I liked the idea of putting another tournament on the schedule near the end of the year to give Justin Rose as good a chance as possible of winning the Race to Dubai... i missed the cut by a shot in 2011 but I loved the course. Justin Rose More Quotes by Justin Rose More Quotes From Justin Rose Got a bit tricky this afternoon, i didnt pay too much attention to this mornings scores. Saw a scoreboard at one points 9 (under), 8, 7s, 6s and I knew it was on. This golf course, if youre playing well, you can take it on and challenge it. ... If youre not 100 percent on your game, you have to play conservatively. Justin Rose sports The putter wasn't quite as warm today as it was yesterday. Took a bit of a day off, i felt like I had to have a day where I pieced everything together to win. Justin Rose top-news I didn't have my 'A' game this week, and to contend in a major with no game, really, I take the positive from that, i worked really hard to be in this situation with my game this week. Obviously didn't quite have it early, but did a brilliant job of hanging around. Justin Rose top-news At this point, theres not a lot to worry about, if youre one ahead, one behind, its a lot of golf to be played. But its the perfect spot after two days. Justin Rose sports There's a long way to go, and yet here and St. Andrews would probably be the two most iconic places to lift a bit of silver. Justin Rose sports My short game has been really, really strong this week, i've made a lot of putts inside ten feet. I've managed my game really well. I've missed it in the wrong spots. I've always given Justin Rose an opportunity to salvage something out of every hole I've played. And I haven't compounded any mistakes so far. Justin Rose sports Obviously a fun day of golf, i was three-under par, had a rough patch, had to scramble, work hard, keep my round together. Justin Rose sports I'm into a run of golf now. There's a block of work starting this week, there's no way to fake it around Bay Hill. The rough's pretty thick, generally greens are quite firm which requires pin-point iron shots. There are a lot of intimidating looking shots. Justin Rose sports It's never straightforward, is it, but I think that obviously we're here to support The European Tour, for me, I think I can only commend their vision in terms of growing the game of golf. Justin Rose sports Double-digits sounds really cool. Winning is never easy, when you've beat a class field on a great venue, that satisfies you as a player. It's a win-and-a-half mentally. Justin Rose sports The first six holes anything that could go wrong did go wrong, in the past I might have got a little rattled, a little shaken by that start but I didn't today. Justin Rose sports Three sixes on the card, I played great golf today, i was maybe close to shooting 63. When I messed up I messed up big, but I'm pleased with the way I responded to the doubles. I was happy with the way I played. Justin Rose sports Job was done today, it was nice to play a positive round and feel good so I can build on that hopefully going into the weekend. Justin Rose sports I think I missed only one fairway, so from the fairway I had some control of the ball, i hit a couple of poor shots, but a couple of miraculous up-and-downs kept the round going. Justin Rose sports This week was a big step in the right direction, taking the range game to the golf course, there is always a little bit of a lag effect, you know you see your progress on the range long before you see it on the golf course. Justin Rose sports I am delighted the way I played this week, i haven't played this venue in a while but to win on a golf course like Colonial I couldn't be more proud. Justin Rose sports I don't think I can just rest on my laurels and shoot even par tomorrow. I've got to go forward I think, i'm going to go out and just try to be doing what I've been doing that last few days and executing my shots and go from there. Justin Rose sports I'm happy with the way I played, it was nice to get going and to build up that lead. No one seemed to do too much behind me today so I felt like it was in my hands to get as far ahead as I could. Justin Rose sports I struggled toward the end, it was so hot out there I really felt I was battling the golf course and my concentration. Justin Rose sports I did a lot of good things today. The end of my round got a little scrappy but until the last three holes it was pretty flawless... about as good as I could play today. Justin Rose sports
