Justin Rose put himself in position to win The Masters yet again on Sunday afternoon.
However, bogeys at 11 and 12 halted his progress and he ended up finishing in a tie for third place.
The 45-year-old Englishman has lost two playoffs at The Masters, and has two top-three finishes to his name at Augusta National as well.
Justin Rose clearly loves Augusta National and his fine play throughout the years at The Masters is evidence of that.
However, Rose came up just short once again at The Masters on Sunday as Rory McIlroy won his second green jacket.
The patrons at Augusta National love Justin Rose, and why wouldn’t they?
The Englishman oozes class, and his dedication to his craft is almost unrivalled.
Augusta National told to make rule change after Justin Rose fails to win The Masters
Rich Beem was a guest on the Sky Sports Golf Podcast on Monday, and he discussed Rose’s failure to get over the line at Augusta National once again.
Beem was asked what he made of the 2013 U.S. Open champion’s efforts to get his hands on a green jacket on Sunday.
“It’s heartbreaking to watch Justin Rose go through that,“ Beem said.
“There is a little bit of the Rory McIlroy dilemma 12 months ago, like, ‘are you ever gonna win this thing’?
“And I don’t care if he’s 45 or whatnot, Justin Rose is still one of the best in the game.
“Age is just a number for him, because he looks after himself, you know. Much has been made about the facilities that he travels with.
“I mean, he puts himself in the best possible position to win every tournament he tees it up in.
“When he drives down Magnolia Lane, it hits like, ‘Oh, my gosh, here we go again’.
“Augusta National should allow him to play for as long as he wants to, give him an honorary invite.
“I mean, he’s just, he’s so good for not only the game, but this tournament, in particular.“
It would be great to see Rose return to Augusta National for as long as he chooses to.
However, it’s highly unlikely that Augusta National will change their rules for someone just because they’ve had a hard time winning the tournament.
After all, they didn’t offer Greg Norman that privilege, did they?
The point Justin Rose felt uncomfortable on Sunday at The Masters
Beem noticed a point during Rose’s final round on Sunday at The Masters when things started to go wrong for him.
“There’s a scenario where you can want it so badly that it’s, it’s probably never gonna happen,“ Beem said.
“And I don’t say that it won’t happen for Justin Rose. There’s no doubt in my mind that he’ll figure out something next year to put himself in position.
“When he made the turn, and he backed off the second shot at 10, And then he backed off the second shot at 11.
“You could kind of sense there was something in there that he knew where he was at. He knows the position he’s at.
“He knows he’s got seven holes to go. How is he gonna figure out how to pull this off?
“For me, there was a sense of, like, he’s hesitating. He’s not continuing to charge, you know, down these fairways, like he did last year, making 10 birdies.
“He made five birdies on the front nine, and then…
“And again, nobody expected him to make five birdies on the second nine yesterday. But I felt like him backing off the shots on 10 and 11, there was something in there.
“It wasn’t the wind, it wasn’t that. There was something inside of him.
“And listen, to win any tournament is difficult when it means that much to you, but I think that somewhere internally, it was getting to him a little bit, as you would expect. I mean, he’s human.
“He’s awesome. I can’t say enough great things about Justin Rose. Love the guy to tears.
“And yet, you just kind of feel like there’s just something in there that will always be a doubt. The three runner ups, two losses in the playoff.
“That’s scar tissue, and we can’t sometimes get past the scar tissue.“
