ANNA WHITELEY WITH JUSTIN ROSE
A few weeks ago on golfing world I had the pleasure of
walking a hole with 2013 us open champion, Justin rose
ahead of the bmw masters. With his consistency on the
course at an all-time high, we caught up with him to hear
his take on his 18th season on tour…
Justin it’s really good to see you, there’s no doubt
that this year has been a great season for you, capped
off with a win in Hong Kong - when you look back on
this year what are your overall thoughts?
I would say consistency really. Actually I got off to a really
poor start this season and prior to Augusta I struggled
with my game and then it clicked into gear at the right
time. When I was struggling with my game February/
March, I said to myself my year was going to be based
around playing well April-September and I did a good job
at turning it around and playing well in all the majors. But
yeah, consistency from that point on and playing well in
the majors is really what my whole season has been about.
Is that often part of keeping things in perspective, by
breaking down the season instead of looking at it as
one chunk?
Yeah if you look at it as 11 months it’s a long time, a lot
can happen in 11 months, lots of ebbs and flows you’ll
probably play yourself in and out of form several times in a
season so its all about trying to peak. obviously the majors
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come around in summer anyway thick and fast so you kind
of want to be peaking and getting your game right but still
staying fresh for the middle of the year. In golf you lose a
lot more than you win so it’s all about how you manage the
losses and keep the confidence going and I really came up
against some hot players this year, Jordan at the Masters
and Jason Day at the PGA, but if I can play the way I did
this year at the majors next year and you get a little bit of
luck and stuff like that then I feel like I can pick up another
one.
What for you do you find is the key to keeping up that
consistency during the year?
I think just doing all the right things. Take away as many
of the variables as possible. Taking care of my training,
my sleep, my recovery, keep on top of my technique and
doing my drills and all of that stuff and really try to improve
but without changing things - so you know, if you go into
a season and you change too many things you don’t really
know what was working or what isn’t. So, for me it’s all
about real subtle tweaks I suppose rather than trying to
make big overhauls in the game.
Mentally when you’re approaching the ball at the
moment do you have any regular swing thoughts that
are really working for you?
I’m trying to get a lot more into how I’m seeing a shot,