In complete command of his Pro V1x golf ball, Justin Rose hit a field-best 82% greens in regulation at Torrey Pines on his way to a wire-to-wire, seven-shot victory, his 13th on the PGA TOUR.
Rose, the first player to hold the outright lead after all four rounds at this event since 1955, broke the 72-hole tournament scoring record with rounds of 62-65-68-70 (265) to finish the week at 23 under par.
Of his +8.673 strokes gained tee to green, over seven of them (+7.257) came on approach shots (on the three rounds tracked on Torrey Pines’ South Course).
He led the field with 26 birdies, including 10 of them during his bogey-free 62 on the North Course on Thursday.
JUSTIN ROSE REMAINS DIALLED WITH 2025 PRO V1x
Justin Rose has now won twice on the PGA TOUR since moving to his 2025 Pro V1x golf ball early last season at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
During a session on the range at Bay Hill, Rose, who had been playing a higher-spinning Pro V1x+ prototype, found more optimal spin numbers throughout the bag with ‘25 Pro V1x. He then brought it to the golf course, where he saw improved distance control and even better performance in the wind.
“It’s a great golf ball,” Rose said last summer. “I’ve kind of gone through the gears a little bit. I’ve gone from the lowest spinning end that Titleist makes to almost the highest spinning end. It is the perfect combination of high spin around the greens and that beautiful spin in my short irons. And then as I get towards the driver, the spin starts to come down for me. Maximum distance on the long end of the clubs, tons of spin with the short end of the game — so it gives me a lot of control everywhere.
“Links golf for example is all about flighting a golf ball. So in moments you want to have high spin, downwind or stopping on firm links turf, you need spin. And at other times you need to trust that you can take a little bit of spin off. Or if you’re making calculations into the wind, if you’re playing into a 10 mile per hour wind and in your head you go, ‘OK, this is going to take 20 to 25 yards off of the shot,’ you need to know that that spin rate’s consistent. Because if suddenly you drop spin, the wind isn’t going to affect the ball quite the same way. So having trust in your spin numbers is absolutely paramount in terms of playing in the wind.”
Rose has been playing a Titleist golf ball since switching from a competitive brand at the Open Championship in 2021.
“I have massively high demands of myself, and actually the way I try to operate with my swing at the moment is that I’m very, very, very precise with how I’m dealing with my baseline and my swing,” Rose said. “We’re kind of dealing with zeros, if I’m more than one degree out with my swing path, we’re making adjustments to that. So obviously if I’m dealing with a degree of tolerance, I want to make sure that there’s something on the other end of that swing that has zero tolerance as well. The ball is your ultimate teacher. What you do to it is what it does. It doesn’t have a mind of its own. It does what we tell it to do. That’s all you want from your golf ball. When you put the correct move on it, it does exactly what you want.”
FARMERS CHAMPION WINS WITH VOKEY WEDGES, SCOTTY CAMERON PUTTER
The winner of the Farmers Insurance Open gamed a setup that included his Pro V1x golf ball, three Vokey Design wedges and Scotty Cameron Phantom 5 putter, gaining more than 11 shots on the field (+11.746), with over eight shots tee to green (+8.181/2nd) and over three shots putting (+3.564/10th).
WITB | Farmers Insurance Open Champion
2025 Titleist Pro V1x golf ball
Vokey Design SM10 52.08F, SM10 56.08M, WedgeWorks 60.06K | True Temper Dynamic Gold S400
Scotty Cameron Phantom 5 tour prototype putter
CHAMPION KEEPS ROLLING WITH SCOTTY CAMERON PHANTOM 5 PUTTER
The winner of the Farmers Insurance Open led the field in putts per GIR (1.59) with his trusted Scotty Cameron Phantom 5 tour prototype putter. Over the three tracked rounds at Torry Pine’s South Course, he rolled in over 220 feet in putts (223 feet, 3 inches) while gaining over three shots on the field putting (+3.564/10th).
The Phantom 5 is the same putter that the 2013 U.S. Open Champion moved to in the summer of 2024, making a mid-tournament switch to the Scotty Cameron mallet from a competitive model at the Travelers Championship, where he gamed it for the first time in Round 3 and posted a 65-69 weekend in Hartford. His next start with the new putter was at Final Qualifying for the 152nd Open, where he shot 8 under over 36 holes at Burnham & Berrow to earn a spot at Troon, en route to his then-best major finish in six years (runner-up).
He first asked Scotty Cameron reps about the putter at the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst, having been drawn to the Phantom 5’s compact mallet head shape and the way it set up, square and flush to the ground.
FARMERS CHAMP WINS WITH SET OF VOKEY WEDGES
The Farmers Insurance Open champion once again brought three Vokey Design wedges to the winner’s circle: SM10 52.08F, 56.08M and WedgeWorks 60.06K.
Last season, the champion visited the Titleist Performance Center at Woburn to dial in his setup. When it came to addressing his short game, he worked with the Titleist team to find a matrix of wedges that felt comfortable and inspired confidence around the greens. One of the changes involved moving to an .06K Grind lob wedge, which delivered a familiar feel with its wider sole. The champion had played the narrower-soled WedgeWorks 60-degree L Grind lob wedge earlier this year, but he found the .06K delivered better performance from the sand and great feel across a variety of conditions.
The champion’s win makes it two wins in a row for players gaming a full set of Vokey Design wedges including an SM10 60.06K lob wedge, as the World No. 1 took home his 20th PGA TOUR title last week at The American Express.
VOKEY SM11 MOMENTUM CONTINUES AT TORREY PINES, LAKE NONA
NEW Vokey Design SM11 wedges were once again the top choice of PGA TOUR players this week at Torrey Pines, following their debut as the most played wedge last week at The American Express.
On Thursday at the Farmers Insurance Open, 165 NEW SM11 wedges went into play (incl. PW), more than any competitor’s total number of wedges.
Last week, in SM11’s first week of availability, 52 players in the AmEx field put at least one new SM11 right in the bag (149 total).
Among those making the move to NEW SM11’s this week at Torrey Pines were Cameron Young (48.10F, 52.12F, 56.14F @ 57, WedgeWorks 60K* @ 62) and the 2025 RSM Classic champion (46.10F, 50.08F, 56.10S, 60.04T), both of whom added full sets.
Overall, Vokey wedges accounted for 54% of the gap, sand and lob wedges (234) in play at Torrey Pines.
In the LPGA’s limited-field season-opening event, Lottie Woad (50.08F, 54.10S, WedgeWorks 58K*), the 2024 AIG Women’s Open and Olympic champion (44.10F, 48.10F @ 49, 54.10S @ 53.5, 58.08M @ 60) and the 2024 Portland Classic champion (48.10F, 54.08M, WedgeWorks 60L) made the immediate move to SM11.
LPGA
Event: Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (Lake Nona Golf & Country Club)
Winning score: 13-under 203 (tournament shortened to 54 holes)
Winning equipment: Vokey Design SM9 WedgeWorks 58T wedge
WORLD NO. 2 WINS WITH VOKEY T GRIND LOB WEDGE
The No. 2-ranked player in the Rolex Rankings brought her Vokey Design SM9 WedgeWorks 58T lob wedge to the winner’s circle on Sunday. There were more Vokey wedges (39) in play at Lake Nona than any other brand.
DP WORLD TOUR | Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship
Event: Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship (Royal GC)
Winner: Freddy Schott (17-under 271; Playoff)
Winning equipment: Titleist Pro V1 golf ball
Freddy Schott captured his first DP World Tour title by winning a three‑man, all-Titleist golf ball playoff.
Schott, who closed in 3-under 69, was in total control of his Pro V1 golf ball, gaining +8.64 strokes tee to green (8th) while hitting 81% greens in regulation.
Each of the first three DPWT events of 2026 have been won by Titleist golf ball players.
SCHOTT LEADS TOP-8 SWEEP FOR TITLEIST GOLF BALL PLAYERS
In earning his breakthrough DPWT title, Freddy Schott led a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 finish for Pro V1 and Pro V1x players at the top of the leaderboard in Bahrain.
That included last week’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic champion, who rallied with a Sunday 5-under 67 to reach 17-under and force a playoff.
In total, 106 players (77%) teed up a Titleist golf ball at Royal GC, more than six times the nearest competitor (16).
1. Freddy Schott (Pro V1)
T2. 2018 Masters champion (Pro V1x)
T2. Calum Hill (Pro V1x+ prototype)
T4. 2017 Masters champion (Pro V1x)
T4. Daniel Hillier (Pro V1)
6. Sixth-place finisher (Pro V1x)
T7. Grant Forrest (Pro V1)
T7. Nacho Elvira (Pro V1)
