SAN DIEGO, CA — Justin Rose won the $9.6 million Farmers Insurance Open Sunday with a tournament-record 23-under-par 265 and became its first wire- to-wire winner since Tommy Bolt in 1955.
Rose broke the previous tournament record for lowest 72-hole score of 266, set by George Burns in 1987 and matched by Tiger Woods in 1999. He had earlier set 36-hole and 54-hole records.
The seven-stroke victory over a trio of golfers was the largest margin at the tournament since 2008 when Woods won by eight strokes.
“First and foremost, it’s an amazing thing to win any time any place by one, by whoever, wherever on any golf course,” Rose said after shooting a 2- under-par 70 on Torrey Pines Golf Course’s South Course.
“But when you start to think about some of the way this week unfolded, it really is probably incredibly special … the 36-hole, 54-, 72- hole scoring record. The fact I think I was able to … build my lead each day … is something that obviously as a player I’m proud of.”
Rose’s other milestones for the tournament included becoming its oldest winner at 45 years, 6 months and 2 days and its 10th multiple winner. He also won in 2019.
Marty Furgol had been the previous oldest winner. He was 43 when he won in 1959.
The victory came after Rose missed the cut in his other 2026 start — The American Express — and in both PGA Tour tournaments played at Torrey Pines Golf Course in 2025, the Farmers Insurance Open and The Genesis Invitational, which was moved from The Riviera Country Club because of the Palisades Fire.
The victory was Rose’s 13th in his 447 starts on the PGA Tour, the 85th player to win at least 13 tournaments and tying for 73rd on the all-time wins list. Rose had last won at the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship. This is the first time Rose has had wins in back-to-back seasons since 2019.
Rose moved from 10th to third on the Official World Golf Ranking with the victory, becoming the second-oldest player in the top three. Vijay Singh was 45 years and 8 months old when he was last third in 2008.
Rose shot a 10-under-par 62 on the North Course on Thursday, to take a one-stroke lead over American Justin Lower. The score was Rose’s lowest in his 51 rounds in the tournament. He birdied each of the four par-3 holes, the first time he had accomplished that feat in his 1,506 rounds on the PGA Tour.
Rose shot a 7-under-par 65 on the South Course on Friday to take a four-stroke lead over Seamus Power of Ireland. The lead tied the 36-hole tournament record set by Ted Kroll in 1952 and matched by Bolt in 1955 and Woods in 2008.
Rose shot a 4-under-par 68 on the South Course Saturday to take a six- stroke lead over American Joel Dahmen.
“What a week from start to finish,” said Rose, who was born in South Africa, moved with his family to England when he was 5 and now lives in London. “I just got really disciplined this week.
“Obviously I was playing well but I just thought the way I managed my game, the way I thought about things, the way I was patient at the right time, the way I was able to absorb a little bit of the odd mistake by holing the right putt at the right time.”
Dahmen shot a 1-over-par 73 Sunday to finish in a three-way tie for seventh, nine strokes behind Rose at 14-under 274.
American Pierceson Coody, South Korean Si Woo Kim and Ryo Hisatsune of Japan each earned $726,400 for tying for second.
Brooks Koepka finished in a three-way tie for 56th at 4-under-par 284 in his first start in a non-major on the PGA Tour since the 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. He then joined what is now the LIV Golf League, making him ineligible to play on the PGA Tour outside of major tournaments.
“The biggest change is I feel like I probably don’t know about half the guys,” said Koepka, who shot a 2-under 70 Sunday. “The last four years has been a good bit of turnover. It will be a fun year just getting to know everybody, and excited.”
