
Justin Rose’s message to Rory Mcilroy after 2025 masters spoke volumes about both.
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Justin Rose has known Rory Mcilroy for a long time.
The 44-year-old Englesh went back this weekend to Augusta National, and on his fiery Sunday loaded the leadership of 2025, placed it in the middle mcilroy, the green jacket and Grand Slam career. Rose began on the seventh day of Mcilroy’s superiority, but the combination of nerves is prevented by northern Irish and six nine rear birds saw Rose and Mcilroy go to a sudden play off with everything in line.
Both players stripped their shooting in the first hole of the Play off, No. 18 and Rose fasted his approach to 15 meters. Mcilroy responded by filling it in four legs, making pressure on the rose to roll in another middle -range blow. Rose’s point rolled toward the hole and looked good halfway there, but eventually lost low and left the hole.
This left the scene to Mcilroy, who wrapped the four -legged bird effort in the cup to Finally become a master champion. Mcilroy threw his bed in the air and knew as the emotions were flooded by him. After Mcilroy entered his feet, he hugged Roza and the Englishman, who now has lost masters In a sudden Play of death twice, offered a message to his friend.
“I just said, hear, this is a historic moment in Golf, isn’t it, someone who reaches the Grand Slam career,” Rose CBS ‘Amanda Balionis told after losing. “I just said it was very good to be able to share that moment with him. Of course, I wanted to be the bad guy today, but yet, it’s an important occasion for golf game.”
Rose opened the masters of 2025 with a seven-nine year. He held a 36 -holes before falling on Saturday.
But Rose emptied the tank to try and catch Mcilroy on Sunday. He made 10 birds and four bogeys to shoot 66 and push mcilroy on the eve. This included a 20-meter blow for Birdie in the 72nd hole to post 11 under and made the Mcilroy pressure descending.
After finishing the race in the 2024 open championship and this week in Masters, Rose leaves Augusta National, believing that his next big victory is on the horizon.
“But listen, to make Putt on the 18th, what you dream of as a child, obviously gave myself an opportunity and a chance was an incredible feeling,” Rose said. “Of course, I’ve been to this position before, 2017. Definitely is definitely difficult, but I was very well withdrawn from this, too. The world continued to be the number 1 after that, so I used it to my advantage.
“The last two diplomas I played, I have come out in second place, but it is exactly what I am trying to do with my career at this stage, and it is more evidence that I am doing a really good job.”
rose has seen mcilroy battle through A long drought of the long championship championship. He understands Mcilroy’s place in the history of the game and knows that Rory Mcilroy, Champion Masters, is a title that fits into a talent of all time. Rose has been one of the great Golf ambassadors for more than two decades. The trip he has passed over the past five years – from losing his game To refuse liv golf And the choice to rediscover its old shape – is the type of admirable attitude “dig it from dirt” that was built by professional golf.
Justin Rose would have been a worthy champion in the 2025 masters. On the contrary, he was again a bride.
But while Rose wanted to play Spoiler in Rory on Sunday, their hug and his words spoke volumes about the size of Mcilroy’s travel and achievement, while also saying a lot about the man who once again came out a short roll in Augusta National.