{"id":230060,"date":"2021-04-09T06:52:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T06:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/the-masters-2021-r1-justin-time-for-rose\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T08:35:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T08:35:12","slug":"the-masters-2021-r1-justin-time-for-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/the-masters-2021-r1-justin-time-for-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin time for Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

April 08-11
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
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When assessing the career of Justin Rose, one must pay special attention to two noteworthy\u00a0achievements -- winning the Gold Medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and three years earlier claiming his only major championship to date -- the U.S. Open at Merion. For many golfers such wins would be impressive but given the level of talent Rose has demonstrated on the world golf stage since his rousing hole-out at the final hole as a 17-year-old amateur at the 1999 Open Championship there's more work to be done.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Now at age 40 -- the Englishman is keenly aware the major championship spigot can easily go from a free flow to bone dry in no time at all. Rose is also aware that having only one major championship title to his name is clearly less than what his considerable talents should have produced by this point in his career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

During Thursday's opening round for the 85th Masters, he started in a rear-view direction-- two-over-par following the 7th hole. However, after a brilliant second shot at the par-5 8th, Rose holed the putt for an eagle. This jumpstarted the round and birdies followed at the 9th, 10th, 12th and 13th holes. A key to the round came with a lengthy par putt made at the 14th and Justin kept the momentum going with birdies at the 15th, 16th and 17th holes before finishing with a closing par at the 18th. In sum, Rose played the final 11 holes in 9-under for a superb 65 and the opening round lead by four shots\u00a0over Japan's Hideki Matsuyama and the USA's Brian Harman.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Eagle for the lead. 🦅

Hideki Matsuyama gets to -3.pic.twitter.com\/GR6FK7yvOJ<\/a><\/p>\r\n\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 8, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n