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
double knew playing
I knew he was playing well, ... But on 17 when he made double bogey, it went my way.
bit closer played ran
I'm disappointed that it wasn't a little bit closer but I had my chances. Stephen played awesome. He ran away with it at the end.
close good played ran
It was pretty close at one stage, but he played awesome. He ran away with it at the end. We all probably thought 9 under would be a good score.
bit certainly maybe playing stronger tough wind
It was playing tough out there, the wind was maybe even a bit stronger and certainly colder.
past playing tournament trying
Any tournament we enter, we're playing to win. You would never look past this week. This is a big tournament for all of us, and one we all would like to win. The things I'm working on, I'm trying to get better to play well here.
although dubai guys playing somewhere top week
We all know why they are playing in Dubai this week, ... The top guys can't play every week, although they are playing this week somewhere else.
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.
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.
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,
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.
bad games player
Just about every player on tour has a bad back. It's just one of those games that does mess you up a little bit. You've got to keep looking after it.
happiness happy obviously playing round start tournament win
Obviously there's a long way to go still but I'm very happy to start off like this. You can't win the tournament in the first round so I'm just going to keep playing well and see what happens.
bit enjoy playing spectators sponsors
It's going to be nice. It's what the sponsors want and the spectators want. I always enjoy playing with Ernie and playing with him just makes you concentrate that little bit more.