JUSTIN ROSE was helped to come to terms with narrowly missing out on a Green Jacket by his nine-year-old son.
Rose overheard Leo talking to one of his friends about last years epic final-round duel with Sergio Garcia when he picked him up at a football camp.
The English ace, 37, had a putt to win The Masters on the final hole only to see it slide just wide and pal Garcia made a similar putt at the first play-off hole to clinch victory.
Shortly after that, Leos conversation brought a smile to Roses face.
He said: What he said did help me come to terms with it a little bit. Leo told one of his friends that it was a great battle but Sergio won it fair and square.
So it was bit of a case of I shouldnt be beating myself up about it, because he can see I didnt do anything wrong.
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But I just wonder if hed say the same about himself if he was in a similar position, because Leo is just as ferociously competitive!
Leo provided his dad with another never-to-be forgotten moment when the 2013 US Open champ was about to start the final round of the Olympic golf tournament locked in a titanic tussle with Henrik Stenson.
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The youngster had been to another football camp and was quick to issue a challenge. Rose recalled: Leo came home from that camp with a nice shiny medal and before the final round in Rio he showed it to me, and said Right dad, Ive got mine now its time for you to go and get yours.
It was a classic father-son moment and when I won the gold we both ended up crying on each others shoulder.
I think it was the first time Id seen my little boy in tears.
Rose could have been forgiven for breaking down after his heart-breaking defeat at Augusta.
Instead, he was praised from all sides for his generosity in defeat.
It was a reaction he welcomed but he does not want to make a habit of it.
The world No5 added: It was really, really painful, but at the same time I had this overriding feeling that you cannot go through your whole career without a bit of heartache.
I had been in contention in a few Majors here and there but never really been right there at the death, other than when I won the US Open at Merion.
So from my point of view, Olympic golf, US Open, those kind of moments had gone my way up until then.
This was the first time it had gone against me and I know Sergio had suffered that many times. So I think it was just his time.