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
catch nice ready roll sleep
It was nice to roll that one in. Tonight, I'll catch up on some sleep and get ready for tomorrow.
break maybe shooting time until
If I take a six-week break and keep shooting 64, maybe I'll take time off until Augusta.
course golf hands heard longer plays
I think any golf course they make longer plays into the hands of Tiger. I think he's just smiling. You haven't heard him complaining about that. The longer they can make it, the better for him.
build good great next three
It's great to get off to a good start. Now I have something to build on for the next three rounds.
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.
double knew playing
I knew he was playing well, ... But on 17 when he made double bogey, it went my way.
difficult last momentum time
It's all about momentum. The last time here, (the USA) got momentum on us very quickly. It's difficult to come back from that.
career golfing mental turned
I think what has turned my golfing career is my mental toughness,
definitely eight holes run seven
That run of seven birdies in eight holes is definitely going to get you going a little bit,
ball course goes golf solid striking tougher week
Obviously, the golf course is only going to get tougher as the week goes on. If I can keep striking the ball solid and keep it in play, we can try for Sunday.
aggressive awhile control knew learn took
It took him awhile to learn to play the majors. He was way too aggressive and took too many chances. We all knew that. He's got it under control now.
basically win
If I could win one of them it could basically be over.
close good played ran
It was pretty close at one stage, but he played awesome. He ran away with it at the end. We all probably thought 9 under would be a good score.
catch hard mind win
It's on my mind. If I win here and one of the two others, it will be hard to catch me,