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
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.
four hit six today yesterday
I only hit four fairways today and only six yesterday and 10 out of 28 is not very good,
four hit holes onto roll
He got on a roll early, I think he was three-under after four holes and he hit everything the right place onto the greens.
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.
afternoon deserved missed morning played tee
I played terrible. I think I was over-par this morning and much the same this afternoon so I deserved to lose. I just didn't make a putt, was wayward off the tee and missed a lot of fairways.
ball believes competitor good great hit seen tuesday win
On Tuesday he hit the ball as good as I've seen him hit it. He's such a great competitor that he probably still believes he can win out here.
hanging nine par sort till tournament
On the back nine I was just sort of hanging on but it's never over till it's over. I think on 15 was a big turning-point, when I chipped in for par and I think then the tournament was over.
believes glad great win
I'm glad for Gary. He's such a great competitor, and he probably still believes he can win out here.
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.
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.
afternoon bit felt good greens missed shot six tricky
I missed a lot of greens but I chipped and putted very well and holed a lot of good putts for pars. The greens were a bit more tricky this afternoon with all the traffic. I felt I could have shot a good round. I was 3 under through six and then nothing happens.
cherry eagle
The eagle put the cherry on the cake.
great putting
I've been putting well all week, ... It was a great match. I just putted better than he did.
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.