Justin Rose was the last man standing in the 113th US Open at the Merion after a tough final day and went on to win his
first major trophy after a long wait. Rose delivered 2 fantastic pars at 2 of the most exceedingly difficult holes in golf to put him one ahead of Phil Mickelson, leaving Rose the first Englishman to win the US Open since 1970 after failing to make a birdie on his last hole.
When Rose began the day two off the lead, he slipped to two over with Bogeys at the third and fifth, with a birdie at the long fourth. Six and seven showed superb results with a pair of birdies for each, propelling Rose into a much steadier footing on his way to the lead.
The
BBC explains how after Rose tapped his final putt and looked up to the sky with tears in his eyes, he later expressed of how his thoughts turned to his father and long-term mentor Ken, who died of leukaemia in 2002.
When presented with the trophy on the 18th green, Rose announced: "It wasn't lost on me that today was Father's Day. A lot of us come from great men and we have a responsibility to our children to show what a great man can be."
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