England’s Justin Rose is in a powerful place to safe a thirteenth PGA Tour win after extending his result in six photographs on the Farmers Insurance coverage Open on Saturday.
The 45-year-old, who led by 4 photographs after the second spherical, recorded seven birdies in a powerful four-under-par 68 on Torrey Pines’ formidable South Course to lie 21-under for the match.
American Joel Dahmen, who had 5 birdies and a bogey in a spherical of 68, is 2 photographs clear in second.
Rose has led from the first spherical and has the biggest 54-hole lead on the match since Tiger Woods led by eight in 2008.
The most effective profitable rating within the match’s historical past is 22 beneath – by Woods in 1999 and George Burns in 1987.
“My solely hope is that if he does not set his alarm or he in some way begins hitting within the tough on the again 9 perhaps,” Dahmen informed PGA Golf.
“The way in which he is enjoying and what he is doing, I might be happy with second place.”
Rose, who was runner-up within the 2025 Masters, claimed his final PGA Tour win in August, profitable the FedEx St Jude Championship.
Having shot rounds of 62 and 65, Rose was in whole management till bogeys on the eleventh, twelfth and sixteenth trimmed what had been an eight-shot lead.
“It is one other nice spherical in good climate on an superior golf course,” Rose informed PGA Golf.
“There’s by no means going to be any complacency.
“I believe there’s all the time sufficient respect for the sport of golf at the back of your thoughts that you have to do the whole lot proper tomorrow. You are going to come out, need to be targeted, need to play effectively.”
5-time main winner Brooks Koepka, in his first match again on the PGA Tour since leaving LIV Golf, shot a one-over-par 73 to move into the ultimate spherical in a tie for 61st.
Eire’s Seamus Energy, who was 4 photographs again after his second spherical, is now 10 again after a disappointing third-round 74.
