Justin Rose caps off superb Open round with long-range birdie bomb on 18

Englishman Justin Rose is in the mix at Royal Troon as he eyes his second major title.

Rose, the 2013 U.S. Open champion, carded a 3-under 68—tied for the lowest round of the day—to climb up the leaderboard to 5-under par for the championship. He sits in a tie for second with fellow countryman Daniel Brown, the 272nd-ranked player in the world at the midway point. Rose will play in the penultimate pairing with American Billy Horschel on Saturday.

But he ended his spectacular round with quite an exclamation point, holing a 41-footer for birdie on the 18th green.

“That was such a fun way to finish,” Rose

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