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Justin Rose Wins Volvo Masters To Become No.1 in Europe
November 5th, 2007

Playing in just his 12th European Tour-sanctioned tournament of the year, TaylorMade Tour Staff professional Justin Rose entered the Volvo Masters needing a top-three finish to capture the top spot on the European Order of Merit. In dramatic fashion, Rose not only won the Order of Merit for the first time in his career, he also overcame a three-man playoff to win the season-ending Volvo Masters.

Rose started fast at the Volvo Masters with a hole-in-one on the par-3 third hole during the first round. He scored the ace with a TaylorMade® rac™ Forged TP six-iron on the 179-meter when his TaylorMade TP Black™ ball found the bottom of the cup. It was Rose’s second hole-in-one this fall, after he deposited his TP Black for an ace at the Barclays Championship back on August 25th.

"At the top of its flight I said 'go' and when it landed I said 'in' and it disappeared," Rose said of his hole-in-one.

In addition to the TP Black ball, Rose used the r7® quad TP driver, r7 TP 3-wood and rac Forged TP irons en route to his 1-under par 283 and playoff victory at the Volvo Masters held at Valderrama.

With the win, Rose overtook the top position on the 2007 European Order of Merit to win the season-long title and hoist the Harry Vardon Trophy.

"This moment, I've been really hoping it would come all week long. It's emotional. It was a hard day," Rose said. "This is just an amazing icing on the cake for an incredible year. It's a huge honor to be the Order of Merit Champion, the European No. 1. It's been a long road to get here, but I feel great."

He topped the 2007 money list with $4,276,062 after 12 tournaments, the fewest played by any champion in the Tour's modern history.

“I think personally, the Order of Merit has been an amazing achievement for me and wasn't a goal of mine at start of the year but very much did become a goal of mine,” Rose said. “I could see I was making progress fast up the Order of Merit by playing well in the majors and when I finished second in the Bridgestone Invitational at Akron, made a big check there, I began to realize it was a possibility, because I knew I was coming back to The European Tour in September to play, you know, three or four events at the end of the year.”

Rose's win capped off a great 2007 season that included finishing tied for fifth at The Masters, tied for 10th at the U.S. Open, tied for 12th at The Open Championship and tied for 12th at the PGA Championship. In addition, he tied for fifth at the World Golf Championships Match Play Championship and was runner-up at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. He now moves up to No. 7 in world rankings and is at the top of the Ryder Cup points list for Europe.

TaylorMade was the No.1 driver and iron at the Volvo Masters and TaylorMade TP golf balls were No.2 during the tournament.

In Rose's Bag: :
Driver: r7 quad TP 8.5°
Fairway Wood: r7 TP 13°
Irons: r7 TP (2); rac Forged TP (3-9)
Golf Ball: TaylorMade TP Black
Footwear: adidas Golf Tour Metal