‘A True Gent’: Golf Fans Fall Head Over Heels for Justin Rose’s Personifying Class Act at the Players Championship

We all have our moments where we just can’t stop tears of happiness from rolling down our eyes. And for Mike Walker, it was when he met someone he has been the biggest fan of since he first watched him on the field. For the 77-year-old man, meeting PGA Tour professional, Justin Rose was no less than a dream come true. And when THE PLAYERS Championship shared a video of the incident on Twitter, fans couldn’t help but give all kinds of reactions to the emotional clip.

Fans react to Justin Rose meeting his biggest fan

Justin Rose has made millions of fans on the PGA Tour as well as on the European Tour. It is always a pleasure for golf fans to meet the English professional. However, this time, the pleasure was all his. Rose got to meet one of his biggest and oldest fans at the Players Championship field. And it was none other than TV analyst and former Ladies European Tour golf pro Sophie Walker’s father, Mike Walker.

Suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, Mike Walker is currently not in the best phase of his health. However, despite often forgetting about things in his life, he remembers how much Justin Rose means to him. According to his daughter, Walker has been a fan of the golfer since Rose was just 17 years old and managed to tie for fourth place at the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.

Ever since then, both Sophie and her old man have been watching Justin Rose playing all his tournaments. The golf enthusiast mentioned watching Rose as he claimed 11 PGA Tour victories including the 2013 U.S. Open and 2018 FedExCup, along with 11 wins on the DP World Tour.

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Fans saw the clip of the old man trying to hold back his tears after meeting his favorite athlete. And they could not resist commenting down their views about how humble the golfer was when he met Walker.

Towards the end of the video, Walker can be heard saying how Justin Rose is a complete ‘class act’. And after watching the golfer’s down-to-earth behavior, fans fully agreed with the statement. Here’s what some of them said:

According to Sophie Walker, this was her father’s last visit to America. She mentioned that it was their fourth time at the PLAYERS Championship. And that they had no plans to travel so far off from home in the future. She also mentioned that it was no less than a surprise for her as well. Her boss at Sky Sports helped set the meeting up only to make it special for the old man. Well, despite his condition, it is safe to say that Walker might never forget this moment ever in his life.

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