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ANNA WHITELEY WITH JUSTIN ROSE A few weeks ago on golfing world I had the pleasure of walking a hole with 2013 us open champion, Justin rose ahead of the bmw masters. With his consistency on the course at an all-time high, we caught up with him to hear his take on his 18th season on tour… Justin it’s really good to see you, there’s no doubt that this year has been a great season for you, capped off with a win in Hong Kong - when you look back on this year what are your overall thoughts? I would say consistency really. Actually I got off to a really poor start this season and prior to Augusta I struggled with my game and then it clicked into gear at the right time. When I was struggling with my game February/ March, I said to myself my year was going to be based around playing well April-September and I did a good job at turning it around and playing well in all the majors. But yeah, consistency from that point on and playing well in the majors is really what my whole season has been about. Is that often part of keeping things in perspective, by breaking down the season instead of looking at it as one chunk? Yeah if you look at it as 11 months it’s a long time, a lot can happen in 11 months, lots of ebbs and flows you’ll probably play yourself in and out of form several times in a season so its all about trying to peak. obviously the majors 12 | YOURCADDY MAG - ISSUE 06 come around in summer anyway thick and fast so you kind of want to be peaking and getting your game right but still staying fresh for the middle of the year. In golf you lose a lot more than you win so it’s all about how you manage the losses and keep the confidence going and I really came up against some hot players this year, Jordan at the Masters and Jason Day at the PGA, but if I can play the way I did this year at the majors next year and you get a little bit of luck and stuff like that then I feel like I can pick up another one. What for you do you find is the key to keeping up that consistency during the year? I think just doing all the right things. Take away as many of the variables as possible. Taking care of my training, my sleep, my recovery, keep on top of my technique and doing my drills and all of that stuff and really try to improve but without changing things - so you know, if you go into a season and you change too many things you don’t really know what was working or what isn’t. So, for me it’s all about real subtle tweaks I suppose rather than trying to make big overhauls in the game. Mentally when you’re approaching the ball at the moment do you have any regular swing thoughts that are really working for you? I’m trying to get a lot more into how I’m seeing a shot,