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
blowing dry greens starts tougher wind
It can only get tougher out there when the wind starts blowing and the greens dry out.
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.
bit funny ribs sore struggling
Funny enough, I've been struggling a little bit with a sore rib. Everybody's got sore ribs this week.
against beating close enjoy golf great match players playing record
I enjoy playing with Tiger. I've come close to beating him at the (World Golf) Match Play, but I don't think too many players have a great record against Tiger.
good putting saves
My putting is good at the moment, ... I'm making a lot of good saves out of the rough.
happened jeff mark nine struggled
Mark struggled and that's pretty much what happened with Jeff Maggert, ... He pretty much struggled all the way, especially on the back nine this morning, and that's really where I got ahead.
happened jeff mark struggled
Mark struggled and that's pretty much what happened with Jeff Maggert,
guy lose match played
Match play is completely game. You can play well and lose in match play. If you play well, the other guy just played better than you.
difference
It doesn't make much difference who it is.