Retief Goosen
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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
carry ended good last pity quite ran sort
It's a pity we ran out of daylight. But it's quite good now that it ended the way it did, because we can sort of carry on from last time. It was so close. This time, we can go at it again.
keeping putting
I'm putting very well. I only had 25 putts. That's keeping me alive.
flags lucky positions tricky
I'm going to have to get really lucky tomorrow, ... The flags are going to be in some tricky positions to get up-and-down from.
excuse serious sort
He's got to have some sort of excuse not to play. I mean, serious excuse.
gap hardest hole left stand trees yards
I think 11 is probably the hardest hole out there. You stand on the tee, and there's trees right, trees left and about 10 yards gap in between, and that's really all you see.
blowing dry greens starts tougher wind
It can only get tougher out there when the wind starts blowing and the greens dry out.
gap hardest hit hole left stand tee trees yard
I think 11 is the hardest hole on the course. I hit it in the threes on the right. You stand on the tee and there's trees right, trees left and about a 10 yard gap in between. That's all you see from the tee.
amongst media next point sure talking tv week
I'm sure it will be a talking point amongst the media and on TV next week but it's not something I even think of.
both cars everybody
Luckily, everybody is still breathing. When both cars are a write off, then it's not a little bump.
hit hurt
Luckily, it doesn't really hurt me when I hit the ball. I know it's there, but it's nothing serious.
dubai
I putted very well in Dubai and just need to get my ball-striking going.
interviews bother radar
I hang around under the radar. Nobody is bothering me for interviews.
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.
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.