JUSTIN ROSE admits the PGA Championship, which begins today at Wentworth, is one of the tournaments he would love to tick off his career “bucket list.”

Rose claimed his first major title in the US Open at Merion last year and can count a World Golf Championship event among his 13 tournament victories around the world.

The 33-year-old has also played on two Ryder Cup teams — including the 2012 “Miracle at Medinah” — but has never won the European Tour’s flagship event, a tournament he used to attend as a spectator.

“It’s a bucket-list tournament for me,” said Rose, who lost a play-off to Anders Hansen in 2007 and also finished joint second in 2012.

“It’s a tournament I grew up watching as a kid so it’s definitely special to me. Apart from the majors, a World Golf Championships or two possibly, I don’t see a tournament I would more like to win.

“My form is good, I’ve been playing well and building some nice momentum. I’ve had three top 10s in a row, three top fives in my last two and I feel like there’s more to squeeze out of my game, too.

“I feel that the next couple weeks I can progress even more and if that translates into wins, that would be fantastic. It would be great to win heading into Pinehurst (for the US Open), but I feel like my game is in good shape to put up a good title defence there.”

Rory McIlroy insisted he had not thought about withdrawing from the tournament despite yesterday breaking off his engagement to former world No1 tennis player Caroline Wozniacki just days after sending out wedding invitations.

The 25-year-old winner of two majors said: “Obviously (it’s) quite a difficult time for Caroline and myself. It was mutual and amicable and we both thought it was the best for both of us.

“I made a commitment to be here. Once I gave my word that I would, I wasn’t going to go back on it.

“My schedule right now is here, Memorial and US Open, Irish Open, Scottish Open, British Open. I don’t think that’s going to change.”