‘I Feel Lucky’ – Robert Rock On His Career, The Surprise US Open Comeback, And Beating Tiger Woods

Robert Rock, a DP World Tour veteran with five professional victories, made headlines this year when he qualified for the US Open 18 months after announcing his retirement from professional golf.

Robert Rock, a DP World Tour veteran with five professional victories, made headlines this year when he qualified for the US Open 18 months after announcing his retirement from professional golf.

Despite missing the cut at this year’s US Open, Rock said it was a “brilliant experience” after surprising himself by managing to qualify.

“It was a brilliant experience,” Rock told Golf Monthly’s Dan Parker. “It’s something I obviously hadn’t planned on doing at all this year. I retired in 2022 and I would’ve liked to have retired but still play the odd event but that wasn’t possible.

“So I played in a qualifier and I got in, which I didn’t think I’d get in that at all. But the point of the qualifier was just getting me to play amongst a great field. It is always a great field at Walton Heath and at the Open qualifiers. It was a chance to see where my game was at after a couple years out.