The English golfer begins his latest attempt to win the Claret Jug at Royal Portrush on Thursday (17.07.25) and still harbours hopes of winning on British soil at the age of 44.

Rose said: "As a British player, it’s been the one that I’ve dreamed about winning and holed the putt many times in my mind."

The golfer has been a strong performer in majors but has been unable to add to his 2013 US Open victory and is still desperate for further glory on the course.

Rose said: "What I’m chasing at this point in my career are the big moments in the sport, whether that’s Ryder Cups, major championships. Those are the memories I’m trying to make.

"I feel like I’ve been lucky enough to achieve a lot in the game, and I’d like to have achieved more of the same things, more majors, more wins, more everything."

Rose admits that it has been hard to improve his golf at his age as he bids to become the second oldest winner of The Open.

He said: "I would say overall week in and week out, it’s going to be hard to get a ton better and transform my game to suddenly add new dimensions to it where I can kind of become incredibly dominant over the top young players.

"But I think in certain situations and in certain environments, I can still kind of bring my best."

Rose narrowly missed out on glory at The Masters earlier this year as he was beaten in a play-off by Rory McIlroy although he wasn't "completely devastated" because of how well he performed at Augusta.

He said: "I think I’m over it. I don’t know. Who knows?"