Justin Rose is six photographs clear after the third spherical of the Farmers Insurance coverage Open at Torrey Pines with a report event rating and thirteenth PGA Tour title in his sights.
Rose notched 4 birdies on an impeccable entrance 9, together with three in a row from the fifth, then combined three extra with three bogeys coming dwelling to signal for a four-under 68 and attain 21 beneath for the occasion in San Diego.
The perfect successful rating within the historical past of the Farmers Insurance coverage Open is the 22 beneath achieved by Tiger Woods in 1999 and George Burns in 1987, so the 45-year-old will break that if he shoots two beneath or higher on Sunday.
The biggest margin of victory is the eight photographs seven-time champion Woods beat Ryuji Imada by in 2008. Rose gained this event with a rating of 21 beneath again in 2019, ending two strokes away from Adam Scott.
It’s going to now require a droop from him or one thing particular from his opponents to disclaim him a second Torrey Pines title and a 3rd PGA Tour victory in three years, after the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am in February 2023 and FedEx St. Jude Championship final August.
Rose is pursuing a thirteenth PGA Tour title
USA’s Joel Dahmen is a distance second on 15 beneath after matching Rose’s four-under Saturday, with Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune and South Korea’s Si Woo Kim in a tie for third place on 13 beneath, some eight photographs off the chief.
The spherical of the day belonged to Germany’s Stephan Jaeger, whose seven-under 65 propelled him 39 locations up the leaderboard to joint sixth on 11 beneath, with Eire’s Seamus Energy on the identical whole after 4 bogeys in his final seven holes.
Brooks Koepka – taking part in his first PGA Tour occasion since coming back from LIV Golf – is tied 61st on two beneath. together with his one-over third spherical that includes a rare shot onto the primary inexperienced from the cart path.
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Brooks Koepka hit an exceptional shot from the cart path through the third day at Torrey Pines
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