Justin Rose Reveals Why He Turned Down LIV Golf to Chase Major Championships ⛳🔥
Justin Rose is living proof that chasing dreams can outweigh money 💰🏆. While many European legends like Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson, and Paul Casey joined LIV Golf in 2022, Rose stayed on the PGA Tour — and he explains why it was the best decision of his career.
At 45, Rose is still competing at the highest level, coming off a monumental victory at the $20 million FedEx St. Jude Championship, his 12th PGA Tour win. 🌟 He narrowly missed major glory in recent tournaments, including last year’s Open at Royal Troon and this year’s Masters playoff against Rory McIlroy, but he believes his career still has a late peak — an “Indian summer” of golf greatness.
In a revealing interview with No Laying Up, Rose opened up about why money wasn’t the deciding factor:
✅ LIV Golf wouldn’t have allowed him to compete in majors 🏌️
✅ He wanted to honor his childhood dream of major victories 🌟
✅ The PGA Tour’s competitive environment keeps him striving for excellence 💪
“I felt like I needed to believe in the 12-year-old me that wanted to win major championships and chase my dreams… With where I am trending, I am pretty happy with where I’m at and I think the dream is still alive.”
Rose is back in action this week at the BMW Championship, the second FedEx Cup playoff event, aiming to continue his late-career resurgence and chase even more major glory. ⛳
📺 Watch now to hear Justin Rose’s heartfelt explanation for turning down LIV Golf and why his competitive fire still burns brighter than ever!
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Justin Rose has reaffirmed that his relentless pursuit of major titles was the reason he chose to stay on the PGA Tour rather than joining LIIV Golf in the later stages of his career. While many of his European peers, including Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Henrik Stinson, and Paul Casey made the switch to the breakaway league in 2022. Rose declined the lucrative offer. His decision was rooted in a desire to protect his chances of fulfilling the childhood dream that began with his 2013 US Open triumph. Since then, Rose has come agonizingly close to further major glory, narrowly missing last year’s open at Royal Trune and losing in a playoff to Rory Mroy at this April’s Masters. Yet, his recent triumph at the $20 million FedEx St. Jude championship. His 12th PGA Tour victory reinforced at age 45 that he still possesses the ability to perform on golf’s biggest stages. The win also secured him a spot in what will be his seventh Ryder Cup, proving that his career is far from slowing down. Reflecting on his choice to stay on the PGA tour, Rose explained to no laying up. I had the opportunity and a lot of my friends have gone over there. I harbor no ill feeling for guys who have made that decision at certain times in their career. I just felt like I had more to give myself. I felt like I needed to believe in the 12-year-old me that wanted to win major championships and chase my dreams. Eliv didn’t offer me that at all. It didn’t offer me the opportunity to play in majors. I’m still not really guaranteed to be in majors forever. You got to earn your way in this game. That’s what I like about it. There is nothing given here. you have to earn everything and I felt like I needed that challenge and that environment to keep pushing me. I didn’t really have any business believing I could win a major again, but I truly do believe I can have that Indian summer to my career. To me, that is way more valuable than just putting a financial reward on it. It’s my golfing dreams. It’s the 12-year-old me. It’s like having a rhetorical conversation with the 12-year-old me and trying to justify why I would make that move. he wouldn’t have been too happy with it. With where I am trending, I am pretty happy with where I’m at and I think the dream is still alive. Rose will return to competition this week at the second FedEx Cup playoff event, the BMW Championship, where he will look to continue his late career resurgence.
