It\u2019s a shock update considering the sheer star power in today\u2019s game and the fact Rose didn\u2019t even win a major this season.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Rose\u2019s r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is stacked. He’s a 12-time PGA Tour winner, former World No.1, US Open champion (2013), Olympic gold medallist (2016), FedEx Cup champion (2018), and a five-time Ryder Cup victor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Rose is very much a fan favourite around the world, and here at GolfMagic we would go as far to say he’s one of the nicest guys in the game \u00a0\u2014 yet even then, you wouldn\u2019t expect him to be the lone golfer mixing it with the NFL\u2019s biggest names in Google\u2019s top 10.<\/p>\n
But Rose\u2019s ’25 season was anything but quiet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He nearly denied Rory McIlroy <\/a>the career grand slam at The Masters<\/a> in April, only to be pipped to a Green Jacket when his European Ryder Cup teammate birdied the first extra hole \u2014 Rose\u2019s second playoff heartbreak at Augusta National after losing to Sergio Garcia in 2017.<\/p>\n Rose also snapped a two-and-a-half-year win drought by claiming the FedEx St. Jude Championship in the playoffs, then helped Luke Donald’s Europe to a dramatic 15\u201313 Ryder Cup<\/a> win at Bethpage Black in New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rose celebrates Ryder Cup victory in New York<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Still, if you polled golf fans and asked who\u2019d be the sport\u2019s most searched player in the United States, Rose, who turned professional in 1998, probably wouldn\u2019t top many lists.\u00a0<\/p>\n You\u2019d expect the likes of Scheffler, McIlroy, Fleetwood, or the ever-immortal Tiger Woods.\u00a0<\/p>\n Runaway World No.1 Scheffler<\/a> was the only golfer to crack the same top 10 list in 2024 when ranking fourth.\u00a0<\/p>\n But 2025 clearly had other ideas.\u00a0<\/p>\n The rest of the list, dominated by NFL stars, is less surprising \u2014 scroll down to check it out…<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Alongside Sanders sit big names like Micah Parsons, Jalen Carter and breakout athletes like Cooper Flagg and Sophie Cunningham.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rose rounds out the top 10 at in 10th position \u2014 an unlikely but brilliant cameo among America\u2019s hottest sporting figures.<\/p>\n One person who definitely didn\u2019t contribute to Rose\u2019s search numbers?\u00a0<\/p>\n Popular American Actress Sydney Sweeney, who admitted this week that golf is her least favourite sport to watch<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n![\"Rose](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-09-28t222913z_1740890814_up1el9s1qglgc_rtrmadp_3_golf-rydercup.JPG\")
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