Rose 避けるs any 事故s at 'gnarly' 挟む
SANDWICH, England, July 15 (Reuters) - Olympic 支持する/優勝者 Justin Rose made an error-解放する/自由な start to his 19th 試みる/企てる to 勝利,勝つ the British Open as he 地位,任命するd a three-under 67 at a 有望な and breezy 王室の St George's on Thursday.
Rose 選ぶd up three birdies and 避けるd any bogeys to position himself on the first page of the leaderboard -- three 発射s behind leader Louis Oosthuizen.
"I mean, playing 18 it wasn't lost on me that a bogey-解放する/自由な 一連の会議、交渉/完成する is pretty good around 王室の St George's," Rose, who was tied for second at Carnoustie in 2018, said.
"It's a gnarly ゴルフ course. It's playing 井戸/弁護士席 this year, it's playing fair, but there was definitely a nice 微風 to challenge us all day long.
"If you did 攻撃する,衝突する a loose ball off the tee or you mis-clubbed with an アイロンをかける, you were going to put yourself under 圧力, and I 吸収するd a lot of that sort of 圧力 today."
The 40-year-old matched the 一連の会議、交渉/完成するs of fellow Englishmen Danny Willett, Andy Sullivan and Jack 上級の on three under with Paul Casey a その上の 発射 流浪して.
No English player has won the Open since Nick Faldo in 1992 and Rose believes this year 申し込む/申し出s a real 適切な時期.
"権利 now I think it's probably as strong a chance as we've had, maybe even ever," Rose said.
"The 質 of ゴルフ that a lot of the guys are playing, Tommy (Fleetwood), Paul Casey, Poults, Matt Fitzpatrick, 明白に myself, they've had an 適切な時期 to 勝利,勝つ many majors with (物陰/風下) Westy (Westwood), and Poulter have had a couple looks at the Masters. Listen, the lads can do it.
"We've all grown up playing lots of links ゴルフ to be honest, it should be a style of ゴルフ that we all relish." (報告(する)/憶測ing by Martyn Herman Editing by Toby Davis)