article_snippet.sent: No 1 Rory McIlroy wrote on Twitter.
article_snippet.sent: his won two and a half points from his four matches at the Ryder Cup in Gleneagles last year, losing to Graeme McDowell in the singles after being three up with nine holes to play.
article_snippet.sent: Rose got within three shots of Jordan Spieth three times on the front nine, but was left to rue mistakes on the eighth and ninth and a bogey on the 18th which cost him outright second. '
article_snippet.sent: Rose has led after the first round at Augusta three times and also finished fifth in 2007, and asked what the former US Open champion needed to do to win, added: '
article_snippet.sent: Jordan Spieth had finished first, second and second in Jordan Spieth previous three events and Rose added: 'Phenomenal, what a month of golf Jordan Spieth's had.
article_snippet.sent: 1 Rory McIlroy, who needed to win to complete the career grand slam, finished fourth after a closing 66. '
article_snippet.sent: If someone had told me I would finish 12 under at the start of the week I would have taken someone had told me and sat back and seen where I finished,' McIlroy admitted. '