SAN DIEGO _ On a day when nine players held or shared the lead at the Farmers Insurance Open, it was going to take something special for someone to break out of the pack.
Something like an eagle ... or two.
Jon Rahm, a 22-year-old rookie from Arizona State via Spain, rolled in an eagle putt at 13 to tie for the lead Sunday at Torrey Pines, and then cinched his first PGA Tour victory with a dramatic 61-foot putt for another eagle on the 18th hole.
Rahm shot the low round of the tournament (on the South Course), a 7-under 65, to finish with a 72-hole total of 13-under 275. He finished three shots ahead of Charles Howell III (68 on Sunday) and C.T. Pan (70). Torrey Pines High alum Pat Perez tied for fourth after a 70, and former SDSU standout J.J. Spaun was tied for ninth after a 70.
Spaun came to the 18th hole only one shot behind Rahm, one of his playing partners, but the ex-Aztec spun his third shot into the pond in front of the green and wound up with a double bogey. Rahm, meanwhile, put his second shot 61 feet above the hole and made the long downhill putt for eagle.
Earlier, Rahm made a 19-foot putt for eagle at 13. He began the day three shots behind co-leaders Patrick Rodgers and Brandt Snedeker and bogeyed his first hole, but rallied with birdies at 3, 5 and 11 before the eagle at 13 and another birdie at 17.
Rahm, who just turned 22 in November, became the youngest player to win this tournament. That distinction previously belonged to Phil Mickelson, who was also 22 but six months older when he won here in 1993. Rahm is the first player to make this tournament his maiden victory since Jay Don Blake in 1991, and just the fourth international player to win here, joining Gary Player, Jose Maria Olazabal and Jason Day.
Rahm was coached at Arizona State by Tim Mickelson, brother of Hall of Fame golfer Phil Mickelson. Tim Mickelson, formerly the coach at USD, resigned last summer and is now Rahm's agent.
