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Justin Rose ended England's 17-year major drought as he held his nerve to clinch a magnificent victory in the 113th US Open at Merion - his maiden major triumph.
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• 1970 US Open winner leads the tributes• I feel like I did Ben Hogan justice, says RoseTony Jacklin praised Justin Rose's courage after watching him become the first Englishman to win a major championship for 17 years. The two-shot win at Merion was the first English triumph in a major since Nick Faldo won the Masters in 1996 and the first in the US Open since Jacklin himself claimed the...
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Justin Rose looked up to the heavens and put his finger to his mouth, as if to say "not yet, Dad". He didn't need to wait long to become the US Open champion and England's first major champion in 17 years.
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How could it have been any other way? A US Open that reached out to the past was won by a player who hit his approach to the last standing a metre from the Hogan plaque. The ball almost hit the pin, so true was the strike. Perhaps the spirit of old Ben had one hand on the club of Justin Rose, the last man standing in an epic finale.
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• Rose wins by two shots from Mickelson at Merion• First English major champion for 17 yearsSometimes professional sport hands its greatest prizes to those who fully deserve them – and in the most emotional of circumstances.Justin Rose's life and career suffered a cruel blow in 2002 when his father, Ken, died from leukaemia at 57. On Father's Day at Merion's East Course Rose supplied the...
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The newly crowned US Open champion admits he can now reflect on a 'traumatic start' to his professional careerJustin Rose awoke in Pennsylvania on Monday morning as the third-ranked player in the world, a major winner and a history maker.On a July Sunday at Royal Birkdale in 1998 it would have seemed inconceivable that Rose would wait 15 years for such prominence. Memories of the fresh-faced...
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ENGLISHMAN’S lifelong love affair with the Majors enjoyed a fairytale ending as he claimed the US Open crown in style
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How could it have been any other way? A US Open that reached out to the past was won by a player who hit his approach to the last standing a metre from the Hogan plaque. The ball almost hit the pin, so true was the strike. Perhaps the spirit of old Ben had one hand on the club of Justin Rose, the last man standing in an epic finale.
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Fifteen years ago, a fresh-faced 17-year-old in a baggy red jumper introduced himself to the golfing world with a quite immaculate chip at Royal Birkdale. On Sunday he won the US Open. Meet Justin Rose.
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It wasn’t quite the wait for a British winner of the Tour de France, or for a British grand slam tennis champion. It wasn’t even the gap between Ashes wins.
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