There’s plenty of golf left but consider Justin Rose’s approach shot from the pine needles on Augusta’s treacherous par-4 seventh hole the clubhouse leader for the highlight moment from this Masters Sunday.
Again, it’s early.
Drama is unfolding in real time. But, in case you missed it. Damn, what a shot.
You won't believe where this Justin Rose shot from the pine straw ends up on No. 7 🤯
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) April 12, 2026
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Rose tapped in for birdie, his third of the first nine at Augusta. The sequence pushed Rose into a three-way tie for second on the Masters leaderboard.
He then birdied the eighth hole, and when Cameron Young bogeyed the sixth and seventh, the lead was Rose’s alone at 11 under par.
Rose, 45, is a three-time Masters runner-up and the only player in tournament history to twice lose in a playoff (2017, 2025). He won the U.S. Open at Merion for his lone major title in 2013.