Getting your player ready...
Rose was the first alternate the last time the British Open was played at St. Andrews in 2005 — and waited on the practice tee from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. for someone to drop out, which didn’t happen. “That spurred me on,” Rose said Wednesday. “I just did not like the feeling. I wanted to be a part of it, felt I should be a part of it.” Two wins in the United States in the last six weeks guaranteed the Englishman will be playing in this Open. It’s his ninth appearance in the championship and his first at the Scottish course known as the “Home of Golf.”
The Associated Press
