Justin Rose already eyeing 2025 Masters Tournament
The 11-time PGA Tour winner has his sights second on picking up Major silverware again
Justin Rose has already set his sights on next year’s Majors, with preparations underway for the first of the four, The Masters, in April.
Before that, Rose will tee it up at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in early November, but this week he returns to action at the BMW PGA Championship - his first start on European soil since finishing runner-up at The Open in July.
At Royal Troon, the former World No. 1 was in contention on the back nine, sharing the lead before Xander Schauffele surged ahead with a remarkable run of four birdies in six holes.
With that near-miss still fresh in his mind, the 2013 U.S. Open champion has already begun laying the groundwork for another shot at Major glory.
"It will be nice to have a good strong end to the season as I'm already thinking about the beginning of next year and my run-in to Augusta," Rose told Sky Sport.
"That's how I like to see things.
"But there's some big events along the way. The BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth is a real bucket-list event for me. I haven't won there before but I've been close.
"It's a home event and so that would be huge. I've got my mind very much on that.
"I still think I can go on and achieve some really great things."
Rose has already achieved a bucketload of ‘great things’ during a glistening career.
Alongside his Major Championship victory, the 44-year-old has claimed 11 DP World Tour titles, launched the Rose Ladies Series to create opportunities for women in the game and holds the record for the most PGA Tour wins by an Englishman with 11 titles.
Rose has aslo been a key figure in six European Ryder Cup teams, contributing to four victories. Now, with his competitive fire still burning, he's eager for a seventh appearance when Luke Donald’s European squad heads to Bethpage, New York, next September for the biennial contest.
"It's still probably my biggest goal and biggest aspiration to make that team," Rose added.
"It's a monumental goal because it would mean that so many other layers have gone well.
"Obviously I would be 45. It's still very doable and very possible but at the last Ryder Cup I was already the oldest player by six years on either team.
"It made you realise that I'm definitely stepping into a slightly different territory in my career here. But there's time to be vice-captain and who knows after that.
"I feel like the most important thing is that if you half a chance of playing, you have got to take it with both hands and give it all you've got."