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Rose weathers thorny start to claim 10th PGA Tour title
The world No 1 has described his victory as a 'win-and-a-half'
World No 1 Justin Rose described his victory as a “win-and-a-half” after carding a three-under-par 69 to beat Adam Scott by two shots at the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego on Sunday. The Englishman’s latest victory was his 10th on the PGA Tour, matching the tally of Spaniard Sergio Garcia and giving him one more than Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros. Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy (14) is the only European player with more wins on the Tour since 1945. “Double-digits sounds really cool. Winning is never easy,” Rose told Golf Channel. “When you’ve beat a class field on a great venue, that satisfies you as a player. It’s a win-and-a-half mentally.” Rose teed off with a three-shot lead but found himself just one clear after three early bogeys. “The first six holes, anything that could go wrong did go wrong,” Rose said. “In the past I might have got a little rattled, a little shaken by that start but I didn’t today. “Had a bit of a gut-check time on the seventh hole but I’d been play...
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