Justin Rose makes 24-year history with top-10 finishes at PGA Championship, Masters

Aaron Rai won the PGA Championship on Sunday, the first Englishman to win the title since 1919. But another British player made his mark on Sunday, finishing in the top-10 once again. After falling just short of a win at the Masters, Justin Rose returned to Philadelphia for the PGA Championship. He won the 2013 US Open at Merion in Philly, and the city met him with brotherly love again.

“Justin Rose is the first player age 45 or older with multiple top-10 finishes in majors in the same year since Scott Hoch in 2002,” Justin Ray of TwentyFirst Group reported. “Rose is the first player age 45 or older to finish in the top-10 in a season’s FIRST 2 majors since Jack Nicklaus in 1986.”

Hoch was 47 years old in 2002 when he finished T5 at the US Open at Bethpage and T8 at the Open Championship at Muirfield. That finish was his last time inside the top-50 at a major championship, with his major career ending in 2004.

Nicklaus won the 1986 Masters at 46 years old and followed it up with a T8 at the US Open at Shinnecock Hills. That was the 18th and final major championship win for the Golden Bear, and he only had three top-tens after that US Open.

Rose has six top-ten finishes in major championships since 2023, including close calls at each of the last two Masters. In 2025, he lost a sudden-death playoff to Rory McIlroy on the first hole, making a par to the champion’s birdie. In 2026, he held a two-shot lead on Sunday, but made bogeys on 10, 11, and 17 to hand it to McIlroy.

This PGA Championship was not his closest call, as a Friday 73 crushed his chances. But he battled back with two under-par rounds on the weekend to jump into the top ten.

Rose will look for his second US Open title at Shinnecock Hills next month.

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