Justin Rose takes Novak Djokovic advice ahead of | Golf News

Justin Rose has taken a leaf out of pal Novak Djokovic’s guide as he prepares for the PGA Championship after struggling heartbreak at Augusta.

The 44-year-old completed second to Rory McIlroy in the 2025 Masters following a playoff shootout, agonizingly lacking out on a career-second main. Like McIlroy, who was trying to full the Grand Slam and finish an 11-year main drought, Rose was on a dry spell of his own, with his final main coming at the 2013 U.S. Open.

It took a while for the devastating defeat to sink in, but Rose now has his sights set on the second main of the yr, the PGA Championship. Rose has been paying explicit consideration to his restoration to put together and be in tip-top form to compete. He took the advice from document Grand Slam holder Djokovic, who is still at the highest of his recreation at 37 in a stacked youthful discipline, including Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.

“We have a mutual friend and we have always spoken of Novak summing up longevity,” Rose advised  The Telegraph. “He has stressed that recovery is everything, and that’s why I commissioned and bought my ‘recovery vehicle’ – my custom-built RV – when I turned 40.”

It is alleged that Rose invested $200,000 in an all-singing, all-dancing motorhome. He has it comply with him across the U.S. according to his schedule. The space permits Rose to get some much-needed downtime.

“Sometimes we can park it on site, but we have had to rent people’s back gardens to accommodate it. At the Masters it was right across the street,” Rose mentioned. “As a team we have our morning meetings there – it does have a fantastic coffee machine – and it is a nice place to chill. But it is essentially for after the rounds.

“There’s every thing in it. We’ve bought red-light therapy, we have now contemporary oxygen – so a spin bike with contemporary oxygen – we have sizzling and cold plungers, infrared sauna and steam bathe. It does extend the day, most likely by an hour or more. But it’s a good hour. It undoubtedly helps.”

Still, it’s not all about the physical side of the game. Rose also pays close attention to the mental. “It was not just the bodily stamina, but the mental stamina and the power to expend that nervous vitality,” he declared.

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“I had breakfast with Shane [Lowry] that morning and we have been on the identical rating after three rounds. Shane mentioned, ‘We are a bit back, but if Rory and Bryson [DeChambeau] get caught up in their own factor, one of us might simply come through.’

“I thought about that conversation afterwards. Shane, one of the in-form players in the world, struggled [shooting an 81] and I was the one to do it and at this stage of my career I’m proud of that. It tells me I might be doing all the right things.”