Kate Phillips is the wife of former world number-one golfer Justin Rose. Although she was not interested in golf, she fell in love with a player in the sport.
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The couple met sometime in the early 2000s and began dating shortly afterward. The story of how they ended up together has a bit of good fortune and fate, as their path may not have crossed if things had gone Phillips’ way.
Nevertheless, more than two decades later, their love has grown, and so has their household. The couple added two more members to their family in 2009 and 2012. The close-knit family shares a passion for sports and engages in various charities to help other people’s lives.
Justin Rose and wife Kate arrive for The Horan And Rose event at The Grove on May 29, 2016, in Watford, England | Source: Getty Images
Kate Phillips Was in Sports until She Was 17
Very little is known about Phillips’ childhood. Born on July 30, 1980, she received advanced education and
the University of Sussex in Brighton, England.
Phillips has always felt comfortable around sports people as she spent much of her childhood in sporting environments. In her teenage years, she was part of the British acrobatic gymnastics teams until she was 17 and retired from competing.
After leaving competitive action, Phillips went into the boardroom side of sports, which resulted in her being employed by the International Management Group, a global sport, events, and talent management company. The company has managed top talents, including Derek Jeter‘s wife, Hannah Davis.
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Justin Rose and Kate Rose attend the 39th Ryder Cup Gala at Akoo Theatre at Rosemont on September 26, 2012, in Rosemont, Illinois | Source: Getty Images
Justin Rose’s Wife Met Him at Work
During her job interview, she explained to the company that she would be okay with working in all sports except cricket and golf. “Because they bore me to tears,” she
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. Ironically, her first assignment within the company was in the golf division, but with a promise to be transferred to another department later.
As if it was written in the stars, Rose’s love for golf and Phillips’s loathe for the sport somehow led to the beginning of a long-lasting love story. Rose and Phillips met while attending a European Tour event in Spain. Then, an upcoming golf star was selected to be part of a photoshoot that Phillips was arranging.
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From then, their golf connection was locked, so much so that even their first date was inadvertently brought about by the Australian, Adam Scott. The golfer invited the future Mr. and Mrs. Rose to accompany him and his sister to a Madonna Concert in 2001.
The lovebirds’ relationship grew in leaps and bounds from that stage, and Phillips quickly became Rose’s confidante. He said, “I think she’s a good confidante for me on so many subjects. She is a very driven person. She sacrificed as much of her childhood growing up as I did.”
Their closeness was not just in words alone. While dating, Rose told reporters a story about Phillips’s grandmother. The couple had recently visited Rose’s grandmother in Bristol to check up on her. His hilarious take on the encounter and his admission to liking her granny reflected his admiration for his girlfriend.
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The lovely couple dated for about half a decade before Phillips made the fateful walk down the aisle. They married in 2006 and have since welcomed two children, a boy and a girl. Their first, Leo, was born in February 2009, while Charlotte followed around January 2012.
Phillips thinks her husband is a great father, probably because he was close to his father and wishes to emulate his way of parenting. After they married, Phillips resigned from her work as a personal assistant and became her husband’s full-time traveling partner when he is doing his business on the golf circuit.
Justin and Kate Rose at the Gala Dinner following The Costa Smeralda Invitational Golf Tournament at Pevero Golf Club, Costa Smeralda on June 27, 2015, in Olbia, Italy | Source: Getty Images
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Justin Rose and His Wife Support Charity
Around 2009, Rose and Phillips, through their foundation, The Kate and Justin Rose Foundation, established a collaboration with Blessings in a Backpack to fight against
in Orlando, Florida, to provide food for elementary school kids.
The foundation also partnered with BookTrust to supply books for children from low-income families. Their mission is to give children books to help them with their studies. A $100 donation can help one child with 18-20 books for their studies for an entire year.
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The third project the foundation runs is based on giving help to the least privileged children through experiences. The foundation hosts two events each year; the Annual Bay Hill Day, where 20 kids are invited to watch Justin play at the Bay Hill Invitational, and the other event is the Annual Beach Day, open to 80 students.
Furthermore, Female golfers in the UK are also grateful to Rose and Phillips for the support they give them. The couple established and put up prize money for an 8-week golf series called the Rose Ladies Series. The tournament, established in 2022, was first hosted in Hertfordshire at Brocket Hall.
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Kate and Justin, Rose’s Children, Were Once Hooked on the Olympics
The Roses’ passion for sports seems hereditary as it runs deep into the family. During the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rose competed for the prestigious Olympic gold medal. After winning the event, his son is said to have been brought to
, shocking his mother, who had never seen him in tears.
That is not the only time that Leo has made the headlines for sports-related activities. In 2015, a then six-year-old was spotted signing autographs for patrons, mostly his age-mates, at Augusta National Gold Club during the Master’s Championship.
Justin Rose attends the Horan And Rose Charity Event held at The Grove on June 23, 2018, in Watford, England | Source: Getty Images
Although his father doesn’t think he fully grasped what he was doing, he jokingly
that Leo was “Ready for fame. He’s a legend in his own mind.” Even more hilarious is that the pro golfer’s son had a T-shirt at home written ‘No Autographs’ on it.
A determined father, Phillips’ husband takes his job at home seriously. When Charlotte’s birthday arrived, the superstar golfer was willing to sacrifice the game to be with his wife during the delivery.
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