Justin Rose says he is motivated by Phil Mickelson to proceed successful into his late 40s and is concentrating on a “golden summer” after successful the FedEx St Jude Championship.
Rose, 45, grew to become the oldest European to win on the PGA Tour within the trendy period after beating US Open champion JJ Spaun in a playoff.
The Englishman, whose final triumph got here in February 2023, is now second within the six-player listing of Crew Europe’s automated qualifiers for the Ryder Cup in September, reside on Sky Sports activities, so is ready to make a seventh look in golf’s well-known biannual occasion.
“There’s a pretty short list of guys that are competitive in that 45 to 50 sort of age range,” mentioned Rose.
“Clearly Phil Mickelson bucked the pattern. He gained a serious at 51. I really feel like that is good motivation.
“I nonetheless really feel like there may be that golden summer season of my profession obtainable to me. That is what I have been pushing for. Moments like getting shut at Troon after which clearly getting shut at Augusta, they’re indicators that it is attainable.
“This is another really, really, really important signal that I’m on the right track with my game, and actually maybe even getting a little bit better at the moment.”
Rose’s solely main victory got here on the 2013 US Open however he has since completed runner-up on the Masters thrice, together with in April this 12 months in a dramatic playoff defeat to Rory McIlroy, and is just the second golfer to lose two Masters playoffs in his profession – the opposite being Ben Hogan in 1942 and 1954. He has additionally twice been second at The Open in 2018 and 2024.
Ought to Rose win a serious after 2026, he would develop into the oldest European to win certainly one of golf’s 4 greatest occasions, and he’s “excited” to see how the latter phases of his profession develop.
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“Will I ever be the best player that I was when I was maybe 2018 No 1 in the world? I don’t know, but I don’t have to be, I don’t think, as long as I can find it at the key times,” he mentioned.
“I’ve been able to do that, I’ve shown good signs, I think. But winning is winning. I think proving that to yourself, even though I’ve come close and I felt good in contention, getting over the line is still difficult, and obviously I’ve won, like, twice in six years now, but this one felt good.
“I felt like I needed to hit the photographs, I needed to step up many times and once more within the playoff. I felt prepared for it. I felt calm. I felt collected. I feel that is if you be taught most about your self.”
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Rose displays after producing a sensational end on the FedEx St Jude Championship
Howell: Rose pretty much as good as anybody in massive moments
Sky Sports activities Golf’s David Howell:
“Rose was special when he came on the tour at 17 years old, finishing fourth at The Open. He had it from the word go.
“He is stored it going for one of the best a part of three a long time, which is outstanding, and he has unbelievable perception in his personal skills, when it actually issues.
“He realises he wasn’t going to be as constant on this interval of his profession in comparison with 10 years in the past however within the massive moments, he is received it simply in addition to anybody else.
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Rose made 4 birdies in a row to drive a play off with JJ Spaun on the St Jude Championship
“Justin wants another major. He wants the Masters. That’s the tournament which has broken his heart.
“It will give him one other increase to make him suppose ‘perhaps I’ve received one other few good years at this’ and to go ‘why cannot I win in my 50s’. Phil Mickelson gained in his 50s.
“We will see some great stuff from Justin over the next few years and he will have a great Ryder Cup next month.”
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