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
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.
express love match next players three week win won
I would love to win ? not too many players have won it three times, ... But this week, next week at the World Match Play and the American Express are three very important weeks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
confidence maybe playing problem putting solid surprising won
It's surprising he hasn't won more. Maybe it's a self-confidence thing or a putting problem or something else, but he's playing very solid this week.
bit certainly maybe playing stronger tough wind
It was playing tough out there, the wind was maybe even a bit stronger and certainly colder.