2019 Farmers Insurance Open (The 12th of 46 events in the PGA TOUR Season) San Diego, Calif. Jan. 24-27, 2019 Purse: $7,100,000 ($1,278,000 to the winner) Torrey Pines Golf Course 500 FedExCup points to winner South Course (Host) Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,698 North Course Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,258 Final-Round Notes – Sunday, January 27, 2019 Weather: Sunny. High of 71. Wind WNW 6-12 mph. Final-Round Leaderboard Justin Rose 63-66-69-69—267 (-21) Adam Scott 70-66-65-68—269 (-19) Hideki Matsuyama 66-66-73-67—272 (-16) Talor Gooch 69-68-67-68—272 (-16) Things to Know • Justin Rose wins 10 th PGA TOUR title to become the winningest player from England since 1945 • Rose becomes first player since Ben Crane (2010) to win after playing North Course in opening round • Rose becomes first player since Tiger Woods (2013) to convert 54-hole lead/co-lead at Farmers Insurance Open • Rose and Adam Scott each surpass $50 million in PGA TOUR career earnings, the sixth and seventh players to do so • Talor Gooch, lone American among leading seven finishers, posted second consecutive top-10 on TOUR • After one bogey-free round on Saturday, there were none on Sunday Third-Round Lead Notes 6 Occasions since 2000 on which a player has converted a 54-hole lead to victory; Justin Rose (2019), Tiger Woods (2003, 2008, 2013), John Daly (2004) and Phil Mickelson (2000) 8 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win on TOUR in 2018-19 (most recent: Justin Rose/Farmers Insurance Open) Rose is the first player since Tiger Woods (2013) to turn 54-hole lead into a victory at Farmers Insurance Open. The previous five winners had been at least two shots off the lead entering the final round: • 2019 – Justin Rose (led by 3) • 2018 – Jason Day (trailed by 3) • 2017 – Jon Rahm (trailed by 3) • 2016 – Brandt Snedeker (trailed by 6) • 2015 – Jason Day (trailed by 2) • 2014 – Scott Stallings (trailed by 3) • 2013 – Tiger Woods (led by 4) Justin Rose Age: 38 (July 30, 1980) PGA TOUR wins (10): 2010 the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide; 2010 AT&T National; 2011 BMW Championship; 2012 World Golf Championship-Mexico Championship; 2013 U.S. Open; 2014 Quicken Loans National; 2015 Zurich Classic of New Orleans; 2017 World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions; 2018 Charles Schwab Challenge; 2019 Farmers Insurance Open After the week #6 FedExCup #1 OWGR 10 Starts at Farmers Insurance Open 1 Wins at Farmers Insurance Open (2019) 326 PGA TOUR starts 10 PGA TOUR wins 3 PGA TOUR starts in 2018-19 2 Top-10s in 2018-19 (3rd /WGC-HSBC Champions, Won/Farmers Insurance Open) • Wins 10 th PGA TOUR title in 326 th start on PGA TOUR at 38 years, 5 months, 28 days • With 500 FedExCup points for the win, reigning FedExCup champion moves from No. 40 to No. 6 with 720 points, 408 points behind leader Xander Schauffele (1,128) • First player since Ben Crane (2010) to win after playing North Course in opening round • Equaled 36-hole tournament record of 129 and 54-hole tournament record of 198 en route to victory, but comes up one stroke shy of 72-hole tournament record of 266 • Becomes first player from England with 10 PGA TOUR titles since 1945: Rose (10), Nick Faldo (9), Luke Donald (5), Ian Poulter (3) • Converted 54-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR five of 16 times, most recent before this week/2018 Charles Schwab Challenge • With $1,278,000 winner’s check, surpasses $50 million in PGA TOUR career earnings ($51,023,355) • Ranked No. 5 in Strokes Gained: Approach The Green, hitting 16/18 GIR in rounds 1 & 2, and 12/18 in rounds 3 & 4 • Wins with Gareth Lord (Henrik Stenson’s caddie) on the bag in just his second week while regular caddie, Mark Fulcher, recovers from recent heart surgery • In his 10 th start at the Farmers Insurance Open has finished top-10 three consecutive years (2019/1 st , 2018/T8, 2017/T4) • Won twice in 2017-18, his second season with multiple wins (2010) • In two previous starts on TOUR this season, finished third (WGC-HSBC Champions) and T34 (Desert Classic) Adam Scott • Birdied final four holes for 4-under 68 and runner-up finish at 19-under 269, three strokes back in his first start in the Farmers Insurance Open • For comparison, in 1999, Billy Ray Brown posted 268 (-20) to finish runner-up, two shots back of Tiger Woods • Finished T26 at the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines • Was seeking to become the first player to win the Farmers Insurance Open in his first start since Jon Rahm in 2017 • With check of $766,800, becomes first Australian to surpass $50 million in career earnings on PGA TOUR ($50,184,193) • Moves to No. 15 in FedExCup after starting the week No. 84 Hideki Matsuyama • Finished T12 at the 2018 Farmers Insurance Open, his best showing in five appearances before T3 this week • Moved up 73 spots in the FedExCup, biggest jump of any player (No. 114 to No. 41) • Last of five TOUR wins came at 2017 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational • Hit 17/18 GIR after hitting just 11/18 in both second and third rounds at South Course • Two-putt birdies at par-5 ninth and 18 th holes after reaching green on both holes with second shot from fairway bunkers (21’ 4” at No. 9, 17’ 4” at No. 18) Talor Gooch • Former Oklahoma State University golfer finished No. 139 in the FedExCup in his rookie season on the PGA TOUR (2017-18). Currently sits No. 27 in FedExCup • Owns back-to-back top-10s on TOUR for the first time. Fourth-place finish at last week’s Desert Classic was his first career top-10 in 33 rd start on TOUR • Started the final round six strokes behind leader Justin Rose. Came from five strokes back to win the Web.com Tour’s 2017 News Sentinel Open in Knoxville • Owns nine consecutive rounds in the 60s on TOUR Jason Day • Finished T5 as defending champion. Best result from a player defending a title this season: Patrick Cantlay/2 nd /Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Last player to defend a title: Brooks Koepka/2018 U.S. Open • Between his wins at the Farmers Insurance Open (2015/2018), missed the cut in both starts. Owns five top-10s in 10 starts at Torrey Pines (T9/2013, T2/2014, 1 st /2015, 1 st /2018, T5/2019) • Earns second top-10 in fourth start of the 2018-19 PGA TOUR Season (T5/THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES, T5/Farmers Insurance Open) Rory McIlroy • Sat T74 after opening-round 71 in his first start at the Farmers Insurance Open and followed with 65-69-69 to finish T5 • Finished T4 in his most recent TOUR start, his tournament debut at the Sentry Tournament of Champions Jon Rahm • 2017 Farmers Insurance Open winner made one birdie (No. 6) and one bogey (No. 11) in the final round for a T5 result • In defense of his Farmers Insurance Open title in 2018, closed with a 5-over 77 to finish T29 • Closed with a 5-under 67 at last week’s Desert Classic to finish sixth Additional Player Notes • In first start since winning the 2018 TOUR Championship, Tiger Woods played his final eight holes in 5-under to shoot 67 and finish T20 at 10-under. Last nine rounds at Farmers Insurance Open are par-or-better • Gary Woodland fired 66 for his first sub-70 final-round at Farmers Insurance Open to finish T9 – his second top-10 in 10 appearances (T10/2014). Has advanced to the weekend in each of 10 starts at Torrey Pines. Recorded three eagles this week, the most by any player • Cameron Smith (T9) posted the low round of the day (65) with an eagle (No. 18), seven birdies and two bogeys • Ryan Palmer , part of last year’s three-man playoff (Jason Day, Alex Noren), finished T13 at 11-under • Jim Knous (T29) made his first hole-in-one on TOUR at No. 3 (193 yards, 8-iron), the first ace at Farmers Insurance Open since 2015. Knous’ 3-under 69 featured a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on his scorecard • Former Ole Miss standout Braden Thornberry finished T52 in his first PGA TOUR event as a professional (71-67-72-74) Seven past champions are in the field: Player Finish Jason Day T5/-14 Jon Rahm T5/-14 Tiger Woods T20/ -10 Scott Stallings T43/ -5 Brandt Snedeker T62/ -2 Nick Watney T72/+1 Ben Crane MC Bogey-free rounds R1 (9): Justin Rose (63/NC), Charles Howell III (66/SC), Hideki Matsuyama (66/NC), Richy Werenski (66/NC), Matt Jones (67/NC), Seth Reeves (67/NC), Keegan Bradley (68/NC), Grayson Murray (68/NC), Ollie Schniederjans (71/NC) R2 (6) : Daniel Berger (69/NC), Wyndham Clark (67/NC), Russell Knox (70/SC), Sepp Straka (67/SC), Adam Svensson (67/SC), Braden Thornberry (67/NC) R3 (1): Sung Kang (66) R4 (): None South Course Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 35.167 36.462 71.628 -- R2: 35.295 37.026 72.321 71.974 R3: 35.558 35.636 71.195 71.715 R4: 35.299 36.468 71.766 71.729 In round four, the par-4 first hole played as the hardest (4.247) and the par-5 9th ranked as the easiest (4.494) .