PGA Championship: Top 10 power rankings at Bethpage Black

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FARMINGDALE, NY – AUGUST 28: Justin Rose of England walks on the fifth hole during the final round of The Barclays in the PGA Tour FedExCup Play-Offs on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park on August 28, 2016 in Farmingdale, New York. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

One of the surprises of the Masters was the machine-like Justin Rose missing the cut.

It was an off week for the 38-year-old Englishman, but he bounced back for solo third at the Wells Fargo Championship two weeks ago.

“So I kind of had to re — had to refocus a little bit after Augusta, but still didn’t really play great this week,” Rose said at the Wells Fargo. “Really struggled with my long game and couldn’t hit a fairway it felt like. Every swing felt a bit of a fight and a battle. But that’s why I’m really pleased with the result. My short game was awesome. Putted it really, really well, scrambled well, hung in there well. Mentally stayed with it. All of those things. I really kind of built — I felt it was a good hard-working week and to get a decent result out of it is pleasing.”

Rose has four top-10s in eight starts worldwide in 2019 including his win at another major championship venue, Torrey Pines.

His history at Bethpage shows a missed cut at the 2009 U.S. Open (73-75), T46 at the 2012 Barclays (67-72-79-68) and T31 at the 2016 Barclays (73-70-70-71).

Rose is fourth on Tour in overall strokes gained and in the positive in all categories. He mentioned a struggling long game, and is 91st in approach from 200-plus yards, but he’s also third from 175-200 and 13th in overall SG approach. That’s in part due to great wedge work.

Even if he falls short of winning his second major championship, the 2013 U.S. Open Championship should at least have a better showing than Augusta.

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