Rose buoyed by blossoming of Tour's young talent

At 35, Justin Rose is hardly an old man; it just seems that way when you check the world golf rankings and see the top three players have an average age of 25.

New world No 1, US phenom Jordan Spieth, is all of 22, his predecessor and No 2, Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, is 26 and Australia's Jason Day, the winner of this month's PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin, is a virtual veteran at 27.

Trend or fluke? Rose, the world No 5, can't decide.