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Justin Peter Rose (born 30 July 1980) is an English professional golfer. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and moved to the United Kingdom at the age of five.

Rose burst to prominence at The Open Championship in 1998. As a seventeen year old amateur he holed a dramatic shot from the fairway for birdie on the 18th to finish tied for fourth. He turned professional the following week, but initially struggled badly, missing 21 cuts in a row.

Rose's career soon began to take off, however, and he became established on the European Tour. He won his first professional event, the Dunhill Championship in South Africa, in 2002, and followed this up with three further victories in that year. In 2003, he reached number 33 in the Official World Golf Rankings. In 2004, he played mainly in America on the PGA Tour, while also maintaining his membership of the European Tour. He did not have a good year, and slipped out of the top 50 in the world rankings. His ranking continued to fall in early 2005, and in March he announced that he was quitting the European Tour and concentrating on playing in the U.S. This had no apparent effect on his poor form, and by the middle of the year he had fallen out of the World Top 100. In August of that year he made an about face by announcing his intention to return to the European Tour. Ironically later the same week he had his best result of the year, leading the Buick Championship after three rounds before slipping to a third place finish. One or two further good results followed late in the 2005 season, and he stayed on the PGA Tour after all.

In September 2006 at the Canadian Open, Rose led a PGA Tour tournament going into the final round for the first time . Unfortunately he let slip that lead with a final round 74 which moved him down the field. He went on to finish 2nd at the Disney Resort tournament and finished 47th on the money list with US$1.629 million in prize money. In November 2006 he won the Australian Masters, to claim his first title for four years. His renewed consistency has seen him surpass his previous best world ranking, by reaching number 31 on 11 March 2007.

• 2002 Dunhill Championship (European and Sunshine Tour), Nashua Masters (Sunshine Tour), Victor Chandler British Masters (European Tour), The Crowns Tournament (Japan Golf Tour)
• 2006 Australian Masters (European Tour (2007 season) and PGA Tour of Australasia)

Tournament	1998	1999
The Masters	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T4 LA	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	T39	T22	DNP	DNP	T5
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	T5	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	T30	T22	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T23	CUT	CUT	DNP	T41

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

• Justin Rose's official site
• Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
• Profile on the European Tour's official site
• Profile on the Sunshine Tour's official site