Justin Rose is an extremely popular player wherever he plays in the world.
Rose will have the fans right behind him this week at Royal Birkdale during The Open Championship.
The 45-year-old Englishman deserves nothing more than another major on his mantelpiece.
Justin Rose has devoted his life to improving his golf game over the past 30 years, and The Open Championship this week may be his best chance of adding another major title to his trophy haul.
Interestingly, Rose chose to skip the Scottish Open ahead of The Open, so he has clearly been working very hard on his game behind the scenes.
It shouldn’t surprise anyone if the 2013 US Open champion wins this week.
He will certainly have the advantage of having the support of the fans this week in Southport.
Justin Rose makes comment about Brian Harman treatment
During Brian Harman’s Open Championship win in 2023, he received a tough time at Hoylake, with the fans giving him rough treatment throughout the week.
Fans grew tired of Harman’s slow play and were desperate for local hero Tommy Fleetwood to win his national open.
And Rose responded when asked on Tuesday whether fan behavior has deteriorated during his time in the game.
“Yeah, I haven’t noticed it at The Open to be fair, but maybe Brian Harman wasn’t perfectly treated last time around,“ Rose admitted.
“I think typically, what we love about The Open is the value of a good shot is very much respected here. You don’t have to hit it to three feet to get a round of applause. I think that’s what players really like, hitting a really good shot with a cross-wind to 15, 20 feet, the crowd really acknowledge that, and I think that’s one of the things we love the most about this tournament.
“Things have changed. Things have evolved. I think it’s access to all of us, access to social media, and obviously how every little thing out there becomes a little viral clip, and obviously that proliferates far and wide. Therefore, I think, people have access to how they’ve seen moments unfold on the golf course or other behaviours, crowds behaving, and it becomes the norm. Everything becomes normalised.
“I’m not really answering the question that well, but I think I think it’s just the way of the world at the moment for sure. Everything is much more accessible. People feel like they’re a lot more part of the moment and can influence the moment. We know about sports betting. We know about this whole other narrative, and people are coming much closer — more closely involved, I think, in the outcome.“
Justin Rose responds to The Open’s new code of conduct
The Open has released a new code of conduct for the fans at Royal Birkdale this week.
• Respect the Players.
• Respect the Links.
• Respect Each Other.
• Be Aware.
• Enjoy Responsibly.
Rose was asked whether he thinks the new code of conduct is a good thing.
“Yeah, I think it’s a good idea within reason,“ Rose said.
“I think we do want crowds to turn up in force. We want our game to be supported in the best possible way. We want people to come out and have a good time. I do think we have to accept that we are somewhat entertainers as well as part of the business side of golf.
“But at the same time, I think these biggest championships, you want them to be — you want the best player to come out of it, and you want sort of the structure of the tournament to be only decided upon who’s played the best golf, not sort of other moments and other factors that can kind of become more heated down the stretch.
“There can be storylines and narratives that can sort of come through the course of a week or that might be fan favourites or not that can kind of — down the stretch, there’s other factors that can come to the boil. Obviously for a historic major like this, it would be nice for it to just feel like it’s pretty neutral playing ground and decided by the best player on the day.
“So from that point of view, yeah, if we can keep it in that realm, I think it’s a great thing. I guess there’s player codes of conduct now too, in terms of two-shot penalties for whatever it might be, whatever is deemed to be bad behaviour. So I guess it’s across the board.“
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