MASTERS TOURNAMENT

April 13, 2025

Justin Rose

Quick Quotes

Q. Justin, thank you for taking the time to do this. Can you take any solace in the fact that you gave it every single thing that you had today and forced that playoff?

JUSTIN ROSE: Yeah, definitely can take solace in that. Today was an unbelievable round of golf. This weekend, in fact, if I look back at yesterday, played unbelievable golf yesterday and just putter went stone cold on me, and then today just really began to feel that confidence come back with the putter, which is unbelievable.

10 birdies on a golf course I thought was playing quite tricky, greens were firm and crusty, but with that came a few mistakes here and there.

But listen, to make the putt on 18, the one you dream about as a kid, to obviously give myself an opportunity and a chance was an unbelievable feeling. Obviously I've been in this position before, 2017. It's definitely tough, but I bounced back pretty well from that, too. Went on to be World No. 1 after that so I used it to my advantage.

Last two majors I've played I've come up in second place, but it's exactly what I'm trying to do with my career at this stage, and it's more evidence that I'm doing some really good work.

Q. There is no doubt that you are going to take this and move forward with it. You had a really nice moment with Rory McIlroy on the moment. I know you two go way back. What did you tell him?

JUSTIN ROSE: I just said, listen, this is a historic moment in golf, isn't it, someone who achieves the Career Grand Slam. I just said it was pretty cool to be able to share that moment with him. Obviously I wanted to be the bad guy today, but still, it's a momentous occasion for the game of golf.