Justin Rose focuses on the victory of the RBC inheritance this week on Hilton Head Island, but he would lie if he was saying that he was entirely on what happened to the Augusta National Golf Club last weekend.
Rose was in the running for his first green jacket in a career at the Masters, and he struck a deep Birdie putt on his 72nd tournament hole to finish 11 sous and exerted pressure on Rory McILroy.
McILroy missed his putt by the 18th green to force a playoff series, a pink position had been with Sergio Garcia in 2017. Unfortunately for Rose, the result was the same.
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Rory McILroy and Justin Rose serve his hand after a series of the 18th green eliminations in the Masters final at the Augusta National Golf Club. (Peter Casey / Imagn Images)
Just as Garcia did, McILroy beat Rose on the hole in the playoffs to finish his big slam in career by winning the 89th edition of the tournament.
Rose spoke with journalists on Wednesday at the RBC Heritage.
“Much outpouring people with a lot of positive comments coming, so trying to absorb this, trying to absorb the week,” said Rose. “But, at the same time, looking at my phone and just wishing that there is a different message there.”
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After McILroy rose from his knees after his green jacket putt, he approached rose and the two had a strong embrace. Rose knew how much the victory meant McILroy’s career, who became the sixth golfer to finish a big slam in a career.
But it was also the 20th Masters of Rose without winning a green jacket. He had come closer in the past, and after hitting this putt Birdie to give himself a chance, he seemed ready for the jacket.
Justin Rose leaves with his partner, Kate, after having finished second in eliminatory series on the 18th green against Rory Mcilroy in the Masters final at the Augusta National Golf Club. (Images Grace Smith / Imagn)
On the hole in the playoffs, he put pressure on McILroy twice with a large journey of the 18th tee in the middle of the fairway, and his approach gave him a glance at Birdie.
But McILroy, with ice in his own veins, bombed his journey and put his approach less than two feet after turning it from the slope behind the hole. Rose gave a look at his birdie, but he completed too far right, and he hit the outline. McILroy did not miss this time.
“I don’t know what the right word is,” said Rose when he asked him to describe how he feels looking back. “Tormented, probably, by the thought of what could have been.”
The rose golf career does not seem to slow down anytime soon. He will be 45 years old in July and he wants his own green jacket one day.
Justin Pink famous after having put Birdie and finished his round during the last round of the Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club. (Kyle Terada / Imagn images)
For the moment, he will have to look to the future, from this week at Harbor Town Golf Links, where RBC heritage has a $ 20 million handbag.
The next major will be the PGA championship, which Rose has never won, at Quail Hollow next month.
