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 good jay saw start tiger
At the start of the day I thought 11- or 12-under (would win), ... When I saw Tiger and Jay got off to a bad start I thought nine-under would be a good score.
bad final rounds start
That was not the way I wanted to start -- I've had some bad rounds this year, especially some final rounds.
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.
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.
build good great obviously rest rounds start three
It's obviously great to get off to a good start in the tournament. Now I've got something to build on for the rest of the three rounds that's ahead,
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.
build good great happy next obviously start three
It's great to get off to a good start. Now, I have something to build on for the next three rounds. Obviously there is still a long way to go but I'm very happy to start off like this.
blowing dry greens starts tougher wind
It can only get tougher out there when the wind starts blowing and the greens dry out.
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,