Justin Rose’s Olympic Medals

The former world No. 1, Justin Rose, is an English professional golfer with a total of 25 professional wins, including two World Golf Championship (WGC) events in 2012 and 2017, and the 2013 U.S. Open. He was born on July 30, 1980, in Johannesburg, South Africa, though his family relocated to the U.K. in 1985. Rose broke 70 for the first time when he was 11 years old, and by the time he was 14, he had a handicap of plus three. He won three amateur tournaments and tied for fourth place as a low amateur at the 1998 Open Championship, after which he turned professional.

Rose has only ever won a golf major once, at the 2013 U.S. Open, but he has four more top-3 finishes at golf majors. He was also the 2016 Olympic gold medalist and the 2018 FedEx Cup winner. His most recent win was at the 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, over Brandon Todd and Brendon Wu by three strokes.

Has Justin Rose won an Olympic Medal?

Yes, Justin Rose won an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in the individual men’s event. Golf returned to the Olympic Games in 2016 after a 112-year hiatus since the 1904 Olympics.

On the very first day of the event, Rose set a record by hitting a hole-in-one at the par-3 fourth hole, the first-ever, and before the last round, he had a one-stroke advantage over Swede Henrik Stenson.

Even though American Matt Kuchar, who eventually won the bronze medal, made a strong case for the gold with his incredible 63, the final round ultimately came down to a two-way match between Rose and Stenson.

Stenson kept up with four birdies of his own in the first 10 holes, while the Briton finished his outward nine with four birdies and one bogey. At 13th, Rose made a shot to tie the score, raising the possibility of a play-off, and by the final round, the two were on par.

However, Rose shot a brilliant approach shot that landed just feet from the hole. Stenson's final stroke was a long birdie putt that went past the hole, and Justin Rose won a gold medal by two strokes at 16-under.

Regardless, critics of the event claim that top players like Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson, and Jason Day's withdrawal took a toll on the game, though golfers like Bubba Watson and Rickie Fowler, among others, did participate. The former pulled out due to worries about the Zika virus, which was nonexistent in Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics.