{"id":17462,"date":"2026-01-31T08:22:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=17462"},"modified":"2026-01-31T08:22:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:22:39","slug":"justin-rose-maintains-leads-as-brooks-koepka-makes-cut-in-pga-tour-return-at-farmers-insurance-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=17462","title":{"rendered":"Justin Rose maintains leads as Brooks Koepka makes cut in PGA Tour return at Farmers Insurance Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England&#8217;s Justin Rose shot a seven-under-par 65 to extend his lead to four shots at the Farmers Insurance Open while returning Brooks Koepka made the cut in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 45-year-old, who leads Ireland&#8217;s Seamus Power, sits on 17 under after breaking his own 36-hole record at the tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rose shot the round of the day on Friday at the more challenging South Course with an eagle, six birdies and just one bogey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I feel like in my career I&#8217;ve won on tough golf courses generally, so that&#8217;s my M.O., I would say,&#8221; said 2025 Masters runner-up Rose, who led by a shot after an opening-round 62.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s the kind of a place I enjoy. It&#8217;s one of my favourite tournaments on Tour, just the whole area, the whole atmosphere, the whole vibe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile, Koepka continued his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/golf\/articles\/c5y5z16xelyo\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">return to the PGA Tour<\/a> with a second-round 68 to make the cut on three under.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Five-time major winner Koepka, who agreed a release from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/golf\/articles\/czrkz7j7kn6o\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">LIV Golf contract at the end of 2025, <\/a>struggled on the South Course on Thursday, shooting a round of 73.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But on the North Course he found his form in his first PGA Tour event in four years,  sinking an eagle putt on the 17th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I think [Thursday] I was excited to play, nervous, and kind of didn&#8217;t know what to expect, but today felt more normal, I guess,&#8221; Koepka said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But yeah, I mean, don&#8217;t get me wrong, I definitely still got antsy, but I guess maybe a little bit of nerves, just trying to figure it out and test &#8211; see where my game&#8217;s at too, right? I feel like I&#8217;m playing really well. It&#8217;s just been a long layoff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Xander Schauffele&#8217;s streak of making consecutive cuts &#8211; the longest active on tour at 72 &#8211; came to an end, while Patrick Cantlay, Gary Woodland, Will Zalatoris, JJ Spaun, Max Homa and Ludvig Aberg also all missed the cut.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/golf\/articles\/ckgxv4ddpewo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England&#8217;s Justin Rose sh&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}