Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen
Retief Goosenis a South African professional golfer who was in the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S. Open winsand heading the European Tour Order of Meritin 2001 and 2002...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth3 February 1969
sports school golf
I played a lot of other sports at school and just one day the golf bug bit me and I started playing serious golf from when I was ten years old.
two yeah disk
I've got an L3 bulging disk and degenerating disk. It's bulging in two places. Yeah, it's not good.
mean player winning
I mean, to win a major, you've got to be a good player and you've got to get your breaks, as well, to win.
interviews bother radar
I hang around under the radar. Nobody is bothering me for interviews.
play important majors
Majors are important but so is every other tournament I play.
play challenges trying
I do like match play. I like trying to match an opponent shot for shot. It's a challenge. And it's something different.
golf guy conditioning
Golf is flexibility, and I notice more guys injured. You can overdo this conditioning.
brother dad golf
Well my dad was a pretty good player at one stage and my two older brothers played golf as well. So there were always golf clubs flying around the house.
guy doe shy
I've always been kind of a shy guy. Not very outgoing. I might not start a conversation, but if somebody else does, I'll chat away.
play wells stills
You could play well and still lose.
afternoon bit felt good greens missed shot six tricky
I missed a lot of greens but I chipped and putted very well and holed a lot of good putts for pars. The greens were a bit more tricky this afternoon with all the traffic. I felt I could have shot a good round. I was 3 under through six and then nothing happens.
break maybe shooting time until
If I take a six-week break and keep shooting 64, maybe I'll take time off until Augusta.
flags lucky positions tricky
I'm going to have to get really lucky tomorrow, ... The flags are going to be in some tricky positions to get up-and-down from.
five guys soon
It wasn't the Big Five when I was No. 5. As soon as I'm No. 4, they make it the Big Three. But those are the guys you've got to beat. They're going to be up there on the weekend.