Justin Rose
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| Personal Information | |
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| Birth | 30 July 1980 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.89 m) |
| Weight | 179 lb (82 kg) |
| Nationality |  England |
| Residence | Orlando, Florida London, England |
| Career | |
| Turned Pro | 1998 |
| Tours | PGA Tour (joined 2003) PGA European Tour (joined 1999) |
| Professional wins | 7 (European Tour: 4, Other: 3) |
| Best Results in Major Championships | |
| Masters | T5: 2007 |
| U.S. Open | T5: 2003 |
| British Open | T4: 1998 |
| PGA Championship | T12: 2007 |
| Awards | |
| European Tour Order of Merit | 2007 |
Justin Peter Rose (born 30 July 1980) is an English professional golfer.
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, however, and 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. Ironically 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 FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort 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.[1]
He 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,[2] and he has since moved up to sixth in the rankings.[3]
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.
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[edit] Amateur wins
- 1995 English Boys Stroke Play Championship, McGregor Trophy
- 1997 St Andrews Links Trophy
- 1998 Peter McEvoy Trophy
[edit] Professional wins (7)
European Tour (4)
- 2002 Dunhill Championship, Victor Chandler British Masters
- 2007 Australian Masters (co-sanctioned with PGA Tour of Australasia; 2006 calendar year, 2007 European Tour season), Volvo Masters
Sunshine Tour (1)
- 2002 Nashua Masters
Japan Golf Tour (1)
- 2002 The Crowns
Other (1)
- 2004 Bilt Skins (unofficial money event in India)
[edit] 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | T39 | T22 | DNP | DNP | T5 | T36 |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | T5 | CUT | DNP | DNP | T10 | CUT |
| The Open Championship | DNP | T30 | T22 | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | T12 | |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | T23 | CUT | CUT | DNP | T41 | T12 |
LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
[edit] Team appearances
[edit] Amateur
- Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1991
- Jacques Leglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1982
[edit] Professional
- World Cup (representing England): 2002, 2003, 2007
- Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2003 (winners), 2007 (winners)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Rankings boost for Augusta king, bbc.co.uk, 9 April 2007
- ^ Rose claims Order of Merit title, bbc.co.uk, 4 November 2007
- ^ Rose continues to climb rankingsbbc.co.uk, 10 December 2007
[edit] External links
- Justin Rose's official site
- Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
- Profile on the European Tour's official site
- Profile on the Sunshine Tour's official site
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