Justin Rose shows true colours after qualifying for The Open alongside Rory McIlroy
golf fans were in a of Justin Rose’s display of humility after qualifying to play the open alongside Rory mroy the open will have one more star in the mix this month after Justin Rose made the cut to feature in the fourth and final major of 2024 and he did it the hard way after having to earn his card through a qualifying competition not that it phased the veteran golf star rose 43 will be in the field for Rory melroy’s major comeback at Royal Trin come July 18th when the 52nd edition of the open gets underway and while some stars of the sport May scoff at the idea of having to come through a qualifier Rose was more than up to the task given what was at stake speaking after shooting 8 under at a qualifying event at burnam and Barrow Rose described his relationship with the open as a love story even though he’s yet to lift the Claret jug however his route into the field hasn’t dented his belief that is more than capable of doing just that there are moments where you just want to qualify for the open and I’m sure that might come in my career just to be in another open he told Sky Sports but I still feel like I can win the open so to win it you’ve got to be in it so that was key today to come here and get the job done and give myself that opportunity and that dream the open will start one month after mooy’s late capitulation at the US Open which saw him just miss out on his first major title in a decade he’s also expected to line up for the Genesis Scottish open one week before Royal TR hosts its first major in 8 years it was back in 2018 that Rose recorded a career best tie for second at KI where meloy was one of those who shared runner-up honors and the south africa-born star was also in the field the last time the open traveled to South Asia