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
finish great season
It's great to finish the season off this way. It has been a great year,
carry ended good last pity quite ran sort
It's a pity we ran out of daylight. But it's quite good now that it ended the way it did, because we can sort of carry on from last time. It was so close. This time, we can go at it again.
difficult last momentum time
It's all about momentum. The last time here, (the USA) got momentum on us very quickly. It's difficult to come back from that.
depending pin
It's usually a 6-iron, depending on the wind. Sometimes, it can be a 5-iron, or even a 4-iron, when the pin is to the right.
catch hard mind win
It's on my mind. If I win here and one of the two others, it will be hard to catch me,
build good great obviously rest rounds start three
It's obviously great to get off to a good start in the tournament. Now I've got something to build on for the rest of the three rounds that's ahead,
confidence maybe playing problem putting solid surprising won
It's surprising he hasn't won more. Maybe it's a self-confidence thing or a putting problem or something else, but he's playing very solid this week.
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.
bit finished hurting walk yesterday
It is still hurting a little bit when I walk and especially in the pro-am yesterday when I finished it was pretty sore.
definitely eight holes run seven
That run of seven birdies in eight holes is definitely going to get you going a little bit,
close hit iron nine par perfectly putt
I hit a nine iron perfectly to get close to the hole, then unfortunately hit the par putt a little too hard.
few green overall round
I holed a few putts like the one at the ninth. But overall the round was pretty much just down the fairway, on the green and two putts.
gap hardest hit hole left stand tee trees yard
I think 11 is the hardest hole on the course. I hit it in the threes on the right. You stand on the tee and there's trees right, trees left and about a 10 yard gap in between. That's all you see from the tee.
gap hardest hole left stand trees yards
I think 11 is probably the hardest hole out there. You stand on the tee, and there's trees right, trees left and about 10 yards gap in between, and that's really all you see.