39 Quotes by Justin Rose

Obviously tomorrow I'm not going to think about winning; it's the halfway point. I'm not uncharted, it feels like I haven't been there in a while, and certainly to lead by four at the halfway stage is a little different.

I am disappointed, but at the 18th hole I gave the putt a chance. It just sort of missed on the high side, ... It was one of the few putts I got to the hole all day. I would never forgive myself if I left it short.

I am hoping I can turn my form around as it is a lifelong ambition of mine to represent Europe in the Ryder Cup. The first European Tour event I will play in is the South African Open, but in the meantime I will be trying to improve my world ranking as that's another way of qualifying.

I am still shell-shocked, to be honest. I felt in a great frame of mind, hit the ball beautifully on the range and just got off to a bad, bad start. Every minor mistake got punished. That's obviously what Augusta is all about. It bit back in a large way today.

I felt like I sort of mentally had to grind my way and fight my way back into it, ... I had to work hard, and I?m pretty pleased to come out on top still.

I felt like I was going along nicely until I got the bogey and double. That was a kick in the teeth. I had to regroup. I was very happy to only be two shots behind.

I feel like I'm hopefully really on the verge of breaking through here. It would make the last two years that I spent over here pointless to go back to Europe full time this year.

I think what I'm probably more pleased about than 12 birdies is the fact I've kept a bogey off my card.

It got pretty hot, so the ball was going a long way. I managed to pull back, leave the driver in the bag and put it in play.