JUSTIN Rose has a busy schedule over the next few weeks, beginning with the Bridgestone Invitational, which gets under way at Firestone CC, in Ohio, later today.

This weekend’s tournament is one of four annual World Golf Championship events and the top players from across the globe will travel to take part.

Rose, who celebrated his 33rd birthday on Tuesday, will be hoping to tune up his game ahead of next week’s USPGA Championship, the final major event of 2013.

After that, he will compete in the American tour’s season-ending FedEx Cup play-offs, which take place over the course of four weekends throughout August and September.