Rose was wayward off the tee but deadly accurate on the greens Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesNot only did Justin Rose surpass the new Tiger Woods on a day of intrigue, missteps and periodic brilliance by the California seaside but he also matched the old one. The Englishman’s round of 65 equalled the American idol’s record round at a Pebble Beach US Open dating back to his fabled demolition job of 2000. It also gave Rose the early lead by a stroke from a gaggle of players. Rose, whose 2013 US Open remains his solitary major, did it in unconventional fashion, hitting only half of the fairways but taking only 22 putts to polish off an unusually benign USGA set-up. You could almost hear the ticking of Machiavellian minds in the USGA war bunker after 39 players managed to get under…

Source: The Times June 14, 2019 07:18 UTC