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Justin Rose says his whole family were in tears after fulfilling his late father’s dream and prediction by winning a Major.
Rose’s triumph in the US Open at Merion has been very emotional for the 32-year-old and his family. not
He lost his father and mentor Ken in 2002 to leukaemia and Rose welled up and looked to the heavens after his final-round level-par 70.
And he wasn’t the only one in his family crying.
When he spoke to his mother, Annie, back home in England, where she was with his pregnant sister Margi, Rose admitted they were in floods of tears as they chatted.
“I think my dad always believed that I was capable of this. He also did say when he was close to passing away, he kind of told my mum: ‘don’t worry, Justin will be okay. He’ll know what to do.’
“He kind of believed in me to be my own man. And I think that I took a lot of confidence from that.”
Rose’s victory was given added poignancy because it was Fathers’ Day, and he stared skyward immediately after holing out at 18.
He added: “I thought it was just a fitting time in which I could honour him by looking up.
“I felt like I sort of put into practice a lot of the lessons that he’s taught me, and I felt like I conducted myself in a way that he would be proud of, win or lose.
“I was 21 when he passed away and I always think about it as the time together we had was quality not quantity.
“I would rather have had 21 fantastic years with my dad than 40 years of a relationship that was you know, so-so.
“I have very fond memories of the way I grew up.
“My dad and I were lucky enough to spend a lot of quality time together learning to play the game, after school on the driving range, so I can look back at our life together with a lot of fondness.”
Justin Rose says his whole family were in tears after fulfilling his late father’s dream and prediction by winning a Major.
Rose’s triumph in the US Open at Merion has been very emotional for the 32-year-old and his family. not
He lost his father and mentor Ken in 2002 to leukaemia and Rose welled up and looked to the heavens after his final-round level-par 70.
And he wasn’t the only one in his family crying.
When he spoke to his mother, Annie, back home in England, where she was with his pregnant sister Margi, Rose admitted they were in floods of tears as they chatted.
“I think my dad always believed that I was capable of this. He also did say when he was close to passing away, he kind of told my mum: ‘don’t worry, Justin will be okay. He’ll know what to do.’
“He kind of believed in me to be my own man. And I think that I took a lot of confidence from that.”
Rose’s victory was given added poignancy because it was Fathers’ Day, and he stared skyward immediately after holing out at 18.
He added: “I thought it was just a fitting time in which I could honour him by looking up.
“I felt like I sort of put into practice a lot of the lessons that he’s taught me, and I felt like I conducted myself in a way that he would be proud of, win or lose.
“I was 21 when he passed away and I always think about it as the time together we had was quality not quantity.
“I would rather have had 21 fantastic years with my dad than 40 years of a relationship that was you know, so-so.
“I have very fond memories of the way I grew up.
“My dad and I were lucky enough to spend a lot of quality time together learning to play the game, after school on the driving range, so I can look back at our life together with a lot of fondness.”
