Rose is Rising for the Lead in the Masters

A feature article by an Alumbo member, Apr 19, 2008         

Summary: Englishman Justin Rose had a very good quality first round at the 2008 Masters in Augusta and joined a one shot advantage in the company of the South African Trevor Immelman, when they were equally four under after the first round. The two shot rounds of sixty eight which held off Brian Bateman, Brandt Snedeker and Lee Westwood.

 
Rose is; at this time; number nine in the world rankings and his led after the first round on two occasions once in 2004 where he ended up in22nd after a third round 81 and last year he finished in the fifth past after a double-bogeying the 17th when one behind winner Zach Johnson. This year he says he’s not going to count his chickens before they hatch. He feels that according to his age, 27, instead of gaining experience one must try to step up without over working yourself. I’m not to sure if that makes sense coming from the winner of the Order of Merit 2007. Rose fell to two over after four but managed a good comeback with a stunning run of four straight birdies from the short sixth just before getting further shots on the 12 and 13. Apparently he wasn’t conscious that it was six birdies in eight and said he was simply in the sector and that the golf course favors his game greatly and added that he has become a very good putter on fast greens hitting irons high and soft and has learned to be tolerant. His partner in the lead, Immelman, played a practice round around two weeks ago with Rose and Ian Poulter and recognized that his performance was a bolt from the blue taking into account his outcome so far this year. Immelman’s bad shape has to do with his early return to competition in January only six weeks after he had a surgical procedure to remove a non-cancerous tumor from his diaphragm. He made reference to his play as exasperating and very unsatisfactory but is slowly but surely getting back on track. As to some of the other players on the leader board, like England's Paul Casey, South African Retief Goosen and two-time champion Phil Mickelson, they were all only one shot down behind Rose and Immelman, for the time being world number one and five time champion, Tiger Woods, has made a great effort to get a good start but has strung together 12 successive pars, ended by bogeys on 13 and 14 and carded a level-par 72. Nonetheless, he chipped in for an eagle at the 15th to uphold his pursue for a 14th major title and his mission for the enchanted Grand Slam of all four major titles in a season. Woods stated that all thought the weather forecast for the remainder of the tournament does not seem to be of good favor, he is still hanging on no matter how hard it might get. We’ll just have to wait and see how each golfer performs on a daily basis as to who will come closer to be this year’s winner. About the Author Cindy Ferguson is a high-ranking sports writer for the Masters Championship in the sports betting industry. Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety on your site, make sure to leave all links in place and do not modify any of the content.

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