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
lose quickly shots three
You can lose a three shots very quickly around here,
gel played seem similar sort today
Today we played very well, we just seem to play a similar sort of game. We gel well with each other.
pressure
We made the putts at the right time. The pressure was always on them.
played pressure
We made the right putts at the right time, ... We played solid. We played good. The pressure was always on them.
play wells stills
You could play well and still lose.
brother dad golf
Well my dad was a pretty good player at one stage and my two older brothers played golf as well. So there were always golf clubs flying around the house.
golf guy conditioning
Golf is flexibility, and I notice more guys injured. You can overdo this conditioning.
play challenges trying
I do like match play. I like trying to match an opponent shot for shot. It's a challenge. And it's something different.
play important majors
Majors are important but so is every other tournament I play.
interviews bother radar
I hang around under the radar. Nobody is bothering me for interviews.
mean player winning
I mean, to win a major, you've got to be a good player and you've got to get your breaks, as well, to win.
two yeah disk
I've got an L3 bulging disk and degenerating disk. It's bulging in two places. Yeah, it's not good.
sports school golf
I played a lot of other sports at school and just one day the golf bug bit me and I started playing serious golf from when I was ten years old.
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.