10 things I learned from pros at the 2026 Masters
The keys to longevity, how to break out of a rut, and other key takeaways from another exciting week at Augusta National.
AUGUSTA, GA. — For the second consecutive Masters I’m writing one of these following a thrilling Rory McIlroy win . And for the second consecutive year, I’m in awe of Justin Rose.
At 45, surrounded once again by a leaderboard of players 10 and 15 years his junior, Rose was firmly in contention late on Sunday once again. It struck me along the way that Rose has the superpower that literally everyone wants. Longevity.
You can make a good argument that Rose is better now than he wa s in his younger years, and in an era where the field around him is stronger than ever before. He is, in many ways, golf’s answer to Nolan Ryan, who averaged more strikeouts per nine innings from ages 40 to 45 than he did from ages 25 to 30 and 30 to 35, with a near-identical ERA, despite the rise of the steroid era. How is Rose doing this?
And what can we learn from it? Adam Scott is among Rose’s peer group, and he, too, has the longevity superpower. As Rose had seized the lead on Masters Sunday, that’s what I asked him.
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