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
match obviously paper seen strong turn
I wouldn't say we feel like we're the underdogs. Obviously on paper we look like we are probably not as strong a team. But in match play, it always can turn around so many times, like we've seen in the Ryder Cup.
hit hurt
Luckily, it doesn't really hurt me when I hit the ball. I know it's there, but it's nothing serious.
both cars everybody
Luckily, everybody is still breathing. When both cars are a write off, then it's not a little bump.
bad ball bit both great hard hit instead landing lie question shock shot spot wrong
On 17 we both hit the wrong clubs, eight-irons instead of nine-irons. I didn't have much of a shot and it was a bad lie in a hard pan. It was a question of landing the ball in the right spot and it was a bit of a shock when it went in. But then it was a great up-and-down by Ernie as well.
bad games player
Just about every player on tour has a bad back. It's just one of those games that does mess you up a little bit. You've got to keep looking after it.
lightning thinking
No, I'm not even thinking about the lightning incident,
happiness happy obviously playing round start tournament win
Obviously there's a long way to go still but I'm very happy to start off like this. You can't win the tournament in the first round so I'm just going to keep playing well and see what happens.
ball course goes golf solid striking tougher week
Obviously, the golf course is only going to get tougher as the week goes on. If I can keep striking the ball solid and keep it in play, we can try for Sunday.
affected bad good mental round shows
Obviously, that bad round hasn't affected his game. It shows you he's got a good mental attitude, and that's what you need in this game.
beaten great obviously
Obviously it was a great round, I don't think it will be beaten for awhile,
ahead days last lucky quickly stay win
It's just lucky for me the last two days that I have managed to get ahead very quickly and stay there and win by a big margin,
bit enjoy playing spectators sponsors
It's going to be nice. It's what the sponsors want and the spectators want. I always enjoy playing with Ernie and playing with him just makes you concentrate that little bit more.
build good great next three
It's great to get off to a good start. Now I have something to build on for the next three rounds.
build good great happy next obviously start three
It's great to get off to a good start. Now, I have something to build on for the next three rounds. Obviously there is still a long way to go but I'm very happy to start off like this.