Justin Rose

Justin Rose could so easily have been the man to beat Rory McIlroy to the Green Jacket – coming from seven strokes behind on the final day to force a play-off at the 2025 Masters.

The 2013 US Open champion ultimately lost out to McIlroy's birdie and finished in second place at Augusta for the third time.

Rose also narrowly missed out on the Claret Jug at The 152nd Open having left it late to book his place. He ended the week sharing second place, two strokes behind Champion Golfer Xander Schauffele.

He had come through Final Qualifying at Burnham & Berrow to seal his spot and that evening made clear his belief he could compete for the Claret Jug.

His previous tie for second came at Carnoustie in the 2018 Championship – and that after surviving the halfway cut with nothing to spare.

It meant Rose had finally bettered his fourth place as a 17-year-old amateur at Royal Birkdale in 1998, the venue for The 154th Open in July.

In the decades since, Rose has celebrated victory in the US Open at Merion, where he beat Phil Mickelson and Jason Day by two, an Olympic gold medal, and five Ryder Cup victories. There were also five spells as world number one.

And although he missed his first 21 cuts as a professional he was the DP World Tour number one in 2007 and has also secured third-place finishes in both the US Open and PGA Championship.

He has won two World Golf Championships – the Cadillac Championship in 2012 and the 2017 HSBC Champions.

No English golfer has racked up more victories on the PGA TOUR than Rose's 13 – the most recent coming in record-breaking fashion at the Farmers Insurance Open in February. He also has 11 wins on the DP World Tour.