Despite his lofty world ranking, Justin Rose has hardly been a name on everyone’s lips going into the Players Championship which begins today.

Padraig Harrington left Tiger Woods trailing in his wake for the second day running in Hamburg today – and this time there was nobody else who could live with him either.

Justin Rose displayed a rare flash of temper today as he battled to catch playing partner Retief Goosen in the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open in Hamburg.