Rose ready to launch another Open assault

Justin Rose was a 17-year-old amateur with no expectations when he somehow found a way to compete on the final day of the British Open.

He was 32 when he finally won his first major championship, outlasting Phil Mickelson two years ago in the US Open at Merion, outside of Philadelphia.

Now he is the No 5 player in the world and a contender almost every time he tees it up. That includes a final group pairing with Jordan Spieth in the Masters that didn't get him a green jacket but left him brimming with confidence coming into this Open at Chambers Bay, just south of Seattle.