Justin Rose joined Chris Gotterup and Scottie Scheffler in winning on the PGA Tour in 2026 with his victory at the Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday.
It was a hugely impressive showing from Justin Rose at Torrey Pines. The Englishman set the pace on Thursday and remained out in front for the rest of the week.
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Of course, any player hoping to win multiple events on the PGA Tour this season knows that they face an extremely difficult task in an era dominated by Scottie Scheffler.
Justin Rose comments on Scottie Scheffler after winning the Farmers Insurance Open
Scheffler has already won 20 times on the PGA Tour. He also has four majors under his belt, and it would be no surprise at all to see him add to that tally in the next 12 months.
It is frightening to think that the best of Scheffler may be yet to come. He does not turn 30 until the Sunday of this year’s US Open. So he has all the time in the world to set so many records.
And Rose clearly thinks that he will.
Speaking after his victory at the Farmers Insurance Open, Rose suggested that he would put the world number one among the greatest players the game has seen.
“First and foremost, it’s an amazing thing to win any time any place by one, by whoever, wherever on any golf course. But yeah, when you start to think about some of the way this week unfolded, it really is probably incredibly special,” he said.
“Like you say, I think the 36-hole, 54, 72-hole scoring record. The fact I think I was able to kind of build my lead each day, you know, extend my lead each day is something that obviously as a player I’m proud of where you can kind of feel like you can play with that pressure from day one, go wire to wire and kind of keep progressing and keep moving forward. Maybe that’s something that I haven’t been able to achieve before either, so a lot of self-satisfaction in that one.
“Yeah, this has always been sort of one of my favorite tournaments to come to, whether it just be the San Diego area, the Del Mar area, the golf course itself. Even though the golf course has been hit or miss for me, I kind of feel like I played well or not. I think last year I missed the cut at both the Farmers and the Genesis that we had here in that one year. But anyway, not to talk about that. But yeah, just what a week from start to finish. I think it was sort of, 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 two-putt at the right time.
“There was a lot of sort of real I guess mental maturity from a strategic golf point of view out there, which, you know, I think you look at the best players in history, Jack, Tiger, I’m going to say Scottie Scheffler now as well, that’s the sort of thing that they do really well week in and week out and I feel like that’s something that I did really, really well this week.”
The only question mark left when it comes to Scottie Scheffler
Just 21 male players have won more major championships than Scheffler. And you would expect to see him move himself up that list in the near future.
Scheffler’s consistency is truly incredible. He has not missed a cut since 2022, while we are rapidly approaching a year since his last finish outside the top eight in any tournament.
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The only doubt surrounding Scheffler concerns just how long he will be motivated for. It does appear that he would happily walk away from the game and never play again if he decided that was best for his family.
At some stage, he will question whether he wants to keep practicing so much when he is already one of the most talented players the game has ever seen.
If he decides to push through when that time comes, then it is scary to think of the heights he could reach.
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