During his PGA Tour career, Justin Rose has shown that he loves to play at Muirfield Village. Can that propel him to victory at the Workday Charity Open?
When the announcement was made that Muirfield Village would host not just one but two events this summer, few could have been as excited as Justin Rose. Now, he hopes to carry those fond feelings into this week’s PGA Tour event, the Workday Charity Open.
To say that Rose has been successful at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village would be quite an understatement. The fact is that only the great Tiger Woods has been more successful at the central Ohio venue.
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Woods is not in the field this week, leaving Rose as one of the favorites to take home the title at the Workday, an event that was created by Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson and others to fill the void left in the PGA Tour schedule when the John Deere Classic was canceled. Rose certainly did not mind when a second event was added at Muirfield Village.
Rose won the 2010 Memorial at the course, beating Rickie Fowler and the rest of the field by three shots. He finished second in 2008 and 2015, the latter of which he lost to David Lingmerth in a playoff.
The Englishman is second in all-time earnings at the Memorial
In addition to his win and his two runner-ups, he has a total of seven top 10s in the event.
Not only does Rose have an affinity for the Muirfield Village course, he’s also entering this event in very good form. Since the PGA Tour restart, Rose has made a pair of starts and had his two best finishes of the season.
At the Charles Schwab Challenge, Rose finished in a tie for third place, a strong showing at Colonial Country Club. He followed that with a tie for 14th place at the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town.
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, which caused a nearly three-month break in the tour schedule, Rose had his struggles. In fact, in the four 2020 events that Rose played in prior to the pandemic, he missed the cut in three of them (Farmers Insurance Open, Honda Classic and the Arnold Palmer Invitational). His only cut made was at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera, where he tied for 56th.
The time off from playing seems to have worked for Rose, as his game now looks like it’s back on track. Combine that with the fact that he loves Muirfield Village and you get a recipe for a Rose victory in Ohio this weekend.