​Justin Rose insists there is plenty of time left for him to win the Open Championship as he returns to where it all started for him at Royal Birkdale in 1998.As a 17-year-old amateur he announced himself to the world by holing a pitch shot at the last in the final round to secure joint fourth place, prompting him to immediately turn professional.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAhead of his third appearance on the Southport links 28 years on from his first, with a US Open, an Olympic gold medal and 25 other professional wins under his belt, Rose believes the biggest prize in golf for an Englishman is still within his grasp.“The Open Championship for a British player is the pinnacle of the game for sure. It’s the one that I would love to win the most, for sure,” said the 45-year-old, one of a number of Englishmen trying to become the first since Sir Nick Faldo in 1992 to lift the Claret Jug.“To step through my career and not have a jug at the end of it, I’ll always look back at it and go, ‘yeah, that’s a shame’.“But I think the Open Championship offers you the longest runway of an opportunity to win one so there’s plenty of time left.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRose missed 21 consecutive cuts after turning professional but his quality endured, peaking with his only major win at Merion in 2013.Asked whether his career had panned out the way he envisaged, Rose added: “It’s almost an impossible answer, but the only way to answer it is would I want to do it again and think I could do better? I’ll stick.“I’ve had a very good career and 28 years later I’m playing in the Open Championship. If I think about it is still an amazing achievement, just to have the will to keep wanting to be here.“I’m very happy with where I’m at. Could I have done more? Could I have won more of what I’ve already won? Yes. Would I love to be a multiple major champion? Yes. Do I feel I could have pushed towards close to a grand slam? Yes.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“I’ve had results that nearly put me in that realm so a little bit of luck here and there, I could be sitting here with a very different career.“But ultimately, if I look at it, I got to world number one, I’m a major champion, Olympic gold medallist, FedExCup winner – I’ve kind of achieved pretty much what there is to achieve in the game, albeit once only.“But the highlights are great. Would I have just wanted more of it? Of course. Everyone’s greedy.“But there’s a lot of things that can get in your way over a 28-year career. Hopefully I can really use that freedom of being comfortable to work with where I’m at to elevate myself over the next few years to achieve the heights I just talked about still so I’m certainly by no means resting on my laurels.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAaron Rai, who won the US PGA in May, is another home hopeful looking to end England’s drought.“I try not to view it too differentl