Justin Rose

At 44, one of golf's most likable players came within a putt of winning the 2025 Masters. There's still more to come.

- Brian Manzella

ENGLAND'S CURRENT GOLF ICON, Justin Rose, came agonizingly close to winning the 2025 Masters, falling to Rory McIlroy in a sudden-death playoff after a thrilling final-round 66 that featured 10 birdies (one shy of the single-round record). It was Rose's second Masters playoff loss, the first to Sergio García in 2017.