{"id":400431,"date":"2026-01-31T10:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/400431\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T10:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:42:07","slug":"justin-rose-maintains-leads-as-brooks-koepka-makes-cut-in-pga-tour-return-at-farmers-insurance-open-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/400431\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Rose maintains leads as Brooks Koepka makes cut in PGA Tour return at Farmers Insurance Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

England’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

The 45-year-old, who leads Ireland’s Seamus Power, sits on 17 under after breaking his own 36-hole record at the tournament.<\/p>\n

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

“I feel like in my career I’ve won on tough golf courses generally, so that’s my M.O., I would say,” said 2025 Masters runner-up Rose, who led by a shot after an opening-round 62.<\/p>\n

“It’s the kind of a place I enjoy. It’s one of my favourite tournaments on Tour, just the whole area, the whole atmosphere, the whole vibe.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Koepka continued his return to the PGA Tour<\/a> with a second-round 68 to make the cut on three under.<\/p>\n

Five-time major winner Koepka, who agreed a release from his LIV Golf contract at the end of 2025, <\/a>struggled on the South Course on Thursday, shooting a round of 73.<\/p>\n

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

“I think [Thursday] I was excited to play, nervous, and kind of didn’t know what to expect, but today felt more normal, I guess,” Koepka said.<\/p>\n

“But yeah, I mean, don’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 – see where my game’s at too, right? I feel like I’m playing really well. It’s just been a long layoff.”<\/p>\n

Xander Schauffele’s streak of making consecutive cuts – the longest active on tour at 72 – 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England’s Justin Rose shot a seven-under-par 65 to extend his lead to four shots at the Farmers Insurance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-400431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}