Justin Rose Reveals What He Told Rory McIlroy After 2025 Masters Win
Despite losing the 2025 Masters, Justin Rose was thrilled for Rory McIlroy — and had kind words to share with the new winner.
'I just said, listen, this is a historic moment in golf, isn't it, someone who achieves the career Grand Slam,' Rose, 44, told CBS on Sunday, April 13. 'I just said it was pretty cool to be able to share that moment with him. Obviously, I wanted to be the bad guy today, but still, it's a momentous occasion for the game of golf.'
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Rose previously lost in sudden death to Sergio Garcia in 2017 and tied for second with Phil Mickelson two years before, where Jordan Spieth took home the award.
'But listen, to make the putt on 18, the one you dream about as a kid, to obviously give myself an opportunity and a chance was an unbelievable feeling,' Rose said. 'Obviously, I've been in this position before, 2017. It's definitely tough, but I bounced back pretty well from that, too. Went on to be World No. 1 after that, so I used it to my advantage.'
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He continued, 'Last two majors I've played, I've come up in second place, but it's exactly what I'm trying to do with my career at this stage, and it's more evidence that I'm doing some really good work.'
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Justin also shared his well-wishes for McIlroy via social media. 'I gave it everything….,' Justin wrote via X at the time. 'Congratulations @McIlroyRory on winning the @TheMasters and completing the Grand Slam.. very cool sharing the green with you in that moment… Thank you Team 🌹 as always for all the support during the week… We go again 👊🏻.'After his victory on Sunday, McIlroy, 35, shared a 13-second embrace with Justin's wife, Kate Rose. While hugging, Kate told McIlroy that she was 'really happy' for his win. (Kate and Justin, who tied the knot in 2006, share son Leo, 16, and daughter Charlotte, 13.)
McIlroy gushed that Sunday was 'the best day' of his golfing life. 'This is my 17th time here, and I [had] started to wonder if it would ever be my time,' McIlroy told reporters. 'What came out of me on the last green there in the playoff was at least 11 years, if not 14 years, of pent-up emotion. I got the job done.'
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Before McIlroy's win, Byrce DeChambeau shared that the Irish golfer was locked in on the game — and didn't have time to talk.
'[He] didn't talk to me once all day,'' DeChambeau, 31, said on Sunday of McIlroy. When DeChambeau was asked whether he tried to 'initiate conversation' with McIlroy, he replied per Golf.com, 'He wouldn't talk to me. … [McIlroy] was just like — just being focused, I guess. It's not me, though.'
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