Justin Rose

Justin Rose
Personal information
Full name	Justin Peter Rose
Born	30 July 1980 (1980-07-30) Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	179 lb (81 kg; 12.8 st)
Nationality	England
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S. London, England
Spouse	Kate (m. 2006)
Children	Leo (b. 2009), Charlotte Rose (b. 2012)
Career
Turned professional	1998
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour (joined 2003) European Tour (joined 1999)
Professional wins	10
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
European Tour	4
Japan Golf Tour	1
Sunshine Tour	1
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
Other	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T5: 2007
U.S. Open	T5: 2003
The Open Championship	T4: 1998
PGA Championship	T9: 2008
Achievements and awards
European Tour Order of Merit winner	2007

Justin Peter Rose (born 30 July 1980) is a South African-born English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour while keeping his membership on the European Tour. He won the 2007 Order of Merit on the European Tour and has previously been ranked inside the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking, with his best ranking being number six.

Early life and career

Rose was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and moved to the United Kingdom at the age of five.

Rose burst to prominence at The Open Championship in 1998. As a seventeen year old amateur he holed a dramatic shot from the rough for birdie on the 18th to finish tied for fourth. He turned professional the following week, but initially struggled badly, missing 21 cuts in a row.

Rose's career soon began to take off. He became established on the European Tour. He won his first professional event, the Dunhill Championship in South Africa, in 2002, and followed this up with three further victories in that year. In 2003, he reached number 33 in the Official World Golf Rankings. In 2004, he played mainly in America on the PGA Tour, while also maintaining his membership of the European Tour. He did not have a good year, and slipped out of the top 50 in the world rankings.

His ranking continued to fall in early 2005, and in March he announced that he was quitting the European Tour and concentrating on playing in the U.S. This had no apparent effect on his poor form, and by the middle of the year he had fallen out of the World Top 100. In August of that year he made an about face by announcing his intention to return to the European Tour. Later the same week he had his best result of the year, leading the Buick Championship after three rounds before slipping to a third place finish. One or two further good results followed late in the 2005 season, and he stayed on the PGA Tour after all.

In September 2006 at the Canadian Open, Rose led a PGA Tour tournament going into the final round for the first time. But slipped up with a final round 74 which moved him down the field. He went on to finish 2nd at the Valero Texas Open and finished 47th on the money list with US$1.629 million in prize money. In November 2006 he won the Australian Masters, to claim his first title for four years. His renewed consistency, including a top 5 finish at the 2007 Masters has seen him surpass his previous best world ranking, by reaching number 26 on 8 April 2007.

Rose lost in a playoff at the 2007 BMW PGA Championship, but moved into the top twenty of the World Rankings for the first time, and by October had reached a new career high of 12 and became the top ranked British golfer. Rose won the European Tour Order of Merit title for 2007 in a thrilling climax to the season at the Volvo Masters, which he won in a playoff on 4 November. His new world ranking of number 7 made him the top-ranked European golfer for the first time, and he subsequently moved up to sixth in the rankings. He has spent over 30 weeks in the top-10 since 2007.

Since the end of 2009 Canadian golf instructor Sean Foley coaches Rose.

In 2010, Rose had a third place at the Honda Classic, and then he broke through with a victory at the Memorial Tournament with a final round 66 to win by three strokes over Rickie Fowler. This was his first win on American soil. The next day, Rose had to try to qualify for the U.S. Open, along with runner up Rickie Fowler. Neither qualified which raised questions about the qualifications of the U.S. Open. In his first tournament start since his win, at the Travelers Championship two weeks later, Rose led by three shots entering the final round, but fell away to a tie for ninth. His good form continued in the following week's tournament however, where he led by four shots after three rounds, and shot a final-round even par 70 to win his second PGA Tour event – the AT&T National.

In March 2011, Rose had a chance to add to his two PGA Tour titles won in 2010, when he entered the final round at the Transitions Championship with a one stroke lead. However he shot a three-over-par 74, which included four consecutive bogeys in the middle of the round, to finish five shots behind the champion Gary Woodland. In September 2011, Rose won the BMW Championship, the third of the four FedEx Cup playoff events at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club. This was his first title of the year and third career PGA Tour win. Rose entered the week on the playoff bubble at 34th in the standings, knowing that he needed a good finish to make the final event at East Lake Golf Club. The win elevated him to 3rd in the standings and the position of knowing that if he won the Tour Championship he would be the FedEx champion. A flawless round of 63 on the opening day helped Rose to build a four stroke advantage going into the final round, and even though there was a late wobble with a bogey at the par five 15th, Rose recovered and won by two strokes from John Senden. Rose did not enjoy the same success at the Tour Championship though, when a second round 75 ended his chances of winning. He finished the tournament in a tie for 20th place and 5th on the overall FedEx Cup Standings.

Personal life

Rose married long-time girlfriend Kate Phillips, a British former international gymnast, in December 2006. They have a house in Lake Nona, Florida, and a riverside flat in the London suburb of Putney. Kate gave birth to their first child, a son named Leo, on 21 February 2009.

Amateur wins

• 1995 English Boys Stroke Play Championship Under 16, McGregor Trophy, English Boys Stroke Play Championship, Under 18, Carris Trophy
• 1997 St Andrews Links Trophy
• 1998 Peter McEvoy Trophy

Professional wins (10)

Legend FedEx Cup playoff event (1) Other PGA Tour (2)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	6 Jun 2010	Memorial Tournament	–18 (65–69–70–66=270)	3 strokes	Rickie Fowler
2	4 Jul 2010	AT&T National	–10 (69–64–67–70=270)	1 stroke	Ryan Moore
3	18 Sep 2011	BMW Championship	–13 (63–68–69–71=271)	2 strokes	John Senden

European Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	20 Jan 2002	Dunhill Championship	–20 (71–66–66–65=268)	2 strokes	Mark Foster, Retief Goosen, Martin Maritz
2	2 Jun 2002	Victor Chandler British Masters	–19 (70–69–65–65=269)	1 stroke	Ian Poulter
3	26 Nov 2006 (2007 European Tour)	MasterCard Masters (Co-sanctioned with PGA Tour of Australasia)	–12 (69–66–68–73=276)	2 strokes	Greg Chalmers, Richard Green
4	4 Nov 2007	Volvo Masters	–1 (70–68–71–74=283)	Playoff	Simon Dyson, Søren Kjeldsen

PGA Tour of Australasia (1)

• 2006 MasterCard Masters

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

• 2002 Nashua Masters

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

• 2002 The Crowns

Other wins (1)

• 2004 Bilt Skins (unofficial money event in India)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1998	1999
The Masters	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T4 LA	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	T39	T22	DNP	DNP	T5	T36	T20
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	T5	CUT	DNP	DNP	T10	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	T30	T22	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T12	T70	T13
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T23	CUT	CUT	DNP	T41	T12	T9	CUT

Tournament	2010	2011
The Masters	DNP	T11
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	T44
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

• Tournaments played: 31
• Wins: 0
• Top 10s: 5
• Top 25s: 12
• Missed cuts: 12
• Most consecutive cuts made: 6

Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Accenture Match Play Championship	DNP	R32	R64	DNP	DNP	QF	R64
Cadillac Championship	T46	T28	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T15
Bridgestone Invitational	5	T33	DNP	DNP	DNP	T2	T27

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012
Accenture Match Play Championship	R64	DNP	R32	R64
Cadillac Championship	T20	DNP	T42
Bridgestone Invitational	T29	T19	T33
HSBC Champions	DNP	DNP	T7

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1997
• Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1982

Professional

• World Cup (representing England): 2002, 2003, 2007, 2011
• Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2003 (winners), 2007 (winners)
• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2008

External links

• Official website
• Justin Rose at the PGA Tour official site
• Justin Rose at the European Tour official site
• Justin Rose at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Justin Rose at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Justin Rose at the Official World Golf Ranking official site