Justin Rose becomes McLaren Golf's first global ambassador, investor
Justin Rose and McLaren Golf have announced a new partnership through which Rose will serve as ambassador, partner and R&D collaborator.
Justin Rose and McLaren Golf announced a new partnership Monday. McLaren Golf McLaren Golf hasn’t officially launched , but it has its first Tour ambassador. On Monday, the new golf venture from the automotive and Formula 1 company unveiled world No.
5 Justin Rose as its first Tour staffer and investor. Rose will debut the clubs along with the McLaren papaya staff bag and logo mark on his chest at the PGA Tour’s Cadillac Championship this week. Rose will be putting the new clubs in play amid a resurgent stretch of his career.
The 45-year-old former world No. 1 has won twice on the PGA Tour since August and finished in the top-3 in the last two Masters . He leads the PGA Tour in greens in regulation this season and ranks seventh in Strokes Gained: Approach.
“From the beginning, this has been a passion project,” Rose said in a release. “I’ve had the opportunity to be involved from the outset — working with the team, testing the clubs and helping shape what they’ve become. That level of involvement, combined with the standards McLaren brings to everything they do, made this an easy decision for me.