Justin Rose
Age: 37
Best result in 2018:
1st World Golf Championships and Fort Worth Invitational Best Open finish: T4 (1998) Major wins: 1
Strengths
Justin Rose and Carnoustie go together like Lennon and Mccartney. Carnoustie is Justin’s British Merion, where he won the 2013 US Open. Having worked with Justin for three years, including an Open Championship at Carnoustie in which we finished 12th (which he should have won opening with a 75), I can testify that he is the field’s most resilient player. With Team Rose, refining not just the physical but the mental, there will be few players who prep as well.
Weaknesses
No one has been screwed over more times by the draw, and thus weather, than Justin in the past 10 Opens. How this plays out mentally is important. For Rose, the perfect preparation, swing, numbers and yardage should all be rewarded by the perfect result. A reality at Augusta, sadly not at Carnoustie. When it lands on the ground he must let go and simply walk to the next shot.
Rating 5