Justin Rose

Roy 13 Nov,2018

Facts of Justin Rose

Birth Name
Justin Peter Rose
Nationality
English
Married to
Kate Phillips
Currently Married
Yes
Father
Ken Rose
Mother
Annie Rose
Children
Leo Rose, Lottie Rose

Contents:

Career & Net worth

Net Worth
$40 million

Relationship

Married to
Kate Phillips
Currently Married
Yes

Justin Rose is an English professional golfer who plays mostly on the PGA Tour. He is the gold medalist of the 2016 Summer Olympics men's individual tournament and has claimed various PGA Tour events and World Golf Championship events.

 

Golf has found financial success from his career in golf and currently leads a happy life with his wife and two children. He has amassed a massive wealth from his wins in the various golf tournaments.

Early Life of Justin Rose

Justin Peter Rose was born on 30 July 1980, in Johannesburg, South Africa. His parents Ken and Annie Rose were English and he moved to England at the age of five. He started playing golf at Tylney Park Golf club, near his then home in Hook, Hampshire.

At the age of 17, he played in the 1997 Walker Cup and a year later grew to prominence at the 1998 Open Championship with a fourth-place finish.

Professional Life of Justin Rose

Justin Rose turned professional after a successful run at the Open Championship. Rose struggled in the earlier years of his career with him missing first 21 consecutive events. It was only in 1999 that he was able to earn his first European Tour Card but he was unable to retain the card. Rose's turn in the spotlight came in 2001 when he opened the season with consecutive second-place finishes in South Africa.

Rose won his first professional event in 2002 at the Dunhill Championship in South Africa and added three more victories that year which included the Nashua Masters, the Crowns Tournament and Victor Chandler British Masters. He claimed his first PGA Tour card for 2004 as a non-member. He competed in the American PGA Tour for that year but still maintained his membership on the European PGA Tour.

Justin Rose won the 2006 Australian Masters, swinging to his first title after four years. Prior to achieving the title, he was not performing well in his career. In 2007, Rose climbed to the top 10 ranks in the world and spent over 35 weeks in the top-10 position. In 2011, Rose won the BMW Championship, which was his third career PGA Tour win.

In 2012, Justin Rose won his first World Golf Championship events at the WGC-Cadillac Championship winning with one stroke ahead of Bubba Watson. He made a 3rd place finish at the 2012 PGA Championship. He was a major player at the 2012 Ryder Cup where he defeated Phil Mickelson to help Europe dominate the first five matches of the series. Rose was also the player to defeat Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods in the 8-man Turkish Airlines World Golf.

Coming in second at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Justin Rose climb to the career-high ranking of third in the world rankings. Rose's first major championship victory was at the 2013 U.S. Open over Phil Mickelson and Jason Day. With the win, he became the first Englishman in 43 years to win the U.S. Open. Rose won the 2014 Quicken Loans National and Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open.

Rose's 2015 highlight was his second-place tie with Phil Mickelson and behind winner Jordan Spieth at the 2015 Masters Tournament. He was also able to claim his seventh PGA Tour title at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and won his eighth European Tour win at the UBS Hong Kong Open. Rose participated in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where he claimed the gold medal for the competition.

In October of 2017, Justin Rose won his second World Golf Championship event winning the WGC-HSBC Champions. He also won the Turkish Airlines Open in November of that very year. Rose defended his Turkish Airlines title on November 4, 2018, defeating Li Haotong.

Personal Life of Justin Rose

Justin Rose is married to Kate Phillips. His wife is a former international gymnast who he started seeing in 2000. He married Kate in December of 2006 and now has two children with Kate.

The couple first met each other in 2000 while his wife was working as an assistant at IMG. A graduate from the University of Sussex, Kate if a former international gymnast. Kate is now involved with Kate and Justin Rose Foundation established in 2009 which fights against the childhood hunger. She also owns a racehorse named ‘Master Merion’.

His first child is a son, Leo who was born in February of 2009 and his second child is a daughter born in January of 2012, who the couple named Lottie Rose

Net Worth of Justin Rose

Justin Rose has a long history in professional golf. Winner of various tour events and tournament, Rose has been able to maintain a huge financial success from his career. He has earned millions through prize winnings and has been endorsed by big brand deals like Rolex.

His net worth at present is estimated to be at $40 million. His personal assets like his house in Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Florida as well as his riverside flat in London suburb of Putney have been taken into account to analyze his net worth.

He also owns several cars like BMW, Maserati and many more.

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