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
birdie difficult driving good solid
It was a good solid round. My driving (was the only frustration). By not having good drives, it's difficult to have birdie chances.
close good played ran
It was pretty close at one stage, but he played awesome. He ran away with it at the end. We all probably thought 9 under would be a good score.
bit certainly maybe playing stronger tough wind
It was playing tough out there, the wind was maybe even a bit stronger and certainly colder.
eight feet instead par within
It was one of those chips, that if I play it well, I can get it within eight feet and make par that way, and instead it went in.
chips normally within
It was one of those chips that I can normally get to within 8 feet, and it just went in.
anywhere course drive driving game
It's very much a driving course now. You have to drive it straight. In the past, you could drive it anywhere and get on the greens. Now every part of your game is getting tested.
definitely hear normally quieter
It's definitely quieter out there than you normally hear around Augusta.
catch nice ready roll sleep
It was nice to roll that one in. Tonight, I'll catch up on some sleep and get ready for tomorrow.
coming expect good middle missed nice run start
It was nice to get off to that start and then I had a good run in the middle of the course. I must say coming out, I didn't expect a lot. I missed a lot of fairways, but I made a lot of putts.
past playing tournament trying
Any tournament we enter, we're playing to win. You would never look past this week. This is a big tournament for all of us, and one we all would like to win. The things I'm working on, I'm trying to get better to play well here.
fun grinding masters mind open tougher
It used to be a fun week. Now it's a grinding week. The Masters is now like the U.S. Open - even tougher on the mind than the U.S. Open.
fun grinding
It used to be a fun week. Now, it's a grinding week.
aggressive awhile control knew learn took
It took him awhile to learn to play the majors. He was way too aggressive and took too many chances. We all knew that. He's got it under control now.
although dubai guys playing somewhere top week
We all know why they are playing in Dubai this week, ... The top guys can't play every week, although they are playing this week somewhere else.