Masters 2026: Is Justin Rose — three times a runner-up — finally headed for a storybook finish at Augusta?
The 45-year-old Rose is back near the top of the leaderboard again heading into the weekend.
Justin Rose, of England, lines up a putt on the 13th hole during the second round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Friday, April 10, 2026, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUSTA, Ga. — If golf careers worked on a system of debits and credits, Justin Rose would be owed a Masters title any day now.
It’s not merely the three second-place finishes in the last 11 tournaments that suggests he deserves a better fate than the one he’s been given at Augusta National. It’s the way he has handled heartbreak. Always classy, always gracious, he does not make the journey to a green jacket seem like a life-or-death struggle.
He shows no signs of being tortured by playoff losses to Sergio Garcia in 2017 and Rory McIlroy last year. But golf, of course, does not work that way — just ask Greg Norman. At some point, trying to win this tournament becomes a race against time.
Rose, 45, may only have a small handful of chances remaining. And nobody is owed anything. “Of course I want to win this tournament,” Rose said Friday after shooting 69 to position himself near the top of the leaderboard heading into the weekend at 5-under.
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