PGA Championship 2026: Justin Rose rallies, says of iron switch: 'I won't be doing anything stupid'
Justin Rose went from barely making the cut to shooting 65 with his new irons in the third round of the PGA Championship
NEWPORT SQUARE, Pa. — Less than 24 hours ago, we—and by "we," I mean "I"—analyzed Justin Rose's iron game both before and after his change to McLaren following the Masters, and we found a pretty big discrepancy . A day later, it's a good thing I mentioned the possibility of a small sample size because Rose posted a 65 in the third round of the PGA Championship to move to two under and currently leads the entire field with three strokes gained in approach for the day.
Rose’s round, complete with five birdies on the front nine alone, punctuated a scorching early wave filled with more birdies than Aronimink had seen in the previous two rounds. Chris Kirk and Kristoffer Reitan also posted 65s). What changed?
Was it inevitable that his irons would click into gear, and that the narrative of him making some drastic, disastrous change to tank the sunset of Rose’s career was overblown? "I'm very confident. I'm very experienced.
I'm very curious. I'm very detail-oriented," Rose said on Saturday. "I won't be doing anything stupid.