Playing exceptionally properly in entrance of a hostile crowd and having world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and his companion Bryson DeChambeau on the ropes, the adrenaline was absolutely flowing for Justin Rose on the fifteenth inexperienced. He brusquely dismissed DeChambeau’s caddie as the caddie strayed near the Englishman’s placing line.
The Americans took exception and it appeared that heated phrases have been exchanged by all concerned as the grouping made their manner from the fifteenth inexperienced to the sixteenth tee after Rose drained one more clutch putt.
After the Europeans closed out the match, Rose and his companion Tommy Fleetwood have been fast to chalk up the testy moments to the warmth of competitors.
“It was a shame that the match got to that point because it was actually a really great match,” Rose mentioned afterwards.
“I used to be ready to putt, the boys have been clearly engaged on their learn … so I type of waited a few seconds after which I felt like they got here up once more and I used to be type of – I questioned whether or not – I used to be like, ‘it’s my putt, proper,’ or nevertheless I mentioned it.
“Maybe I didn’t say it as politely as I could have said it in the moment, but by no means was there any disrespect or anything like that, but obviously it was taken the wrong way.”
“I don’t think we should dwell on that, honestly,” Rose added. “I said to the boys, ‘If you want me to say, excuse me, please,’ then yeah, my bad, but it was an amazing match, honestly.”
Fleetwood echoed Rose’s tackle the incident.
“You’re out there and, yeah, it happens. I don’t think it’s that big of a deal,” Fleetwood mentioned.
“But for us, I think, I really enjoyed being part of that match, even though I didn’t contribute quite that much. Just watching Justin there today and being by his side was amazing.”
Rose mentioned he doesn’t anticipate any lingering dangerous blood to spill over into Sunday’s singles matches.
“From my point of view, it was something that was sort of taken in a way that wasn’t intended in a way, but obviously it was a big putt, big moment,” Rose defined.
“We’re all competitors, right, so I think that’s all within the framework of what we’ve got to do out here.”