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Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, right, greets Justin Rose, of England, after winning in a playoff after the final round the Masters golf tournament, Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Justin Rose kept hitting balls to stay loose at the tournament practice facility, all alone save for longtime caddie Mark Fulcher, everything eerily quiet around him while drama was unfolding elsewhere on Sunday at the Masters.
Rose had generated roars of his own down the stretch at Augusta National, the biggest of all coming at the 18th, when he rolled in a 20-footer for birdie and then looked to the heavens.