Rose optimistic, Day looks for ideal Masters

Players aim to make their mark in World Championships.

MIAMI: Reigning US Open champion Justin Rose said Tuesday the tendinitis problem in his right shoulder is easing while Australian Jason Day hopes his recent win in the WGC match play will help him break his major drought.

Both spoke ahead of Thursday’s start of the $9 million World Golf Championships Cadillac Championship at Doral, a key tune-up one month ahead of 2014’s first major event, the Masters.



Rose took last week off because of tendon problems that he says are not yet 100 percent sorted, but returns at Doral looking to match his win of two years ago.

“The tendon just gets angry if you do too much,” Rose said. “It’s very uneventful, but I just sort of have to be very meticulous and methodical in my warm-ups and icing down and just do that for probably the next month or so and I imagine I’ll be fine.”

Rose will play alongside Sergio Garcia and Zach Johnson off the first tee – one group in front of Tiger Woods, reigning Masters champion Adam Scott of Australia and Sweden’s Henrik Stenson.

Day, meanwhile, hopes for prime preparation ahead of Augusta National and next month’s Masters as he seeks a major breakthrough after four top-three major finishes without a win.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 6^th, 2014.

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