Justin Rose's magical eagle likely gets him to PGA Championship weekend
Golfer Justin Rose was facing a missed cut at the PGA Championship until a 'magical' eagle on his final hole saved his tournament.
For nearly a decade, Justin Rose had made a habit of surviving the PGA Championship . Seven straight cuts. Six finishes inside the top 20.
Quiet consistency, the kind that keeps a name on leaderboards and in contention long after flashier starts fade. That run finally snapped a year ago at Quail Hollow, but as he arrived at Aronimink, Rose wasn’t interested in starting over. By late Friday afternoon, though, he was staring down exactly that possibility.
The Englishman’s second round had unraveled early, a stretch that saw two bogeys and two doubles pile up before he ever found a rhythm. By the time Rose reached his final hole, he stood at 5 over — outside a cut line projected to land somewhere around 3 or 4 over par. It was, in all likelihood, the wrong side of the number.
And then, in an instant, everything changed. Faced with a must-make moment, Rose reached for experience and produced a flash of brilliance. A delicate chip, perfectly judged, dropped for eagle.