Finishing as joint top European in the US Open has finally convinced Justin Rose that he has the game to win golf's major titles.

A share of fifth place in his first US Open at the weekend was easily his best result in seven majors as a professional and sends the 22-year-old Hampshire star into next month's Open Championship at Royal St George's with cautious confidence.

Rose said: "Without saying I feel I'm ready to win a major, I believe my game is capable of winning majors in the not-too-distant future.

"Jim Furyk's win proves you don't have to be a Tiger Woods, hitting flash shots all the time, in order to win these titles.

"It often comes down to good, solid, sensible golf. Furyk proved that can get the job done and that's what I'm aiming towards.

"My game is at a major level. I was only one shot off third place and I was right at the top end of the leaderboard."

After his best performance in a major for five years, finishing three shots ahead of Woods, Rose now says he feels ready to tackle a course he remembers as "a beast."

It was in his early teenage years that Rose played the English amateur stroke play championship at Royal St George's in Kent.

"I finished in the top 20 I think, but what I do remember is that the winner was 17 over par - and he won by five!" he said.

"It was more a test of survival than a test of golf."

The Sandwich links are where next month's Open championship takes place.