Justin Rose focuses on winning the RBC Heritage this week at Hilton Head Island, but he would be lying if he said he is completely about what happened at the Augusta National Golf Club last weekend.
Rose was in dispute for his first green jacket of his masters career, and hit a deep Birdie putt in his 72nd hole in the tournament to finish 11 bass and press Rory Mcilroy.
Mcilroy lost his putt even in Green 18 to force a playoff, a position in Rose had been with Sergio García in 2017. Unfortunately for Rose, the result was the same.
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Rory Mcilroy and Justin Rose shake hands after a playoff at Green 18 during the final round of the Masters in the Augusta National Golf Club. (Peter Casey/Imagn images)
Just as Garcia did, Mcilroy defeated Rose in the Playoffs hole to complete his Grand Slam career by winning the 89th edition of the tournament.
Rose spoke with journalists on Wednesday at RBC Heritage.
“A lot of spill of people with many positive comments that come to me, so trying to absorb that, trying to absorb the week,” Rose said. “But, at the same time, looking at my phone and just wishing that there was a different message there.”
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When Rose fell against Mcilroy, his grace in the defeat was the same as golf fans saw when Garcia defeated Rose in 2017. Garcia recovered to tie Rose that year, and after taking him in the hole of the playoffs, they hugged Rose recognizing how much Garcia meant.
After Mcilroy got up from his knees after his green jacket selection putt, he approached Rose, and the two had a big hug. Rose knew how much the victory for Mcilroy’s career meant, who became the sixth golfer to complete a Grand Slam of his career.
But it was also Rose’s 20th Masters without winning a green jacket. He approached in the past, and after hitting that Putt Birdie to take a chance, he seemed ready for the jacket.
Justin Rose leaves with his partner, Kate, after placing the second place in a playoff in the Green 18 against Rory Mcilroy during the final round of the Masters in the Augusta National Golf Club. (Grace Smith/Imagn images)
In the Playoffs hole, he pressed Mcilroy twice with a great trip from T -shirt 18 in the middle of the street, and his approach shot took a look at Birdie.
But Mcilroy, with ice in his own veins, bombarded his impulse and put his approach inside two feet after turning it from the slope behind the hole. Rose took a look at his Birdie, but he snuggled too much to the right, and hit the par. Mcilroy did not miss this time.
“I don’t know what the right word is,” Rose said when he was asked to describe how he feels to look back in the Masters week. “Tormented, probably, for the idea of what it could have been.”
Rose’s golf career does not seem to be decreasing in the short term. He will turn 45 in July, and wants his own green jacket someday.
Justin Rose celebrates after putting for Birdie and finishing her round during the final round of the masters in the Augusta National Golf Club. (Kyle Terada/Imagn images)
For now, you will have to look forward, starting this week at Harbor Town Golf Links, where RBC Heritage has a $ 20 million bag.
The next important one will be the PGA Championship, which Rose has not won, in Quail Hollow next month.
