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
good putting saves
My putting is good at the moment, ... I'm making a lot of good saves out of the rough.
drive front greens hit putting saw shoot six today
I saw the greens very well today and I read the greens very well, especially on the front nine. That was the key, putting well. I didn't drive too well. I only hit six fairways out of 14, so I did well to shoot 64.
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.
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.
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.
keeping putting
I'm putting very well. I only had 25 putts. That's keeping me alive.
last putting saving trying
I think my putting has been saving me all week, last week, too. But I'm trying to get comfortable on my driving.
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.
easy
I think that's as easy as you will see it today.
holes last playing
Some of the holes are actually playing shorter than they did last year.