{"id":40333,"date":"2026-01-31T06:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/koepka-clears-rose-4-moves-towards-pga-return\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T06:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:34:05","slug":"koepka-clears-rose-4-moves-towards-pga-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/koepka-clears-rose-4-moves-towards-pga-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Koepka clears Rose 4, moves towards PGA return"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Farmers Insurance Open – Round 2 Leaderboard<\/strong><\/p>\n

-17<\/strong>J. Rose (English), -13 <\/strong>S power (Ire), -11 <\/strong>M. McGreevey (USA), J. Damen (USA), -10 <\/strong>S-Woo Kim (col), -9<\/strong> E Cole (USA), R Hisatsune (Japan), M McNeely (USA), J Lower (USA), S Segala (USA), M Thorbjornsen (USA), D Walker (USA).<\/p>\n

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England’s Justin Rose extended his lead to four strokes with a 7-under 65 at the Farmers Insurance Open, and the returning Brooks Koepka qualified for San Diego.<\/p>\n

The 45-year-old, led by Ireland’s Seamus Power, broke his own 36-hole record at the tournament and finished at 17 under par.<\/p>\n

Rose shot an eagle, six birdies and just one bogey in the day’s round Friday on the more challenging South Course.<\/p>\n

“I feel like I’ve generally won on tough golf courses in my career, so I guess you could say that’s my MO,” said Rose, the 2025 Masters runner-up who took the lead in shots after an opening-round 62.<\/p>\n

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“This is the kind of place I enjoy. The whole area, the whole atmosphere, the whole vibe, it’s one of my favorite tournaments on tour.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Koepka continued his return to the PGA Tour with a second-round 68 to move to 3 under.<\/p>\n

Koepka, a five-time major champion, agreed to terminate his contract with LIV Golf at the end of 2025, but struggled Thursday on the South Course, posting a round of 73.<\/p>\n

However, at the North Course, his first PGA Tour tournament in four years, he regained his form and sank an eagle putt on the 17th hole.<\/p>\n

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

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“But yeah, don’t get me wrong, I’m definitely still nervous, but I think I’m probably a little nervous. I’m just trying to figure it out and test it out. Let’s see where my game is as well. I feel like I’m playing really well. It’s just been a long rest period.”<\/p>\n

Xander Schauffele’s longest cut streak on tour ended at age 72, and Patrick Cantlay, Gary Woodland, Will Zalatoris, J.J. Spaun, Max Homa and Ludwig Aberg all also missed the cut.<\/p>\n

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Farmers Insurance Open – Round 2 Leaderboard -17J. Rose (English), -13 S power (Ire), -11 M. McGreevey (USA), J. Damen (USA), -10 S-Woo Kim (col), -9 E Cole (USA), R Hisatsune (Japan), M McNeely (USA), J Lower (USA), S Segala (USA), M Thorbjornsen (USA), D Walker (USA). advertisement complete leaderboard England’s Justin Rose extended his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":{"0":"post-40333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}