World number one Justin Rose claimed his 10th PGA Tour victory after carding a three-under-par 69 to beat Adam Scott by two strokes at the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego on Sunday. The Englishman’s 10th win matched the tally of Spaniard Sergio Garcia and gave him one more than Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros.
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Rose; who finished on 267, 21-under-par at Torrey Pines in Southern California, started the day with a three-shot lead but found himself just one clear after three early bogeys. However, he gave himself some breathing space with a run of three birdies in four holes from the seventh. Rose held off a late rally by Australian Adam Scott, who finished with four straight birdies for a 68. It could have been a special back nine for Scott, who failed to convert great birdie chances on 11, 12 and 13.
“And the field this week was very strong but yeah going up against Scotty, you know he looked; he’s got the bit between his teeth again, he’s got the look in his eye like he’s playing really well, swinging it gorgeously, you know he had an opportunity to have a great back nine today. He let some putts slide on 11, 12, 13, you know barring that he could’ve birdied in today, so you know he stayed with it all the way which made it tough for me but it was kind of, it makes it more fun in a way when you get it done,” Rose said.
Rose has dedicated the win to his long term caddie Mark Fulcher, who’s recovering after recently undergoing surgery.
“There’s a lot of cool things, yeah today’s been a good day. Obviously yeah double digits is always, that sounds a whole lot better than nine. Yeah it’s been sort of an emotional week, a different week, you know obviously dedicate this one to caddie Fulch, who’s sitting at home and probably finding it much harder sitting at home than actually being out here and probably harder than the heart surgery itself watching this weekend. But this one’s for him but…21-under-par around Torrey Pines is great golf, obviously, but you had to do it, I mean Adam Scott got right there and played some great golf coming down the stretch and it was a tricky day today.”
Irishman Rory McIlroy who has won the PGA Tour fourteen times, is the only European player with more wins on the Tour since 1945.
After missing four short putts in his first six holes, @JustinRose99 drew a line.
“I said, ‘All right, we build the round from this moment on.’”
And that’s exactly what he did … pic.twitter.com/Nr2xrlMYhW
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