Justin Rose has gotten used to being the bridesmaid at Augusta. He’s not letting that heartache stop him
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Justin Rose has gotten used to being the bridesmaid at Augusta.
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Justin Rose has gotten used to being the bridesmaid at Augusta.
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He’s not letting that heartache stop him By Don Riddell, CNN Augusta, Georgia (CNN) — At the Masters this week, a thought stuck in the minds of the patrons: Surely, it’s Justin time.
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On a golf course where every hole is named after a flower, only one player bears the name of one, and none has been as close to full bloom at Augusta National as often as England’s Justin Rose.
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“At the Masters this week, a thought stuck in the minds of the patrons: Surely, it’s Justin time.”
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— Francesco Molinari (born 8 November 1982) is an Italian professional golfer. He won the 2018 Open Championship, his first and only major victory, and the first major won by an Italian professional gol…
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— The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply the Masters, or as the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four men's major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the fi…
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— Plebs is a British sitcom broadcast on ITV2. It was first broadcast in March 2013, and was produced by Tom Basden, Caroline Leddy, Sam Leifer and Teddy Leifer. It stars Tom Rosenthal, Ryan Sampson, Jo…
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“On a golf course where every hole is named after a flower, only one player bears the name of one, and none has been as close to full bloom at Augusta National as often as England’s Justin Rose.”
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— The 2025 Masters Tournament was the 89th edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of the men's four major golf championships held in 2025. The tournament was played from April 10–13 at Augusta …
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— The 2026 Masters Tournament is the 90th edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of the four men's major golf championships held in 2026. The tournament is being played from April 9–12 at Augus…
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— Justin Peter Rose (born 30 July 1980) is an English professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He has won …
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“Rose said of his 2025 playoff defeat to Rory McIlroy, recalling a surreal sense of déjà vu as he stood on the 18th green with a queasy ringside seat to an historic triumph, knowing that the roles could so easily have been reversed.”
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— Rory Daniel McIlroy (born 4 May 1989) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking and ha…
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— The 2025 Masters Tournament was the 89th edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of the men's four major golf championships held in 2025. The tournament was played from April 10–13 at Augusta …
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— The 2025 Players Championship was the 51st edition of The Players Championship (the 48th as a standalone tournament), held from March 13–16 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Rory McIlroy …
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“It was his second playoff defeat and his third runner-up finish at the Masters.”
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“Thanks to a quirk of Masters tradition, Rose’s name has been engraved onto the trophy three times as the runner-up, but he’s never held it.”
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“Only Rose and Ben Hogan have lost multiple playoffs at Augusta.”
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“Hogan, did, go on to win the tournament twice.”
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“He has led or co-led the tournament after a round 11 times throughout his career, behind only Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player, who won 13 green jackets between them.”
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“At the age of 45, Rose is playing in his 21st Masters, and after playing two rounds this week, he told CNN Sports that he isn’t feeling his age.”
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“Nobody has had to play more than 19 tournaments before finally winning it, and Rose is approaching the age of the tournament’s oldest champion, 46-year-old Nicklaus.”
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“In February, he destroyed the field by seven strokes to win the Farmers Insurance Open, and he’s finished second in two of his last five major tournaments.”
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“Rose has a resumé to be proud of – a US Open title, an Olympic gold medal, he’s topped the world rankings and helped the European team to five Ryder Cup wins.”
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“It’s 28 years now since Rose flirted with victory as a 17-year-old amateur at the Open Championship in 1998”
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“The story has been corrected to note that Ben Hogan did win the Masters.”
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