Justin Rose shoots 7 under par with a 65 in Round 2 | Highlights from the Farmers 2026

166 in the car, but it plays down 16. So called 150. There's a wedge. This pain kind of perched up. This looks really good on the little top left corner here. Thanks, it's the same part Keith Mitchell just made. Two good leg putts already here today. This is first makeable one, and this is what you want. Right to left pretty flat pot. Uh, OK. Rose connects moves to 11 under. Should be tracking almost exactly at the whole just turning left, but it's going to have to hang because it's going to move left up there. Why? Terrible, that was just hideous. Always the danger of a double hit too. When you're tangled up like that. Hard work, that's what this man does. Flowers right up here with Rosie at the same time. So the two leaders. And as Billy mentioned, you have to cheat this corner a little bit at that far bunker is perfect. That's exactly where he's hit this. Oh, that's ideal, Graham. I mean, that is absolutely perfect. I'd assume he's trying to hit some sort of bleeding cut. This is a high ball pretty much right at it. That was his lofted would just right of it now. Oh, that was pretty in the air, Graham. Everything steady. Yeah, uphill 7 here and this pin just perched up three up on top. That's all you want is that top number. And if you hit into this slope and come back, that's OK. I mean, this guy is dialed right now. That's more than OK. That's the best we've seen today, Graham. Just like that hard up the left side, trying to cut. Looking like it's going to just miss short left. Ooh, it got a favorable bounce in it. Kicked out of the tallish rough as we go to the 9th over on the South Course, Justin Rose is rolling along. Here's his third at the bar 5. Aaron overholds is going to be down there with Rosie this afternoon. I was kind of a funky little lie. Very unusual day for him. There's another birdie for Justin Rose as he checks out to 1500 more pro dog 9 holes remain. Look at 31 on the 7th. Over there at 315 to that bunker down the right hand side, fairway tilts aggressively left to right. I said another beautiful looking tee shot as long as it gets a nice straight bounce. And it sure did. Aaron finding the right section of that ferry, one of the hardest fairways on the golf course yesterday to. Hop forward. That is such a hard hole location to access with the way this fairway is pitched. He'll he'll do well to keep this on the same level as the flag, Steve. Get it. That 10th green is getting awfully firm did everything he could to bring that in high and soft. He's got a lesson like you get a lot of these seven to 10 footers for power around the South Course at times. Come on 27 straight holes coming into that 10th without a bogey and he keeps the street clean. Justin Rose impressive. As a quick tee pickup with that ball, I don't think it moved a yard either way, just a dead straight and absolutely pounded. Starts on a great line. Kurt walking after it too. I shouldn't be too bad as long as it stays on the upslope. That shouldn't be too bad. Ever so slight upslope which will help, but it's farther back. He's got to get this up quick. So that yesterday a lot of balls releasing further than the players were expecting out of these bunkers. Back to 13 and Justin Rose to get it back to 15 under. Continues to pop the ball so well, I'll be interested to see if he tries to draw it into this wind or started down the left hand side. This is so good. Anything it started down the left and peeled a little to the right. That is trusting your swing. Boy, all systems go right now for Justin Rose. Another great line about to shoot the low round again. Back to back low rounds for this guy. Just a couple of days for Justin Rose. Right now 16 under. Yeah, it's six under on the South. That's two better than the next. And back into that same breeze, though I felt on 17 way into and off the left now. This is starting up the left hand side might need a soft bounce. See if this hangs in there. Yep, that's what's good. Alright, so Justin Rose in good shape there at the par 518 as he tries to extend his lead here at the farmers as he can actually take the spin of this like this. From a distance standpoint, he's got such good distance control with his wedges and spin control as well. Not only do you have to have a ton of game to do that, you've got to have a lot of conviction to get you. You know, that's just a pro level shot from a player that's in a nice group with their golf swing, and you're seeing the result of that. What a well played 18th hole. What a well played 36 holes overall. That is the new scoring record here at the halfway point of the farmers insurance. Open Justin Rose balloons to 17 under par. He backs up his 62 on the North course with a 65 on the South. Yesterday, when you shot that 62, you and I were chatting and the fact that you wanted to make sure that you had tremendous focus coming off that low number yesterday. How would you describe the intent you had on the South course today? Yeah, I think you kind of know that the round can go either way on the South course. You know, I mean, obviously yesterday I could tell that all the good scores on the North. You knew that the South was going to be a bit of a grind, but it was. Again, it was such a perfect morning. I think early on it felt like if you could hit good shots you were at least going to be in the ball game, but you know it was a bit of a cat and mouse game. I felt like there were some pins. You just didn't have, you know, you just couldn't entertain. There was a lot of respect, even with wedges 9 irons to certain pins. And then I, you know, had those little few nice things that happened. Obviously, you know, got off to a good start. Birdie the third and then obviously hit that 7 wood into about 6 feet at the at the 6th hole, which kind of really got the round up and running and felt like I could get on the front foot. But I was really patient out there and kind of understood that there are only certain times you could be aggressive and other times you had to be aggressively defensive. And if you were kind of uncommitted, I would say on the South course, you know, yeah, you're going to be in trouble.