Rose: desperate day
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Justin Rose insists he will not allow his 82 on Saturday to dent his confidence as the Ryder Cup creeps ever closer.
Rose played poorly tree-to-green on Friday, but managed to scramble his way round to a 72.
But there was to be no repeat on Saturday for the world number nine as he endured his worst round in seven Open appearances.
His previous low was a second round 80 at Sandwich in 2003.
"Sure it's all the more disappointing because it's here," said the man who made his name by finishing fourth as a 17-year-old amateur on this course 10 years ago.
"I wanted to do well and I had high hopes. But I know how to deal with it. It was almost unplayable, some of the toughest conditions I've played in, and I'll take it with a pinch of salt.
"I tried my hardest on every shot, but I've been buffered around and it was hard to get it into the hole from two feet.
"On a day like today you need to hole out well and it's tough to do that."
Media pressure
Told that Lee Westwood had complained about the media pressure at The Open Rose commented: "It's the nature of the beast.
"People, the media, get ahead of themselves, but it's the player's job to stay in the moment.
"The fact is that there has not been a British winner for a long while (Paul Lawrie was the last in 1999), everyone is dying to see that and there are a good lot of British players."
