Justin Rose wins AT&T National

England’s Justin Rose closed with seven straight pars and held on to take his second PGA Tour title of the season at the AT&T National in Philadelphia.

Justin Rose
Fergus Bisset
By Fergus Bisset
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England's Justin Rose closed with seven straight pars and held on to take his second PGA Tour title of the season at the AT&T National in Philadelphia.

Rose began the final round four clear of the pack but a bogey on the first and a fast start from Charlie Wi meant his advantage was quickly reduced to just two.

But the Englishman struck back with a fabulous 4-wood shot to the par-5 9th that set up a tap-in eagle. It took Rose to 12-under-par and five shots clear of the field.

At that point the title looked destined to go to Rose. But, the 29-year-old quickly gave back the two shots he'd picked up as he three-putted both the 10th and 11th greens. He had to dig deep then and managed to grind out seven straight pars to stay a shot clear of Ryan Moore.

"It's never easy to close these things out, I'll tell you," said Rose who lost a three-shot lead going into the final round of last week's Travelers Championship. "I knew level par would get the job done today, every two-putt felt like hard work coming in."

With the victory, Rose moved to second on the FedEx Cup standings and into the top-20 on the Official World Golf Ranking. There are now eight players from Great Britain and Ireland in the top-20. Rose also secured a spot in the Open Championship at St Andrews through a special money list.

It was another disappointing tournament for Tiger Woods. He finished the week in a tie for 46th and failed to break par in any of the four rounds.

AT&T National Aronimink Golf Club, Pennsylvania Jul 1-4, purse $6,200,000, par 70

1    Justin Rose (Eng)        69    64    67    70    270    $1,116,000 2    Ryan Moore (USA)    67    70    69    65    271    $669,600 3    Jeff Overton (USA)    68    68    69    67    272    $421,600 4    Charlie Wi (Kor)        69    65    70    69    273    $297,600 5    J.B. Holmes (USA)    70    67    71    66    274    $248,000 6    Carl Pettersson (Swe)    67    72    65    71    275    $223,200 T7    Marc Leishman (Aus)    71    70    67    68    276    $199,950 T7    Nick Watney (USA)    66    71    70    69    276    $199,950 T9    Jason Day (Aus)        66    68    72    71    277    $173,600 T9    Vijay Singh (Fij)        71    70    67    69    277    $173,600

Note: Player score in bold signifies Titleist ball usage only

Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
Contributing Editor

Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly. 

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?

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