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
easy
I think that's as easy as you will see it today.
excuse serious sort
He's got to have some sort of excuse not to play. I mean, serious excuse.
chance green hitting miss
Hitting the fairways here is the most important thing, ... If you miss a green, you have a chance of getting up and down. If you miss the fairways, you have no chance of getting on the green from this rough.
played pressure
We made the right putts at the right time, ... We played solid. We played good. The pressure was always on them.
pressure
We made the putts at the right time. The pressure was always on them.
four hit holes onto roll
He got on a roll early, I think he was three-under after four holes and he hit everything the right place onto the greens.
holes last playing
Some of the holes are actually playing shorter than they did last year.
good putting saves
My putting is good at the moment, ... I'm making a lot of good saves out of the rough.
good holes par run
I had a good run on 15, 16, 17 and 18. If you play those holes in par you have done well, so to play them in two under is good.
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.
last putting saving trying
I think my putting has been saving me all week, last week, too. But I'm trying to get comfortable on my driving.
course golf putt save today tough
I just couldn't make a putt today to save my life. On a golf course like this, its so tough that anything can happen.
five played time
I put them in the cupboard. It's the first time I've done that - not played for five weeks.