
Lego gives Justin Rose's 1998 eagle its due
Golfer's kids impressed as chip-in eagle immorta
Royal Birkdale is where it all began for Justin Rose. Now, there's a Lego scene to prove it. Rose was a slight 17-year-old golfer wearing a baggy red sweater and a wide smile when he produced one of the British Open's iconic moments in 1998, holing out from 45 yards for eagle at the 72nd hole to secure a tie for fourth place. That week he was the talk of Birkdale, in Southport, England. Trash-collector staff stopped working to catch a glimpse of the English amateur making a r