Justin Rose targets second major after reclaiming world No1 spot

Justin Rose has set his sights on a second major win in 2019 after reclaiming his spot as world No1 by defending his Turkish Airlines Open title.

Rose defeated China's Haotong Li on the first play-off hole after the pair had finished tied on 17 under par following a nervy finish at the Regnum Carya Resort.

The Englishman spent two weeks as world No1 earlier this season after losing out to Keegan Bradley in a play-off for the BMW Championship, but had been determined to get back to the summit in style with a second consecutive victory in Turkey and is now targeting ‘more majors’.

“That’s what I’m interested in,” said Rose, who claimed his only major to date at the 2013 US Open. “I’m trying to chase down as many as I can.

“You’ve seen players like Phil [Mickelson] and Padraig [Harrington] have hot spells towards the end of their careers, where they have amassed two or three really quickly.

“If I was able to do that on top of what I’ve already achieved, it would make things really good, so next year is going to be about the majors and maybe not playing too much.”