Justin Rose is as curious as anyone entering the Desert Classic.
The world No. 1 is in the midst of a remarkable run of consistency – he has just one finish outside the top 25 in the past 10 months – but he admits there are plenty of unknowns as he makes his 2019 debut.
For starters, he hasn’t played much golf. He teed it up in Indonesia in mid-December and barely touched a club through the end of the year, spoiling his plan to begin the year in Maui. Believing that he needed a few tournament rounds under his belt before heading to a difficult track like Torrey Pines, Rose added the Desert Classic and its guaranteed three rounds in dome-like conditions.