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
ball course dry nice running throw ton water yards
The ball is running 30 yards down the hill. They are probably going to go and throw a ton of water on the fairways to make it not run. But I think it would be nice to see the course dry for a change.
coming expect good middle missed nice run start
It was nice to get off to that start and then I had a good run in the middle of the course. I must say coming out, I didn't expect a lot. I missed a lot of fairways, but I made a lot of putts.
definitely eight holes run seven
That run of seven birdies in eight holes is definitely going to get you going a little bit,
good holes par run
I had a good run on 15, 16, 17 and 18. If you play those holes in par you have done well, so to play them in two under is good.
best course distance hitters longer places playing running seen
I think the course is playing the best I've seen it for a while for everybody: shorter hitters, longer hitters, the fairways are running out of places a little bit, so even the shorter hitters are getting some distance out on the fairways.
bit course five good holes last played playing purely running seen shape
I think the course is in as good of shape as I've seen it in the last five years. You know the fairways are running a little bit and some holes are actually playing shorter than it's played in the last five years, purely because you get some run in the fairways.
ball bit course definitely firm longer past rough running slightly stop tends
I think the course is definitely a better course. It's tough, that's for sure. The rough is just slightly longer than it's been in the past two years. With the fairways getting so firm now, the rough tends to stop the ball a little bit from running into the trees.
amongst media next point sure talking tv week
I'm sure it will be a talking point amongst the media and on TV next week but it's not something I even think of.
double knew playing
I knew he was playing well, ... But on 17 when he made double bogey, it went my way.
although knew mentally pull struggling
I knew what I had to do today. Although I was struggling with some shots, mentally I was able to pull it through.
keeping putting
I'm putting very well. I only had 25 putts. That's keeping me alive.
happiness jumps somebody
I'm not really somebody that jumps up and down, ... But on the inside, I was happy.
bit breeze chance course guys hopefully shoot six slightly win
I'm going to need to shoot six under to have a chance to win because there are a lot of guys up there but hopefully there will be a bit more breeze to make the course slightly more difficult.
flags lucky positions tricky
I'm going to have to get really lucky tomorrow, ... The flags are going to be in some tricky positions to get up-and-down from.