'I can't be too down' insists Rose

GOLF Justin Rose insisted he had “no regrets” after suffering a second agonising Masters play-off defeat.

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Eight years after losing out to Sergio Garcia at Augusta National, Rose was beaten on the first extra hole by Rory Mcllroy, who holed from short range for birdie after Rose’s attempt had narrowly missed.

“It hurts,” admitted Rose, whose 10th birdie of the day on the 18th hole in regulation had completed a superb closing 66.

“What are you going to do about it, though? I think I've already kicked on in my career when I finished second to Sergio here, played some of the best golf of my career, got to world number one.

“What do you choose to dwell on, you know what I mean? There's no point in being too despondent about it and you look at all the good stuff that got me into this situation.

“You can't skip through a career without a little bit of heartache. It's not going to happen. If you're willing to lift the big championships, you've to put yourself on the line.

“You have to risk feeling this way to get the reverse. It nets out.