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
golf player growing
Golf is growing, and there are more good young players, but you don't see them going abroad. It's so expensive to travel.
sports
I'm not that clued up on the American sports yet, really.
school years two
I turned pro and won Rookie of the Year on the South African Tour and then it took me two tries at the qualifying school on the European Tour and to get my card and the rest is history.
winning firsts six
I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments.
bags balls hitting
I started hitting the ball a lot better a few weeks ago, and just the putter wasn't working. And putting a new putter in the bag last week, it just helped.
winning games seven
You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.
sports watches tvs
Traveling around, it's difficult to follow much TV. Mainly I'm somebody who watches sports.
golf numbers great-golf
There are a number of golfers who are playing great golf in their 40s.
winning guy week
Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best.
next-day one-day next
You know, one day you make putts and the next day you don't.
felt standing
Those big putts, when I was standing over them, I felt like I had a chance, ... I had been making big putts all week.
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.