Justin Rose recorded the first wire-to-wire win in San Diego’s PGA golf tournament in 71 years in romping to a seven-stroke victory over the weekend in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla.

In fact, the last wire-to-wire winner was Tommy Bolt in 1955, when the tournament was called the San Diego Open and was played at Mission Valley Country Club.

Rose took a six-stroke advantage into the last round Feb. 1 after leading each of the previous three days. He shot a final-round 70, giving him a seven-shot victory over Pierceson Coody, Si Woo Kim and Ryo Hisatsune.

Rose’s four-day total of 265 was 23 under par, breaking the record of 22 under shared by Tiger Woods (1999) and George Burns (1987).

Rose, a 45-year-old Englishman, is the oldest player to win the Farmers. He’s also the oldest player to win a PGA Tour event by at least six shots since Sam Snead in 1961.

As Rose approached the 18th green on the final day, he waved to the cheering crowd and pumped his fist after putting out for par on the last hole.

He took home a winning purse of $1.728 million and a trophy featuring a Torrey pine and a surfboard.

Rose also won the 2019 Farmers, and this victory made him the 10th multiple winner of the event.

“This has always been one of my favorite tournaments to come to,” Rose said, “whether it just be the San Diego area … or the golf course itself. … The views are spectacular. It’s the kind of place [where] you play on a day, on a week like this, you do stop to smell the roses. Sorry to throw that out.”

To see the complete final standings, go to bit.ly/3ZfHKXz.

This was the 74-year-old tournament’s last year under the Farmers Insurance banner after the company opted not to renew its title sponsorship after 17 editions. That and schedule changes the PGA Tour is expected to implement next year — possibly with some tournaments eliminated and others moved around the calendar — have raised questions about the event’s future.

But Marty Gorsich, chief executive of the local tournament, said he is “very confident” it will continue.

— San Diego Union-Tribune staff writer Jay Posner and La Jolla Light staff contributed to this report. ♦