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
everybody feelings few mixed playing
There are a few mixed feelings out there. But at the end of the day everybody is playing the same course.
eight european few played straight weather
We've played in sleet a few times on the European tour, but Europe is not this bad. We never have weather like this for eight straight weeks.
bad bogey few front green hit holes putting quite second start struggled took
I got off to a bad start on the first when I hit my second over the green and took a bogey five. Ernie then birdied quite a few holes on the front nine, but I struggled all day. While Ernie was always putting for birdies, I was scrambling.
ball couple days few found game hitting lake middle today
Today I found my game a lot better, started hitting the ball well and made a few putts. The first two days I hit it so bad. I hit it right into the middle of the lake a couple of times.
bad drive driving few hit hopefully quite work
I would like to go for the greens, but I keep driving in the rough. That's the problem. I hit a few bad drives. I didn't quite drive it as well as I did Thursday. I need to work on that a little this afternoon, and hopefully play better Saturday.
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.
few good greens last nice playing putting seeing
I've been putting very well all week, seeing the greens very well. I started playing better in the last few events. It was nice to have a good week.
adam few kept played struggled
Adam played well today, ... I struggled and was completely out of it on a few holes, but he kept us going.
few found game golf great last obviously
He's got a great golf swing. He's obviously found his game the last few years.
Unbelievable. I thought if I got to 9 under, I'd have a chance.
consistency golf good hopefully level memories pleased week won year
This year I have been pleased with my level of consistency, but a little disappointed not to have won, ... But having won here in 2000, I have a lot of good memories of this golf course, so hopefully this is the week that I make the breakthrough.
course easy everybody lucky
Everybody struggled, ... The course wasn't easy and, you know, I'm just lucky to be on top.
bad good jay saw start tiger
At the start of the day I thought 11- or 12-under (would win), ... When I saw Tiger and Jay got off to a bad start I thought nine-under would be a good score.
gel played seem similar sort today
Today we played very well, we just seem to play a similar sort of game. We gel well with each other.