SOUTHPORT, England — Justin Rose could feel the warmth and adulation as he walked up the 18th hole Friday in the British Open . He just wishes he could have changed the day of the week.
Rose had left himself too big of a hole and didn’t make nearly enough putts to make the cut at Royal Birkdale. He closed with a 2-under 68 — he shot 76 in the first round — and his exit was more ceremonial than it was a celebration.