavon birdied the 72nd hole of the Farmers Insurance Open to win his first PGA Tour title in only the third start of his rookie season.
On the greens Pavon ranked fifth in strokes gained/putting, bettering the field average by more than five strokes. His putter is a centre-shafted Ping Cadence TR Tomcat – a mid-mallet model Ping introduced in 2015.
Torrey Pines South has consistently ranked among the longest and toughest tracks on the PGA Tour, and it figures to keep that position this year after the Farmers Insurance Open is played this week.
Australian Golf Digest
