Justin Rose who has the torment of the masters of the masters handling

Hilton Head Island (USA), April 17 (AP) The further Justin Rose from Augusta National just made him realize how close he got to the masters. His phone kept buzzing on the way to Hilton Head Island, one text after another, all with the same message that applied his remarkable rally and offered commission and compassion for his runner -up to Rory McIlroy. Rose started the final seven shots from the lead, too far back to think about winning. He made a 20-foot bird-putt on the 18th for a 66. He was in a sudden death play-off match. He lost on a wonderful shot by McIlroy, who beat Gap Wedge up to 3 feet for Birdie. It was a lot to process. “A lot of outpouring of people with a lot of positive comments coming to me, so try to take it up and try to record the week,” Rose said at the RBC Heritage on Wednesday. “But at the same time, look at my phone and just wish there was another message.” This is a path he knows well. Rose had a two-hole lead in the 2017 Masters when Sergio Garcia-like McIlroy, a good friend-made a very unlikely rally to force a play-off game and beat Rose on the first extra hole. Rose was the day in the defeat in the 2017 defeat. He knew what it meant for a talented Spaniard who played 70 majors before winning. He was equally gracious on Sunday and told McIlroy when it was over, he was happy to see such an important opportunity of the Grand Slam career. It’s still hurt. He searched for the right words. Rose was proud of how he played to fit the low score of the finals with a 66 in one of the must-make moments in a major, he threw a bird on the last hole. There were many who went right. But there was no green jacket. “Just so … don’t know what the right word is,” he said. “Panted, probably by the thought of what could have been.” He joined Ben Hogan as the only player to lose a play -off match with the masters twice, and it may have stabbed Rose worse because both were his losses in sudden death. He now had at least part of the lead after 12 rounds at the Masters, fourth on the list behind Jack Nicklaus, 19, Arnold Palmer (18) and Gary Player, 12, who combined to win 13 green jackets. He has 23 wins worldwide, including a major at the US Open and an Olympic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. He has also been distinguishing a master’s champion at the 18th Green – Jordan Spieth in 2015, Garcia in 2017, McIlroy on Sunday for the past ten years. The last time he lost the masters in a play -off game, Rose said it was staying for about a month. Of course, he made a few bogeys he would like from the final on Sunday. This is true for everyone at any golf tournament. There is still the sting to see someone else win. Rose would rather look back on what followed after the loss of 2017. He won three more times that year, including his second World Golf Championship title. He won the FedEx the following year and rose to number 1 in the world for the first time. “When I look back at my best golf, 2017 August until the end of ’18 is probably the most consistent golf I’ve ever played,” Rose said. “It’s clear that I was a little more in my career, or you could reason more prime.” Rose, which became a teenager in 1998, will be 45 at the end of July. Rose can’t help but think how little it would for him to go to the PGA Championships at Quail Hollow next month with a shot on the Grand Slam career -briefly for the Sunday lead at Royal Troon, a play -off match at the Masters. At this stage, he completed his 28th year as a pro. “I’m close to some good stuff,” Rose said.