Justin Rose at last enjoyed some success since finishingfourth in last year's Open championship. He finished joint 4thfour shots behind Scottish winner
Alastair Forsyth, and said: "I'm chuffed to bits - what a relief!
"This could end up to be far more important than anything else I ever do."
"I knew what my potential was and I didn't perform to it," said Rose. "Tour
life was probably difficult at first looking back, but the problems were
game-related.
"I was struggling off the tee and didn't give myself a chance to score. It
was as black and white as that, but I feel more carefree now.
"Now I'm back on tour on my own merit and that's a nice feeling," added Rose
after finishing with a 45-foot birdie putt for a five-under-par total of 427.
"After starting with a 74 I made five under my target for the week, so it was
amazing that I holed that putt.
"I'd like to pay tribute to my dad. While things weren't going well he was
there every day for me and every missed cut probably hurt him more than it did
me."
Forsyth, 23, who pocketed £10,000 for winning, said.
"It was pretty nerve-wracking," he said after finishing two ahead of Swede
Niclas Fasth, winner three years ago.
"Even with a round to go it went through my mind that I could really blow it,
but once I got in front I was quite keen to stay there."
Paul Way, a Ryder Cup player in 1983 and 1985 , failed for a fourth time to regain his card.
He was one shot inside the cut-off mark when he stood on the 15th tee but
hit drive out of bounds then three-putted for a triple-bogey seven and
bogeyed the next two holes.
Another Ryder Cup player Philip Walton, Europe's Ryder Cup hero in Oak Hill only four
years ago, failed to recover from hisfifth-round 81, finishing last after a last round 77
23 A Forsyth 65 71 73 69 75 70
425 N Fasth (Swe) 72 70 70 68 72 73
427 J Rose 74 69 69 72 72 71, N Vanhootegem (Bel) 70 73 70 71 72 71, G Murphy
74 68 72 71 70 72
428 D Lynn 68 69 72 77 74 68, F Jacobson (Swe) 67 75 71 73 72 70, T Gillis
(USA) 68 71 70 71 76 72, M Mackenzie 69 70 73 67 75 74
429 D Lee 70 71 69 73 75 71
430 K Carissimi (USA) 69 71 69 71 81 69, R Chapman 70 74 70 74 71 71
431 R Byrd (USA) 73 70 69 71 78 70, R Johnson (Swe) 69 69 73 75 74 71
432 N Ludwell 72 71 70 72 77 70, O Eliasson (Swe) 76 70 74 69 72 71, P Fowler
(Aus) 71 72 70 75 74 70, I Hutchings (Rsa) 66 72 73 75 73 73, R Coles 68 72 71
70 75 76
433 G Hamerton 69 70 75 74 75 70, P Nyman (Swe) 71 70 74 73 72 73
434 J M Carriles (Spa) 72 76 69 73 74 70, I Poulter 74 73 73 71 73 70, S Rowe
(Hkg) 72 72 75 72 74 69, M Florioli (Ita) 72 67 74 74 74 73, M Anglert (Swe) 72
72 71 70 75 74
435 F Tarnaud (Fra) 74 71 73 72 74 71, S Hurley 70 72 72 72 77 72, S Field 73
67 72 77 75 71, I Giner (Spa) 70 65 70 77 80 73, M Eliasson (Swe) 70 72 70 78 75
70, E Boult (Nzl) 80 69 74 65 74 73, S Richardson 76 71 69 71 73 75
436 P Archer 75 71 72 72 74 72, M Blackey 69 68 72 76 78 73, F Roca (Spa) 70
76 73 72 73 72, A Raitt 70 72 74 75 74 71, H Nystrom (Swe) 75 71 73 72 74 71, R
Gonzalez (Arg) 74 73 73 68 77 71, A Butterfield 73 71 70 74 77 71, S Wakefield
71 74 71 75 75 70, J Wade (Aus) 74 72 72 72 71 75
(all the above receive tour cards)
437 M Tunnicliff 71 73 72 74 74 73, S Cage 70 71 72 71 79 74, R Derksen (Ned)
77 71 71 70 74 74, A Bonhomme (Aus) 73 71 73 72 77 71, A Sherborne 72 69 77 73
75 71, F Cupillard (Fra) 69 73 74 75 77 69, M Pilkington 69 73 71 76 72 76<
