2020 Farmers Insurance Open: Marc Leishman Surges Past Rahm, McIlroy to Win

Marc Leishman cruised to victory in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego on Sunday.

Leishman caught fire in the final round, carding a seven-under 65 to finish at 15 under for the tournament. Jon Rahm was runner-up at 14 under, and the pair of Brandt Snedeker and Rory McIlroy tied for third at 12 under.

This is Leishman's fifth career PGA Tour victory and his first since the CIMB Classic in October 2018.

Farmers Insurance Open Leaderboard

1. Marc Leishman (-15)

2. Jon Rahm (-14)

T3. Brandt Snedeker (-12)

T3. Rory McIlroy (-12)

5. Tom Hoge (-11)

T6. Bubba Watson (-10)

T6. Patrick Reed (-10)

T6. Tony Finau (-10)

T9. Max Homa (-9)

T9. Patrick Rodgers (-9)

T9. Beau Hossler (-9)

T9. Charley Hoffman (-9)

T9. Tiger Woods (-9)

T9. Harry Higgs (-9)

Leishman's front nine set the tone. He opened with three birdies through his first four holes and made the turn at five under.

He was unable to maintain that pace on the back nine but did enough to keep Rahm at arm's reach. A birdie on No. 18 was particularly big as Rahm could have headed to the final tee only one shot behind after his birdie on No. 17.

Were it not for his dreadful performance off the tee, Leishman could have opened up an even wider lead on the rest of the field. He missed 11 of the 14 fairways Sunday, per PGATour.com.

Rahm cooled off after his seven-under third round was enough to put him into the lead through 54 holes. He bogeyed the first hole and then sent his tee shot well to the left on the par-three third hole. He needed three more shots just to get onto the green and settled for a double bogey.

A late run nearly helped him bridge the gap on Leishman. He had an eagle putt on the 18th green to force a playoff. He eagled the same hole in 2017 to cap off his title victory at Torrey Pines. History didn't repeat itself as Rahm birdied to bring his 2019 tournament to an end.

Tiger Woods put together another solid round but had too steep of a mountain to climb in order to chase down Leishman. He finished under par for the fourth straight day but was unable to card the kind of low score that would catapult him up the leaderboard.

Woods ended at nine under in a tie for ninth place.

The 15-time major champion was on the receiving end of arguably the tournament's biggest stroke of bad luck. His approach on No. 2 bounced into the cup and somehow bounced out.

Like Rahm, McIlroy had to dig himself out of an early hole after he was three over through four holes. A birdie on No. 5 and an eagle on No. 6 got him back to even par before back-to-back birdies to close out the front nine moved him to two under.

That momentum didn't carry over to what proved to be an up-and-down back nine. In the end, McIlroy ended Sunday where he started it.

Elsewhere in the Farmers Insurance Open, 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed and Tony Finau were among those tied for sixth at 10 under. Jason Day went three under to earn a share of 16th place.

Ryan Palmer will want to move on from the final round as quickly as possible. He was the leader through 36 holes and one shot back of Rahm for second place entering Sunday.

Palmer imploded with a five-over 77 to tumble down the leaderboard, slipping into a tie for 21st.

The PGA Tour's next stop is the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale. Rickie Fowler, who failed to make the cut this weekend, is the defending champion.