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
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.
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,
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.
hard hard-work shot work
I'm grinding, that's for sure. Every shot is hard work at the moment.
although felt good needed six time weeks
It was unfortunate, but you need to take some time out now and then. It put me back probably six weeks or so. I didn't play golf, but it was a good rest. I felt like I needed it, although it wasn't something I planned.
chance nine stupid three
It was an up and down day, especially on the back nine with three birdies and three bogeys. They were stupid bogeys, to be honest. I feel disappointed right now, but I have another chance tomorrow.
bit good guide phil shaky
I started a little bit shaky but I had Phil to guide me around here. We made some good putts and it went really well.
great putting
I've been putting well all week, ... It was a great match. I just putted better than he did.
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.
blowing easy hope par played playing round tournament wind
The wind has been blowing differently and the par fives played easy as it was blowing downwind today. You can't win a tournament in the first round so I'll just hope to keep playing well,
great hands last played ten time trophy win
Ernie played very well and I got away with it at the end there. It's great to win this trophy again. The last time was ten years ago so it's great to get my hands on it again.
bit break lucky nice roll
There was about a yard-and-a-half break on the putt, so it was nice to roll that one in. I was a little bit on the lucky side.
bed goodness himself hope hours less listen people round six telling tiring travel
People are telling Ernie to travel less because he is tiring himself out. I hope he doesn't listen to that nonsense. I used to travel round the world with six children, no jet, and it was 30 hours from Johannesburg to America. Ernie's got a bed on his plane, for goodness sake. It's all in the mind.