Justin Rose clinched his
maiden major title to become the first Englishman for 43 years to win the US
Open.
The 32-year-old won by
two shots from now six-time runner-up Phil Mickelson and Jason Day on a
gripping final day.
Rose, also the first
Englishman to win a major since Nick Faldo in 1996, fired a level-par 70 to end
one over as overnight leader Mickelson carded 74.
As usual I stayed up and watched
the drama un-fold, and what a great feeling it was to finally see an Englishman
hold his nerve down the stretch and win a major, rather than doing the usual of
being there or thereabouts and then collapsing and finishing well out of it.
The two shots Rose hit into the 18th were Hogan-esque,
thought it was fitting that he hit his iron shot standing over the Hogan
plaque, his game has slowly been building to this over the last four or five
years winning Jack and Tiger’s tournaments, then the play-off event, then a
WGC, and now a major.
Must say I felt for Mickelson that’s
now six-times a bridesmaid, and that could be his last realistic chance to win
it.
Hopefully seeing Rose win will give
Donald, Poulter, Westwood etc. that extra bit of belief that they too can do
it.
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