ROSE WINS THE CADILLAC

. No comments.

Justin Rose overcame a host of different challenges to win what turned out to be his most important and biggest win of the career, the WGC Cadillac Championship. He scored a closing round of seventy for a sixteen under par total which gave Justin Rose his very fifth European Tour title at the World Golf Championships.

The thirty one year old had to get past the likes of Bubba Watson (he beat him by a mere stroke) and Rory Mcilroy (he beat the current World number one by two strokes) to win this much coveted tournament. This win saw him climb back to the top ten in World Rankings – he now occupies the seventh spot in the World Rankings and hence must be a very satisfied and happy man.

A bogey at the very last made Rose wait nervously as Watson hit his second shot within nine feet of the hole. This put a lot of pressure and tension on Rose but then Watson’s birdie putt slid past the hole by a slight distance and hence Justin Rose could breathe normally again. This title win has given him and his confidence a huge boost as his hopes of winning a position in the Ryder Cup have been rekindled with an excellent performance in this tournament. He missed out on the very prestigious 2020 contest which was held at the Celtic Manor Resort and hence is all the more desperate to play in the Ryder Cup.

In the post match conference, Justin Rose commented saying that he has put in a lot of effort in his game of golf which is now paying off in terms of trophies and rankings. But he admitted to the fact that he was sweating was nervous with Bubba’s two shots to eighteen. You can see highlights of Justin round on the official Cadillac Invitational website (we’re not allowed to publish them here sadly, though you can go here for more golf videos)

He said that moments of victory are very sweet and rare and must be savoured and enjoyed for they are far and far between as a sportsman. He said that his son always asks him if he has won any tournament but then most of the time he has to disappoint him with a no. now for a change he can go back home and tell his son that he actually won a trophy. Justin Rose has come a long way and all his hard work are starting to pay off as he is winning trophies and slowly climbing up the rankings. Let’s see how he can convert this good form into a prolonged performance.

ROSE NETS SENSATIONAL WIN

. No comments.

South African born English golfer Justin Rose managed to pull off a sensational win in the last round of the World Golf Championship: Cadillac Championships at Doral, Miami in the United States of America, hitting a two under par 70 that was enough to take over the leader Bubba Watson and hand him the crown, on a day filled with drama which also saw former world number one Tiger Woods withdraw with an injury. This was Rose’s 10th global title and his very first World Golf Championship win in one of its most prestigious events.

His round of two under included four birdies as well as two bogeys and gave him a total of 16 under 272. Although he had to start out the day behind Bubba Watson, who had a three shot lead at the start of the play managed to squander it with a three over on the front nine. In spite of that, Watson had the chance to force a playoff round with Justin Rose with a birdie in the 72nd hole but he failed to do that when his shot was fired out of the rough to inside 10 feet without making the putt handing Rose the title.

Rose, who had not come this far in an elite event throughout his professional career was visibly pleased at being able to triumph over the likes of Rory McIlroy, the world number one, Bubba Watson, former world number one Luke Donald as well as world number three Lee Westwood and he deserved all the accolades that he received.

Justin Rose will next tee off at the Masters that is slated to begin in the first week of April, after playing in the Transitions Championships and with his confidence sky high at the moment, the likes of McIlroy and Donald should be careful of their compatriot in the Masters.

ROSE FALLS AT THE FIRST

. No comments.

Justin Rose lost to Paul Lawrie in the final hole of a tightly fought contest between the two in the very first round of the Accenture World Match Play which is being held in Arizona. Paul Lawrie produced a brilliant shot in the final hole to defeat Justin Rose which he himself described as the best he has hit throughout the year. The shot was a great one and it took everyone by surprise. Paul Lawrie himself didn’t expect the ball to go in but that is the beauty of his stroke.

The defeat was a bad one and a crunching one for Justin Rose for he fought bravely over a back nine where he was down and out on more than one occasion but then was finally beaten because of his opponents brilliant strokes. On the last hole he needed to hole his stroke from inside a bunker in order to extend the match but failed. He came very close, but he shaved the hole and didn’t quite make it. That indeed was heartbreaking for Justin Rose as he came very close to extending the match and giving himself another chance but it was not to be. Eventually Paul Lawrie won the match and deservingly so with a beautiful and surprising stroke.

Justin Rose found a very tough opponent in Paul Lawrie and nothing seemed to be going his way in the match which was eventually won by the later player. Justin Rose lost not because of his shortcomings but because of the brilliant shots played by his opponent. That’s the beauty of the game. You can play badly and still win a match or you can play beautifully and still end up losing. This is what makes this format of the game so unpredictable and exciting.